Nigeria, Aug. 6 -- Doyin Abiola, widow of the late Moshood "MKO" Abiola and the first Nigerian woman to serve as editor of a national daily newspaper, is dead.
In its Wednesday report, the Punch newspaper said MKO Abiola's son, Jamiu, confirmed the death of the veteran journalist.
The paper added that the former Managing Director of National Concord died on Tuesday following a period of illness.
She was 82.
Mrs Abiola made history as a pioneering figure in Nigerian journalism.
She earned a degree in English and Drama from the University of Ibadan in 1969 and began her journalism career with the Daily Sketch newspaper.
While working with the Daily Sketch, she began writing Tiro, a column that tackled various public interest issues, i...
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