Tag: DEATH

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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Nigerian Ambassador to Austria loses father

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
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Alhaji Dauda Umar, the father of Alhaji Suleiman Umar, Nigerian Ambassador to Austria, has died at the age of 83, after a brief illness. Until his death, the late Umar was a seasoned Accountant and Administrator, who worked in various local government councils of Kaduna State. Malam Ahmed Bamalli, the Emir of Zazzau, led his council members, District Heads and hundreds of sympathisers for the funeral prayer of the deceased in Zaria on Tuesday. The remain of the ambassador’s father was laid to rest at the Amaru Muslim burial ground…

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Police arrest two suspects over stoning driver to death

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigeria Police, Ondo State Command, on Tuesday said it has arrested two suspects who allegedly stoned a 35-year-old man, Olorunfemi Tope, to death in Akure. The angry mob on Monday stoned Tope to death, when his alleged reckless driving caused an accident that resulted in the death of two persons and injured six others. The late Tope was said to have allegedly rammed into about five commercial motorcycles with their passengers along Ijoka road, by Sunday bus stop, Akure, in Ondo state capital. Irate mob had allegedly beaten and…

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Court sentences Danish to death for killing Nigerian wife, child

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Danish, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of murder brought against him by Lagos State Government. The judge sentenced Nielsen to death by hanging on both counts. The Dane was charged with the death of his wife and singer, Zainab, and their three-year-old daughter, Petra. Lagos State Government accused him of smothering Zainab and Petra to death at 3.45a.m. at No. 4, Flat 17, Bella Vista Tower, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos…

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Kaduna Lawmaker shot dead by terrorists 24 hours after DSS raises a red flag

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A member of Kaduna State House of Assembly has been shot dead by Terrorists bandits. Honourable Rilwanu Aminu Gadagu representing Giwa West from Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State was killed early Wednesday morning. The details of his killing are still sketchy. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Department of State Services DSS raised the alarm about lawmakers being target of assasination. Details later. ..

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Remains of Dahiru Bauchi’s Deputy, Sheikh Umar Suleman laid to rest in Kaduna

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The remains of Sheikh Umar Suleman who died in the early hours of Monday morning has been laid to rest in Unguwan Kanawa, Kaduna.According to Nasiru Suleman, one of the children of the Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Umar Suleman died after a brief illness at the age of 76 in his residence in Unguwan Kanawa, Kaduna. Until his death, he was the deputy to the renowned Islamic Scholar, Shiekh Dahiru Usman Bauchi.The funeral prayer was led by one of his sons and his student, a senior Shari’a Court Judge, KhadiMustapha Suleman.He was…

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Profile of Late Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru.

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru was born on 10 August 1966 in Doka, Kaduna North Local Government Area, Kaduna State. He is a graduate of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Armed Forces Command and Staff College and Nigerian Army School of Infantry. He commenced cadets training in January 1984 and was commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant in December 1986 as an Infantry Officer. General Attahiru has held several appointments on the staff, instructional and in command in the course of his military career.  He had a tour of duty with…

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At least 18 people killed as 2 buses collide in Ghana

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

At least 18 people were killed when two buses collided on an expressway in northern Ghana, the Police said on Wednesday. Some 45 others were injured in the accident near Sawaba town in Central Gonja District, the Regional Police spokesman, Owusu Agyekum, said. Initial investigations into the cause of the accident indicated that one of the drivers might have fallen asleep at the wheel, according to Agyekum. Traffic accidents are common in the West African nation and are often caused by poor infrastructure, lack of vehicle maintenance or reckless driving.

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Sultan loses younger brother; Sokoto Commissioner for Home Affairs

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Friday announced the death of his Commissioner for Home Affairs, Alhaji Abdulkadir Jeli-Abubakar who is younger brother to His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar III. A statement signed by Tambuwal’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Malam Muhammad Bello, said Jeli- Abubakar died on Thursday at 64 after a protracted illness. The deceased has since been buried according to Islamic rites. Tambuwal described the death as a great loss to the state and nation at large in recognition of his contributions…

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2 Police Inspectors, 1 other die in Kogi accident

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Three persons, including two Police Inspectors, on Thursday, died in a motor accident on Ajaokuta-Ojodu-Ayingba road in Kogi.The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Solomon Aghure, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Lokoja.He said that the victims were travelling in an ambulance van to Ayingba when the accident occurred.Aghure further stated that the Policemen and the driver of the ambulance were travelling with an empty casket to pick the corpse of a Police Sergeant from a mortuary in Ayingba.He said that the ambulance, in which…

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