The former Head of interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan has passed on at the Evercare hospital in Lekki, Lagos.
According to Westerpost details of his death is yet to be verified.
The elder statesman was 85 years old.
He was the interim head of the Nigerian government between August 26 and November 17, 1993, before he was ousted in a coup led by late General Sani Abacha.