ONUORA NZEKU, CO-AUTHOR OF EZE GOES TO SCHOOL DIES AT 89

The Author of 'Eze Goes To School' and pioneer General Manager of the News Agency of Nigeria, Onuora Nzekwu was reported dead. According to a family member, Mr Louis Chuke, he died in his own residence on Friday at about 4:30pm in Onitsha.
 Nzekwu joined the Federal Civil Service as an editorial assistant at the Nigeria Magazine Division of the Federal Ministry of Information. He worked as an editorial assistant from 1956 to 1958 when took over the position of editor-in-chief of the magazine.
  In 1966 when the Nigerian civil war broke out, he transferred his services to the Eastern Nigeria Public Service and returned to the federal service at the end of the crisis in 1970. He served as General Manager of NAN from 1979 to 1985. Nzekwu wrote Troubled Dust, a novel that recounts the experiences of the civil war. (NAN).

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