The final burial rites for Dr. Doyinsola Hamidat Abiola, former Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the defunct Concord Press of Nigeria, have been tentatively scheduled for September 7 to 9 in Lagos.
Dr Doyinsola Abiola , Nigeria’s first female Editor of a national newspaper, Dr. Abiola, passed away on August 5, 2025, at the age of 82 after a brief illness.
According to her daughter, Mrs. Doyin Abiola-Tobun, who disclosed the three-day plan when a delegation of former Concord Press staff under the banner of The Great Concord Family, led by Coordinator Aliu Mohammed, paid a condolence visit to the family’s Ikeja home noted that the date was tentative.
She added that Dr. Doyinsola Abiola is likely to be buried in the family house in Ikeja, asserting that renovation works were already ongoing in the compound.
