Dr. Nwadiuto Iheakanwa

Group Managing Director

Champion Newspapers

39, Awonoyi Elemo Street,

Ajao Estate

 Lagos

CONDOLENCES

It is with great sadness that we received the news yesterday , of the death of your father, frontline businessman , publisher and an esteemed member of our Association, Chief (Dr.) Emmanuel Iwumanyanwu, the Ahaejiagmba Ndigbo.

He was aged 82.

An engineer by training, Chief Iwunyanwu bestrode the business world leaving an indelible mark in aviation, insurance , road construction, sports and newspapering.

His venture into the newpaper business with the emergence of Champion Newspapers on October 1, 1988, changed the dynamics of newspapering in the country.

The paper pioneered colour printing among Nigerian newspapers and was among the first  to set the stage for simultaneous printing, as the paper rolled out from presses in Lagos and Owerri, giving  readers in the east the experince of reading  same news with their Lagos/western counterparts.

Chief Iwuanyanwu was a sports enthusiast and for a very long time,  his football club Iwuanyanwu Nationale,  rode the crest of competitive  football locally and challenged for thropies on the continent.

A collosus of no mean repute, his passage has created a deep void in the nation's socio-development  landscape.

We are consoled by  the enviable legacies he left as a solid  politician, frontline businessman and a patriot .

On behalf of the Executive Council of our esteemed Association, we commiserate with you  and your  entire family .

We pray that the Almighty God,  will console and uphold each and everyone of you

Once again,  our condolences.

Signed

Kabiru A. Yusuf

President