Two months after Dan Agbese, Newswatch co-founder, Yakubu Mohammed, dies at 75

Three months after releasing his memoir, ‘Beyond Expectations’, a co-founder of Newswatch Magazine, Mr. Yakubu Mohammed, is dead.
The former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the magazine was 75.
In 1984, he co-founded the magazine alongside Dele Giwa, Ray Ekpu and Dan Agbese.
Giwa was killed on October 19, 1986 through a parcel bomb.
Agbese died on November 17, 2025.
Ekpu is the only one remaining of the founders.

Last October, Mohammed released his memoir, ‘Beyond Expectations’, which offers valuable insights into the history of Newswatch, the assassination of
Giwa and other controversial issues.