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Summary: Born on April 4, 1950, in Ologba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, the journalist built a distinguished career spanning nearly four decades in Nigerian journalism.
Yakubu Mohammed, one of the pioneering figures behind Nigeriaβs Newswatch magazine, has died at the age of 75, barely two months after the magazine lost another co-founder, Dan Agbese.
Mr Mohammedβs death was confirmed on Monday by the former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, who described him as βone of the most courageous journalists in Nigeriaβs media history.β
In a post on Facebook, Mr Sani said: βI received the
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