The chairman and publisher of the guardian newspaper Mr.Alexander ibru is dead.he died today,november 20 after a brief illness,he was aged 66.
Born on march 1st,1945,the youngest of the famous Ibru brothers who hailed from Agbara-otor in the present Delta State. He attended the Yaba methodist primary school(1951-1957) Ibadan grammar school,(1958-1960) Igbobi college,Lagos(1960-1963) and the University of Trent(formerly Trent polythechnic. 1967-1970) where he studied business economics.After working briefly in the family business under the tutelage of his elder brother and Patriarch,Micheal C.O Ibru,Alexander Ibru launched out on his and soon became one of the most successful young businessmen in Nigeria.He founded the Guardian in 1983 with a mission to make it.one of the best five English Newspapers in the world.it soon established itself and has since remained the flagship of the Nigerian press. SOURCE:Vanguardnews