Popular journalist, Dimgba Igwe is dead
- Admin
- Sep 6, 2014
- 1 min read
Veteran journalist and Associate Publisher of Entertainment Express Newspaper, Pastor Dimgba Igwe is dead.
The celebrated writer was this morning knocked down by a vehicle while jogging around Ago Round About in Okota area of Lagos.
Dimgba who also doubles as Assistant General overseer of Evangel Pentecostal Church sustained serious injury and was immediately rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.
He was aged 58.
Dimgba, alongside his ‘twin’ brother Mike Awoyinfa pioneered the now rested Weekend Concord newspaper where they distinguished themselves as journalists par excellence.
The duo also set a landmark in the Nigerian media with the establishment of a newspaper entirely devoted to reporting the entertainment industry called Entertainment Express.
He co-authored popular books like, Osoba: The Newspaper Years, The Arts of Feature Writing and Mike Adenuga: The Business Guru among others.
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