Forner Daily Times Administrator and renowned columnist, Peter Enahoro, is dead.

He died in London on Monday according to a statement by his family.

Here are 14 things to know about Ex-Daily Times chief Peter ‘Pan’ Enahoro

1. He was born on January 21, 1935, to a political family of Enahoro in Uromi, Edo State, Nigeria.

2. He died at 88.

3. His Esan parents were educator Asuelimen Okotako Enahoro and Princess Inibokun (née Okojie).

4. His maternal grandfather was the Onogie of Uromi, Ogbidi Okojie.

5. He was a journalist, author, businessman and publisher.

6. He attended St. Stephens Elementary School, Akure (Ondo State), CMS Primary School, Ado-Ekiti (Ondo State); Government School, Ekpoma (Edo State), St. David’s School, Akure (Ondo State), Government School, Warri (Delta State), before graduating from Government College, Ughelli (Delta State) in 1948.

7. Also known by the pen name of “Peter Pan” because of his popular column in New African magazine under that name.

8. He was been described as “perhaps Africa’s best known international journalist”.

9. He was one of ten siblings.

10. His eldest brother was statesman and politician, Chief Anthony Enahoro.

11. Enahoro started his career in media as an Assistant Publicity Officer, Department now Federal Ministry of Information, 1954.

12. He joined Daily Times as a sub-editor in 1955, at the age of 20, before moving on to serve as Assistant District Manager at Rediffusion Services, Ibadan, in 1957.

13. He became the Editor of the Nigerian Sunday Times in 1958 at 23 and Features Editor of the Daily Times in 1958, then the paper’s Editor in 1962, going on to become the Daily Times Group Editorial Adviser in 1965, and in 1966 Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Times.

14. In the 1960s, Enahoro went into a self-imposed exile that would last for 13 years.

15. He was Contributing Editor of Radio Deutsche Welle in Cologne, Germany, from 1966 to 1976, and was Africa Editor of National Zeitung, in Basel, Switzerland, becoming Editorial Director of New African magazine in London in 1978. (The Nation: Text, Excluding Headline)

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