Another Newswatch newsmagazine co-founder, Yakubu Mohammed, is dead.
Aged 75 years, Mohammed died after the burial of Dan Agbese, who died earlier in November 2025. Both of them attended the Mass Communication Department of the University of Lagos, Akoka.
Reports said Yakubu had battled with a prolonged ailment before his death.
The family is yet to issue an official statement about his death.
The veteran journalist held a bachelor’s degree in science. He was born on April 4, 1950.
He hailed from Ologba in Dekina LGA of Kogi state.
He was managing editor of Newswatch from 1986 to 1994 and thereafter served as deputy chief executive officer of Newswatch Communications Limited.
He also once served as pro-chancellor and chancellor of the governing council of Ahmadu Bello University.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
