President Bola Tinubu has prolonged condolences to the household of Yakubu Mohammed, a veteran journalist and co-founder of Newswatch Journal, who died on Monday evening.
Tinubu’s condolence was contained in an announcement issued on Wednesday by Bayo Onanuga, Particular Adviser to the President on Info & Technique
Mohammed, alongside late Dele Giwa, Dan Agbese, and Ray Ekpu, based Newswatch Journal in 1984, inspiring the period of fearless investigative journalism in Nigeria in the course of the navy period.
President Tinubu commiserated with the federal government and folks of Kogi State, the Nigerian Union of Journalists, the Nigerian Guild of Editors, the Commonwealth Journalists’ Affiliation, and different media establishments, private and non-private, the place the late Mohammed had supplied management.
The President affirmed that Mohammed’s profession in journalism, spanning over 50 years, was dedicated to nation-building, with the journalist putting his life on the road to inform the reality to energy.
President Tinubu famous that the dedication of Mohammed, whom he known as a private good friend, and his colleagues in sustaining the visionary legacy of Newswatch Journal after the assassination of Dele Giwa in 1986, additional confirming their resolve and braveness in pushing the boundaries of investigative journalism in Nigeria.
The President believes Mohammed’s publication of his memoirs, “Past Expectations,” in November 2025, supplied a possibility for soul-searching and deep reflection on management in Nigeria and the function of journalists.
Yakubu Mohammed served as pro-chancellor and chancellor of the Governing Council of Ahmadu Bello College. He was additionally Affiliate Editor of New Nigerian Newspapers (1976-1980), Deputy Editor and Editor of Nationwide Harmony (1980-1984) earlier than the founding of Newswatch.
The President prayed that the Almighty God will obtain the soul of the departed, and grant him Jannatul Firdaus.