A popular Nigerian journalist, Ngozi Fidelia Anyaegbunam is dead.
This was made known by the deceased’s family in a statement signed by her son, Rocky C Agbese on Sunday.
In the statement, Agbese disclosed that Anyaegbunam died at the age of 67 after a brief illness.
Agbese described her as a “dedicated and loving mother, grandmother, sister, cousin and friend, Auntie Ngozi” who “will be sorely missed by all who came across her and were impacted by her larger-than-life presence.”
He added that funeral arrangements would be communicated by the family.
Anyaegbunam had editorial stints with Champion Newspaper (1st female editor) and The Daily Times (where she authored the book Waziri Ibrahim: Politics Without Bitterness).
She was born in October 1957 at Damaturu in modern-day Yobe State to George and Victoria Anyaegbunam.
Subsequent to these, she became a full-time media management consultant to numerous blue chip companies.
She also held the distinction of being a female print media journalist to interview two sitting Presidents of Nigeria (Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari).
