48 hours as new Kano Emir: Sanusi operates from Govt House

                              HOMAGE—International business magnate and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, paying homage to the new Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, yesterday.With them are Makama, Alhaji Abdullahi Sarki Ibrahim; Wali, Mahe Bashir Wali; Jarma, Professor Isa Hashim; Dallatu, Alhaji Muhammad Aliyu and the Deputy Secretary of the Emirate Council, Alhaji Sarki

Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kill 19 in Plateau

                                                Governor Jonah Jang

Seriki Adinoyi

No fewer than 19 persons were  feared killed and several others injured  in Rim and Jol villages of Riyom  local government area of Plateau State by unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.

It was also gathered that several homes were burnt by the rampaging gunmen.

Dora Akunyili is dead

                                               Prof. Dora Akunyili


By ADEKUNLE ALIYU

Prof. (Mrs.) Dora Nkem Akunyili, former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and former minister of Information,  is  dead

Tributes flow as Ado Bayero bows out

                                                       Emir Ado Bayero

By Emeka Mamah, Sam Eyoboka, Henry Umoru, Luka Binnyat, Emman Ovuakporie, Joseph Erunke, Bashir Adefaka and Caleb Ayasina

One of Nigeria’s most prominent Islamic leaders and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero, 83, is dead.

Grand Exit for Otedola

                           Former governor of Lagos State, Sir Michael Otedola


Olawale Olaleye

Former governor of Lagos State, Sir Michael Otedola, was friday buried amidst encomiums in his compound at Ibowon, Epe, following a farewell mass at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ibuwon.

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