Nigerian Guild of Editors mourns Guardian newspaper publisher

Mr Alex Ibru
The Publisher of the Guardian Newspaper

Nigerian Guild of Editors mourns Guardian newspaper publisher

 
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) on Sunday said it received, with a heavy heart, the news of the death of Mr Alex Ibru, publisher of The Guardian Newspaper, in Lagos, south west Nigeria.

The statement, signed by NGE President, Mr Gbenga Adefaye, noted that the late Ibru, a scion of the foremost Ibru family of Agbhara-Otor in Delta state, southern Nigeria, was most remarkable for his business success and for publishing the Guardian, a most respected newspaper of record that has earned journalism and journalists, great esteem.

Publishing truth nurtured by conscience, Mr Alex Ibru's paper has been a major employer of journalists and editors, shaping national discourse, moulding opinions and directing critical thoughts about making Nigeria great.

“The Guardian is his lasting legacy, the indelible epitaph,’’ the NGE statement also said.

It also described him as a Nigerian who gave selfless service as a minister of Internal Affairs, a remarkable philanthropist and a promoter of peace and religious tolerance.

Meanwhile, the African Renaissance Party (ARP) described Ibru, who died at the age of 66, as; “a pacesetter with the media firm that stands out from the rest of national newspapers in Nigeria, with their editorial policy that guarantees dissemination of balanced reportage.”

Lagos State Chairman of the ARP, Chief Udoka Udogaranya, told reporters that Ibru, through his newspaper, “The Guardian,” stuck with the real democratic ideals and norms.

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