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The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has mourned the passing of Professor Umaru Shehu who it described as an elder statesman, dedicated public servant, nationalist, community leader, consummate physician and erudite scholar. The ACF in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Professor Tukur Muhammad, Friday said “Professor Umaru will be remembered for his signature…

The deceased was the former managing director of the Nigeria Printing and Minting Company.

Nigeria bid farewell to its pioneering scholar, Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, who passed away at the age of 97 in the early hours of Monday, September 02, 2023. | Pulse Nigeria

At the age of 97, Umaru Shehu, the first Emeritus Professor in Nigeria, passed away.   This information was released in a statement on Monday, October 2, in Maiduguri by Dr. Bulama Gubi

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) in Enugu State, Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, is dead.

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate, described the passing on of Emeritus Prof Umar Shehu, 92, as a great loss to Nigeria for his tireless lifetime efforts to improve public health.

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SIMONKOLAWOLE! BY SIMON KOLAWOLE Dr Isa Ali Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has been at the centre of a litany of controversies for two weeks non-stop — an unusually lengthy period in the Nigerian news cycle. A newspaper had reported that Pantami, who is also an Islamic cleric, was on the US terror watch list because of his views on al-Qaeda, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by Western countries. Pantami spiritedly denied the report and demanded a retra...

On mercenaries: 2014 private military contractors’ advice to end insecurity not implemented ‘2 trillion arms industry creates wars to sell weapons’ By Chris Onuoha Professor Khalifa Dikwa is the Dean of the Borno Elders Forum. In this interview, Dikwa pointedly says moles in the military are working for Boko Haram terrorist group that has been fighting to take territories in the North-East. There have of recent been renewed attacks by the Islamist group which lays ambush for travelers on ...

Ring true BY yemi adebowale  Phone 08054699539  Email: yemi.adebowale@thisdaylive.com There are 33 formal camps for Internally Displaced Persons in Borno State, where close to a million people struggle for survival. Majority of the camps are within and around Maiduguri, the state’s capital. Others are in Konduga, Rann, Kala Balge, Jere, Kaga, Monguno, Damboa, Bama, Ngala, Mafa and Dikwa. The federal and Borno State governments, and a number of international/local aide agencies are strugglin...