The management of Frontiers Alliance Communications Limited publishers of
Frontiers Newspapers Online announced the death of its Executive Editor
and a very dear friend, Mr. Daniel Ovwigho Idonor.
Mr. Idonor popularly called “Chair” by his colleagues in the media, passed
away on Monday afternoon, at the Nigerian Air Force Hospital, Abuja, after
a protracted illness.
He was aged 45.
A devoted Christian, who was a Deacon with the Living Faith Ministry,
Abuja, Mr. Idonor was also a one time Chairman of the State House Press
Corps, Abuja.
The late Mr. Idonor started his journalism career at the Nigerian
Television Authority (NTA) Bauchi and at different times worked for
Champion and Vanguard Newspapers respectively before he ventured into
online publishing.
Mr. Idonor served meritoriously as the Chairman of the State House Press
Corps before he entered the mainstream nation’s politics under the banner
of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) where he aspired to
represent his senatorial district in 2013 before he was advised to step
them by the party hierarchy.
He was a top contender for the House of Representatives primary election
in his Ughelli-Udu Federal Constituency, in Delta State under the platform
of the PDP before he withdrew from the race early December 2014.
He would be greatly missed by his family, colleagues, the Urhobo nation
and numerous students who had benefited immensely from his scholarship
programme.
Comrade Idonor is survived by a wife and four children.