Veteran journalist, Duro Onabule, for burial September 16

ACTIVITIES for the rites of passage for the late Chief Durojaiye Onabule, the Jagunmolu of Ijebuland and former spokesperson to former military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, who died at 83, will begin on September 14, 2022 with a service of songs and tributes in Lagos.

This will be followed by a wake in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on September 15, 2022, while the funeral service comes up on September 16, 2022 in Ijebu-Ode. Onabule, who was born in Ijebu-Ode on September 27, 1939, graduated from CMS Grammar School and School of Journalism, London.

His first media work was as a reporter for Daily Express in 1961. Three years later, he joined the staff of Daily Sketch for some time before going back to Daily Express.

In 1969, he served as the London Correspondent of Daily Express. In the mid-1970s, he worked for the Daily Times, rising to become a Deputy Editor of Headlines magazine. He was also editor of Concord newspaper and until his death, maintained a column in The Sun newspaper.