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Sokoto State Government has announced the death of Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Surajo Marafa Gatawa. A statement issued by Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser Media and Publicity, to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal confirmed the death…
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Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has again lost another Professor to the clutches of death on Wednesday. Prof. Monsuru Lasun Emiola died on Wednesday at the university clinic after a brief illness. A source told Solacebase that Prof.…
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Nigerian Mobile Police Squadron Commander (MOPOL 9) Assistant Commissioner of Police, Atiku Nagodi is dead. Solacebase reports that (MOPOL 9) is domiciled at Hotoro, Nassarawa local government area of Kano state. ACP Atiku M. Nagodi…
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The Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Mohammed Asha, is dead. Alhaji Mohammed Asha was believed to have died of complications from coronavirus. The Zamfara State Publicity Secretary for the Control and Prevention of…
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The Kano Field Office of the United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF), on Saturday lost its Head of Communications, Malam Rabiu Musa. Confirming the incidence to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano, one of the children of the…
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Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, famed for his romantic roles, has died of cancer aged 67. He was part of the Kapoor acting dynasty which has long dominated Bollywood, the Hindi film industry. The actor made a huge splash in 1973 with…
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The father of National Coordinator, Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, Alhaji Aliyu Daneji is dead. Confirming the death to Solacebase, a son of the deceased, Mahmud Daneji said, Alhaji Aliyu Daneji died in Kano at the…
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A former governor of Borno state, Alhaji Muhammad Goni is dead. He died on Wednesday after a brief illness, a source told Daily Trust. Goni was a retired civil servant who was Governor of Borno State from 1979–1983 in the Nigerian…
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Irrfan Khan, an Indian actor who brought a modern sensibility to recent hit films and hard roles in Hollywood movies such as “Life of Pi” and “The Namesake”, died on Wednesday at age 54. The death, after a prolonged battle with cancer,…
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A pioneer female Hisbah Commander in Kano state, Halima Shitu, died at the age of 55 on Monday, a family source has said. Hajia Maimuna Shitu, one of the sisters of the deceased told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, that she…
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