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Mr Wale Aboderin, the Chairman of the Punch Newspaper, is dead.
Punch Newspaper confirmed that Wale died at 6.05am on Wednesday after a heart surgery.
Aged 60, Aboderin was also the Chairman of Punch Commercial Printing Limited and Lukahed Properties Limited.
Aboderin attended the Government College, Ibadan and trained as a pilot in the United States.
A sports enthusiast and philanthropist, he was the Founder and Chairman of Dolphins Female Basketball Foundation, and also a former Chairman of the Lagos State Basketball Association.
He was also Vice-President of the Nigerian Basketball Supporters Club.
He is survived by his wife, Titilayo, and two daughters
