Nigerian Sports journalist Kayode Tijani has died at the age of 55 following an ailment.
TheCable reports that a family source confirmed that Tijani died on Wednesday at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).
Tijani battled an undisclosed illness for five years.
A former press officer of the Super Eagles Colin Udoh took to X to mourning him, he wrote,
“Another sad news today. Our friend and colleague Kayode Tijani has passed on. RIP.”
Tijani, also an archivist of Nigerian sports history, was born on July 7, 1968.
He had over 29 years of experience as a print and broadcast journalist.
Tijani graduated with a diploma from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) in 1989 after which became the editor of FAME magazine at the age of 24.
He then worked with Guardian Nigeria, Complete Sports, and Africa Soccer.
He also had spells with Raypower FM, MITV and the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON).
Tijani also briefly worked with BEN TV in the UK.
He married Shade, his college sweetheart, over 20 years ago. The union produced three sons.
Tijani will be buried by 2 pm on Thursday at Atan Cemetery in Lagos according to Islamic rites.
