Dele Giwa, the Press and good governance in Nigeria

On   Monday, October 19, 2026, the cream of Nigeria’s print media, the Press, gathered at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba, Ikeja for two significant reasons: in memory of the founding Editor-In-Chief of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, who died forty years ago; and launch of a book in his honour.
Dele, one of Nigeria’s most courageous journalists, was killed through a letter bomb delivered to his home in Ikeja, Lagos, on Sunday, October 19, 1986 – exactly forty years ago. He was merely 39 years old at the time. Four decades after the incident, his killers have not been brought to justice.
The unresolved murder has remained a painful test of Nigeria’s commitment to pres...