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'@@ -1 +1 @@ - +<br>Media practitioners have continued to pay tributes to the late Odinigwe Joseph Onuora Nzekwu, who handed away final Friday in Onitsha, Anambra State, his hometown, the place he had been residing after retiring from energetic service to the nation.<br><br><br>Nzekwu was popularly identified for his Eze Goes To highschool, a children’s guide that has impacted on many younger folks. The writer of Eze Goes to high school impressed many with a long-lasting affect of a instructor, author and editor. The e-book was very profitable and fashionable that many wanted to attach it to his identify for others to conform to understanding him when he died final Friday.<br><br><br>Born February 19, 1928, in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nzekwu was recognized for exploring the interior conflicts between the educated Igbo and the normal Igbo tradition in his works.[http://Www.yohaig.ng/category/nigerian-newspapers/national-mirror/ yohaig.ng] He taught for 9 years after acquiring a teachers’ increased schooling certificate in 1946 and later went on to grow to be pioneer basic supervisor of the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN).<br><br><br>Though Nzekwu was well-known for Eze Goes to high school, which was revealed by African College Press, he was additionally recognized for his works such because the Chima Dynasty in Onitsha and Religion of Our Fathers.<br><br><br>The author is claimed to have led a easy and humble life. He was as soon as quoted to have mentioned, "The reality of the matter is that Nigerians don’t learn, they don’t learn as a lot as one would have wished them to learn."<br><br><br>In June 1960, Nzekwu married Onoenyi Justina Ogbenyeanu, daughter of Isaac Aniegboka Mbanefo, Odu II of Onitsha. He began his profession within the federal civil service in January 1956, as an editorial assistant on the then [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/06/more-nigerian-girls-kidnapped-by-extremists-have-been-released.html Nigeria] Journal Division, which was within the ministry of knowledge, and inside two years, Nzekwu rose to the place of editor-in-chief of the journal in 1985.<br><br><br>On July 1, 1979, the author was later confirmed as substantive normal supervisor of NAN. His good works didn't go unnoticed when on August eight, 2006; Nzekwu obtained a plaque with the engraving "Maker of NAN". The recognition was given to him when the information company marked its thirtieth anniversary.<br><br><br>In December 2008, Nzekwu was conferred with the Nigerian nationwide honour of the officer of the order of the Niger (OON).<br><br><br>According to Professor of College of Media Communications, Lagos Sate College, Prof. Lai Oso who was a reporter at NAN when Nzekwu was Common Supervisor, "He was a fantastic supervisor of males and sources. He was nice and honest to all, and he allowed professionalism to flourish. He was an excellent Nigerian."<br><br><br>Also, the President of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Waheed Odusile stated loss of life was a hereditary finish that males should face, saying that although Nzekwu died as an previous man, his contributions to the nation wouldn't be forgotten.[http://Www.Yohaig.ng/category/nigerian-newspapers/sun-newspaper/ yohaig.ng] "His contributions to studying in Nigeria would by no means be forgotten, generations but unborn would proceed to be taught from his e-book Eze Goes To high school. He was the founding Normal Supervisor of NAN; he was a part of the success story of NAN. All of us owe it to him for what he deed within the company which is at this time the foremost information wire service in Nigeria and Africa as an entire; the imaginative and prescient he had and for bringing to fusion the imaginative and prescient of the founding fathers of the company," Odusile stated.<br><br><br>In one other growth, NUJ has expressed shock, over the homicide of Mr Well-known Giobaro, a journalist with the Bayelsa State owned Glory FM Radio Station final week by unknown gunmen who stormed his residence in Yenagoa the state capital and shot him lifeless.<br><br><br>In assertion signed by its Nationwide Secretary, Shuaibu Usman Leman Walin Shadalafiya, NUJ referred to as on the Inspector Normal of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris to deploy all essential sources at his disposal to apprehend the killers of Mr Giobaro and produce them to justice.<br><br><br>Odusile stated if the homicide have been work associated, it could be very harmful for freedom of expression. "We have been having too many gentle murders within the nation particularly of journalists. No person has been in a position to inform us who killed Dele Giwa until now, we don’t need this to be swept below the carpet, and we're monitoring the state of affairs and counting on the IGP to convey the killers of our pricey colleague to e book.<br> '