Tag: Dead
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Buhari describes death of 2 Borno Emirs as “rare double tragedy” , painful loss
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of two Borno Emirs as a “rare double tragedy” and a painful loss to the people of Nigeria. Buhari in a condolence letter he sent to Gov. Babagana Zulum and the people of Borno, commended the roles played by the late Shehu of Bama, Umar El-Kanemi and the…
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Emir of Zazzau, Shehu Idris dies at 84
Alhaji Shehu Idris, the 18th Emir of Zazzau and the Chairman, Kaduna State Council of Chiefs is dead. The Waziri of Zazzau, Malam Ibrahim Muhammad, confirmed the emir’s death to the News Agency of Nigeria in Zaria. The Emir died at the 44 Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna in the early hours of Sunday at the…