Assistant Director, Media, at the Presidential Villa, Peter Onwubuariri, has died in Kano after a prolonged illness.
Onwubuariri, a veteran journalist and staff member of the News Agency of Nigeria, died at the age of 48, according to his wife, Catherine Ezinna Onwubuariri.
He reportedly died on Monday after receiving treatment for about a month at the Kano Cancer Hospital under the state government’s treatment authorisation.
His remains were released from the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital on Tuesday for burial in Owerri, Imo State.
The corpse was handed over to Deputy Director, Information and Public Relations, State House, Oche Egwa, on behalf of the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
