Stanley Macebuh Dies In Abuja Hospital

PHOTO: LATE DR. STANLEY MACEBUH.

San Francisco March 07, (THEWILL) - Veteran journalist, Stanley Macebuh, 67, has died at the intensive care unit of the National Hospital in Abuja. Reports say he died at about 4.15 a.m. WAT on Sunday from complications from a yet to be disclosed ailment.

Macebuh was a pioneer Managing Director of The Guardian newspapers and The Post Express newspaper where he was also editor-in-chief before assuming the role of Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications to former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.

Macebuh was admitted into the intensive care unit of the hospital on Saturday for emergency medical treatment but unfortunately the doctors on duty could not save his life. Family sources said his illness was strange as his doctors have not been able to ascertain the cause of his illness which about two weeks ago.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Guild of Editors has expressed shock over his death. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Guild’s President, Gbenga Adefaye said, ''Macebuh is a man of style’’ and ''remarkable not just for his pioneering roles in the establishment of a good newspaper like Guardian, and others like Post Express, which first hit the internet in Nigeria and the Sentinel in Kaduna, he was also noted for talent hunt for quality journalism in Nigeria''.