The publisher of Hallmark Newspaper, a business, policy and finance newspaper, Prince Emeka Obasi is dead.
Obasi, 58, a former Abia State Commissioner for Information, reportedly died on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, after a protracted illness in a Lagos hospital.
He was said to have been battling a health challenge for the past eight years which he recovered from and wrote a book titled Saved for His Praise.
His death was confirmed in a statement by the family in a statement signed by Prince Emeka Obasi (Jnr).
Obasi was also the former publisher of the National Mirror which he sold to lawyer and businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim.
A graduate of English from the University of Calabar, Obasi was a reporter with defunct Newswatch Magazine and Quality Magazine.
He is the founder and executive secretary of Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC), organisers of the annual Zik Prize in Leadership Awards and initiator of the Awolowo Foundation.
He is survived by his wife, Dr (Mrs) Betty Obasi and Children – Emeka (jnr), Onyedikachi, Kamsi, Miracle, siblings aunties and uncles.
The family said further burial arrangements will be announced soon.
His death has attracted condolence messages from many colleagues in the media.
Ralph Egbu, Journalist and former Information Commissioner
An intellectual colossus has gone home too soon He was commissioner for information in Abia state, while I was Chief Press Secretary to the Governor. Very amiable and kind full of ideas God grant him eternal rest home.
Omah Djebah, Journalist and Ambassador
Oh, What a shocking painful development. May God Almighty comfort the family.
Jossy Nkwocha
Oh, such painful news. Never imagined he was sick. Oh, we were colleagues at Quality and Newswatch Magazines He was such a hardworking guy. Not long ago, I told him I needed his book, but he did not respond. I grief with the family and ask God to grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.
Isiguzo Christopher, National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)
So sad. May your soul finds rest in God’s bosom. My condolences to the immediate family, the media family and indeed the entire Ebeku Kingdom.
Ikeddy Chinedu Isiguzo,
Adeiu Prinece Emeka Obasi. What can I say? I regret not heeding your message- we need to see, each time we spoke on phone. May the almighty grant you rest.
