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ABUJA – Prince Emeka Obasi, publisher of Hallmark Newspaper, a business, policy and finance daily newspaper, is dead.
Aged 58, it was learnt that Obasi, a veteran journalist and public relations expert, died on Wednesday, March 16 (today) after a protracted illness.
A graduate of English and Literary Studies from the University of Calabar, Obasi, Sundiata Post gathered, had been battling a health challenge for the past eight years.
He was a former Commissioner for Information in Abia State.
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He was the founder and executive secretary of Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC), organisers of the annual Zik Prize in Leadership Awards.
Obasi was a serial media entrepreneur. He started media publishing with Hallmark newspaper, a general interest newspaper.
He later set up National Mirrow, another national newspaper, which he later sold to Jimoh Ibrahim and re-established Hallmark as Hallmark Business as a business newspaper.
Obasi was also founder and CEO of Patrioni Limited, a public relations firm.
In his twilight days, Obasi became a born-again Christian and wrote a personal testimony titled Saved for His Praise: A Personal Testimony, which was serialised on Facebook.