Dignitaries Eulogize Late Dele Giwa’s Brilliance, Courage, Launch ‘Dele Giwa’s Granite Journalism 

Distinguished members of the media business and colleagues of the late journalist and founding editor of News Watch, Dele Giwa have eulogized the reminiscences of the slain journalist.

Members of the media sector and Dele Giwa’s household converged on the Kensington Adebutu Media Center inside the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, Lagos, to launch a e-book titled “Dele Giwa’s Granite Journalism precisely 40 years after he died from a letter bomb.

Recall that Dele Giwa was assassinated in his school room on Sunday October ,19, 1986 in a ugly circumstances, a letter bomb which exploded on his lap.

Giving his speech, Vanguard Publisher, Sam Amuka-Pemu stated that “Today’s occasion is a memorialization of the founding father of News Watch, Dele Giwa who was assassinated on October 19, 1986.

“Dele Giwa, certainly modified the panorama of journalism in Nigeria and past. His articles in Daily Times, Sunday Concord, News Watch are memorable. The e-book being launched collectively is value studying.

“We depart the criminals who assassinated our good buddy within the good fingers of our Lord Jesus.

Distinguished media icon and Dele’s affiliate in News Watch, Mr. Ray Ekpu, who edited the e-book, narrated an emotional story of his household residing near Dele Giwa’s. His five-year-old son then advised him he needed to be a journalist like Uncle Dele and him. But after the killing of Dele and seeing all that occurred as a younger boy, his son advised him, he doesn’t wish to be a journalist once more, “I don’t wish to be killed like Uncle Dele. It was very unhealthy. The fact have to be advised by us, and journalists have to be protected. There aren’t any critical efforts in defending the rights and lives of journalists, and it’s unhappy.

“Whoever said that the pen is mightier than the sword does not have Nigeria in mind,” says Ray Ekpu. He famous that 128 journalists and media employee have been killed in 2025.

Former governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, a media icon, recalled that Dele Giwa had a premonition that he was going to die, as they’d been along with the previous MD of the News Agency of Nigeria, Kehinde Adeosun, the day earlier than. Osoba narrated that “Dele Giwa had complained to all of us that they have been after him. We went to go to Aikhomu and advised him about this risk, and he stated he would do one thing about it.

“Eighteen hours after, I was woken up with a phone call that Dele Giwa was attacked. The lesson from this is thsr we should be always good in our profession, Dele Giwa was awesome. I want to appreciate the family, his wife, Funmi Giwa, and his daughter, present. Dele lives on and he is still communicating in heaven”.

PR and Advertising Guru, Mr. Biodun Shobanjo, additionally extolled his qualities and famous that Dele Giwa was an important buddy and superior journalist who performed his half in impacting journalism in Nigeria and spoke fact to energy.

Prof Ralph Akinfeleye eulogized Dele Giwa and said that he follow Journalism of Conscience.

Nosa Igiebor of News Watch journal who recounted among the particulars of his brutal killings as he was in workplace forward of a 1pm editorial assembly when Kayode Soyinka known as him in regards to the unhappy information as Kayode was damage too. He questioned, “How might anybody do that to a fellow human being. How might someone do that it doesn’t matter what he wrote? Dele Giwa shouldn’t be lifeless. He lives in and has left an important legacy.

Publisher of The Cable, Simon Kolawole, who made the e-book evaluate, made a superb submission below the theme: The Pen That Outlived The Bomb. He famous that the e-book contained 45 write-ups by Dele Giwa, together with 16 items by others on Dele. He said that Dele Giwa was a strong author and that his writings have been lucid, playful, and provocative.

Dele Giwa’s daughter who appreciated all that got here to honour his father famous that she was solely a 12 months outdated when her father died and barely knew him however all that has been stated about him was lofty.

Among people who got here to honour the trailblazer author and editor, Dele Giwa within the e-book launch: Dele Giwa’s Granite Journalism embrace Sam Amuka-Pemu, Aremo Segun Osoba, Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi,Widow of Dele Giwa , Mrs Funmi GiwaAisha – daughter of Dele Giwa, Iyalode of Remoland, Chief Nduka Obaigbena,  Muyiwa Adetiba, Nosa Igiebor,Chuka Momoh, Onome Osifo-Whiskey,Prof Ralph Akinfeleye, Simon Kolawole, Tony Iyere, Eniola Bello, Emeka Iseze, Kazeem Akintunde, Kunle Ajibade, Ray Ekpu and Soji Akinrinade who made the vote of thanks.