Dele giwa biography
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Dele Giwa
Nigerian journalist and newspaper founder
Dele Giwa (16 March – 19 October ) was a Nigerianjournalist, editor, and founder of Newswatch magazine.
He was murdered when he opened the package with a bomb at his Ikeja, Lagos residence on October 19,
Early life and career
Sumonu Oladele "Baines" Giwa hailed from Ugbekpe Ekperi, Etsako East local government area of Edo state.
He was born on 16 March , to a family working in the palace of Oba Adesoji Aderemi, the Ooni of Ife. He attended local Authority Modern School in Lagere, Ile-lfe. When his father moved to Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife as a laundry man, he gained admission to that school.[1] Dele Giwa travelled to the USA for his higher education, earning a BA in English from Brooklyn College in and enrolled for a Graduate program at Fordham University.
He worked for The New York Times as a news assistant for four years after which he relocated to Nigeria to work with Daily Times.[2]
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