Nigeria: Demise of Lawyer, Activist and Public Servant

Nigerians woke up Thursday to the news that the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Mr. Oronto Douglas, aged 49, finally bowed to colon cancer, seven years after he was first diagnosed with the ailment.

Douglas, a Niger-Delta environmental activist and lawyer, died at the State House Hospital where he had been receiving treatment.

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