Browsing: Arthur Nwankwo

Nwankwo died on February 1 at the age of 81 years.

I first learnt about the dear departed through his works, during my days as a student in the department of History, University of Lagos in the early 1980s. As an author and publisher, he was one of the most prodigious contributors to the body of knowledge on the history of the Biafran war.

Reacting to news of the death on Saturday of Dr. Nwankwo, Obi said he had followed his “literary flowering” both as a publisher and an author.

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the government and people of Anambra State over the death of a prolific writer and former Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Coalition, Dr. Arthur Nwankwo.

Nwankwo, also the Founder and Chancellor of the Eastern Mandate Union, passed on Saturday.

According to the newspaper, a close associate of the elder statesman said he passed on at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu on Saturday