The founding General Manager of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Chief Onuora Nzekwu has died at the age of 89.

Nzekwu, the author of Eze Goes to School, a novel, died by 4.30pm on Friday in his home in Onitsha, Anambra.

A family member, Mr Louis Chuke confirmed his death.

Nzekwu joined the Federal Civil Service as an editorial assistant at the Nigeria Magazine Division of the Federal Ministry of Information.

He worked as an editorial assistant from 1956 to 1958 when took over the position of editor-in-chief of the magazine.

He served as General Manager of NAN from 1979 to 1985.

Nzekwu wrote Troubled Dust, a novel that recounts the experiences of the civil war.