Tag: BURIAL

Elder statesman Sambo dies at 91

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

On a sad note, the death has occurred of elder statesman Alhaji Abbas Dabo Sambo today morning at the age of 91. Born on September 16, 1935, in Anguwan Juma ward, Zaria, Alhaji Abbas Dabo Sambo started his civil service career from the colonial era. He was former administrator of the Kaduna Capital Territory, former capital of the Northern Nigerian Government in the 1960s. He was also a divisional officer of the Jos and Hadejiya Division in the same year. He was also a former permanent secretary in the defunct…

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Slain Nasarawa APC chairman Shekwo laid to rest

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Slain Nasarawa State All Progressives Congress (APC), Chairman Philip Shekwo was buried on Friday in his home town, Yelwa, Toto Local Government Area amid tears by family and sympathisers. Shekwo was buried at about 2:20 p.m. at his residence in accordance with Christian rites. Shekwo was abducted on November 21 from his residence in Lafia, the state capital, and found dead on Sunday, November 22. Governor Abdullahi Sule while speaking at the funeral service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Yelwa, assured of the state government’s commitment to fish out perpetrators of the crime to…

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Burial of former Malian President scheduled for Nov. 20

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The remains of former Malian President, Amadou Toumani Touré, will arrive in Bamako on Friday and the national funeral will take place on November 20, according to a source close to the family. The source said the burial will be witnessed by several national and foreign personalities. It said “the national funeral ceremony will be chaired by the president of the Transition, Bah N’Daw, who is currently on a tour of four West Africa countries (Ghana, Togo, Senegal and Guinea Bissau). The tour ends on November 17. The former Malian…

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