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Recollections of a day of gloom
General Murtala Mohammed
Mon Feb 15 2021
It is now 45 years ago when Nigeria’s much-beloved Head of State, General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated. Readers of some age group would have their own recollections of that day when gloom pervaded the entire length and breadth of the country.
On 13th February 1976, when the General was ambushed on the way to the office in Lagos and killed, I was halfway into my final year in the School of Business, Kongo campus, ABU, Zaria. We were accustomed to coups having lived through three in the preceding 10 years. The two coups in 1966 were as violent as they came. In the first one, the country lost the prime minister, two premiers and top notches of the Nigerian Army as well as a very senior federal minister. In the second putsch, the Head of the Military Government along with a military governor were killed. In contrast, the 1975 coup that installed General Murtala as Head of State was a peaceful one and coul
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Borno first class emir, Shehu Abba Masta II, is dead
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By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri
Borno State First Class Emir, Shehu of Dikwa, His Royal Highness, Dr Abba Tor Masta II, is dead, family sources have said.
The source revealed that the Monarch who is second in position after Shehu of Borno died in the early hours of Saturday morning after suffering from an undisclosed ailment.
In October last year, there were speculations that the Monarch had passed away while receiving medical treatment at Abuja Hospital.
Sources revealed that the Shehu’s remains would be buried today in Maiduguri according to Islamic Rites, even as the Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum and His Deputy, Umar Usman Kadafur as well as other dignitaries were in Biu Local Government Area of Southern Borno for the Coronation of the new Emir, HRH Umar Mustapha Aliyu following the demise of his father late last year.