A Veteran journalist and former Nigerian Ambassador Dele Cole has been reported following weeks of deteriorating health having recently been discharged from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), in London.
Penpushing reports that a family source, confirmed the death of the 86-year-old Cole, explaining that he left Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a few days ago, and had been doing poorly in recent weeks leaving to his demise
The deceased was born on August 4, 1940, in Abonnema, in the Kalabari Kingdom of present-day Rivers State, and began his education at St Bartholomew’s School, Enugu, where he studied from 1946 to 1953, before attending Baptist High School, Port Harcourt, from 1954 to 1958, and Ibadan Grammar School from 1959 to 1960.
Penpushing further reports that in 1962, he left Nigeria to pursue higher education at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he studied until 1965, and also attended the University of Cambridge from 1966 to 1970. Then King’s College, Cambridge, where he was a fellow between 1970 and 1973 and earned a doctorate in history.
The late renowned journalist in 1975, was appointed a non-executive Director of the Daily Times, served as Special Adviser on International Relations under President Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007.
Penpushing also reports that Cole was appointed Nigeria’s ambassador to Brazil and Argentina, ventured into politics and was associated with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 1990s
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