One of Nigeria’s most decorated journalists, Obinwa Ben Nnaji has passed on at the age of 72.

    Obinwa Ben Nnaji was one of Nigeria’s most articulate and versatile journalists who bestrode the media space for decades, fighting for a better society both on the battlefield during the Biafra War and in the pages of newspapers as a writer and editor of editors around the world

He served as Editor of Daily Satellite, Enugu and later on worked as a newspaper editor for major Nigerian and overseas newspapers and magazines.

An accomplished International journalist, he was at various times a guest to many African presidents and world leaders, covering major assignments like the United Nations, African Union, the Commonwealth and ECOWAS respectively.

Chief Nnaji was one of Nigeria’s finest media gurus and consultants, headed Directorates of Publicity for some political parties like the defunct NRC and APP, etc.

According to The Nation, arrangements for his burial as announced in a statement by the son, Benjamin Nnaji Jnr in Enugu said he would be laid to rest on 19th of May 2023 in his country home, Umualor, Isiuzo Local Government Area, Enugu State, while service of songs and wake will be held on 16th and 18th of May in his Enugu home and his village respectively.

As the Nigerian media world bid farewell to a leading member of the Nigeria Guild of Editors and great son of Africa, we glory in his timeless legacies and honour his everlasting memory as a mentor and journalist extraordinary who served Nigeria and Africa as a doyen of practical and development journalism.