Remi Oyo, Former Special Adviser Media to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is dead.
Reports say she died on Thursday morning.
The editor and two-time managing director of The News Agency of Nigeria was said to have died in London, after a protracted illness, according to family sources.
In April 2012, Pope Benedict XVI bestowed on her the honour of Papal Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.
She is survived by her husband Vincent Oyo and children.