Tag: Maitama Sule
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Maitama Sule: A President we never had – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. After a dozen years dictatorship, the military in 1978 made preparations to hand over power. The main challenge was the registration of political parties. Over fifty political associations sprang up. Eventually, only five were registered. The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) was built around Chief Obafemi Awolowo and it was common knowledge…
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Maitama Sule: Jonathan visits Ganduje, says elder statesman contribution beyond Kano
Former President Goodluck Jonathan said late Yusuf Maitama Sule had promoted national interest during his lifetime. Jonathan said this in Kano on Saturday when he paid a condolence visit to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje at the Government House, Kano. The former president also said that the late Danmasani’s influence and contribution to national development went beyond…
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Maitama Sule: FEC observes moment of silence
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday observed a minute’s silence in honour of Nigeria’s one time Permanent Representative to the United Nations and First Republic Minister, Alhaji Maitama Sule. Speaking shortly before observing the moment of silence in Abuja, acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo described the late elder statesman as a father of the…
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Photos: Tears, emotions as Maitama Sule is laid to rest
There was pandemonium Tuesday in Kano as thousands of mourners paid their last respects to the late former minister and Nigeria UN representative, Yusuf Sule, as he was buried. Due to the heavy human and vehicular movement around the venues of the burial rites, many could not gain access to the Kara Burial Grounds and…
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Maitama Sule: Nigeria lost a man of unblemished public record – Atiku
Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress Atiku Abubakar says unblemished public service record was one of the greatest and most indelible virtues for which the Dan Masanin Kano, Alhaji Maitama Sule would be remembered by Nigerians and the world. In a tribute to the late Dan Masanin Kano who died in Cairo,…
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Maitama Sule: Buhari writes Ganduje from London, commiserates with Kano
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a personal letter of condolence to the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, in which he expressed profound shock over the death of elder statesman, Yusuf Maitama Sule, the presidency said Monday night. The letter, said to have been personally signed by the President, also described the death of Mr.…
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Maitama Sule: Kano declares Tuesday public holiday
…as body arrives Nigeria on Tuesday for burial The Kano State Government has declared Tuesday as public holiday in honour of late elder statesman, Alhaji Maitama Sule. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the two-time minister and former Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, died in the early hours of Monday (today) at 88. This was revealed…
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Osinbajo, Saraki, others mourn Maitama Sule
Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki have joined leagues of influential Nigerians outpouring emotions over the death of Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the two-time minister and former Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, died in the early hours of Monday (today) at 88. Osinbajo in a…
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Maituma Sule: Tambuwal mourns Dan Masanin Kano
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has described the death of Dan Masanin Kano, Alhaji Maitama Sule, as a great loss, saying the deceased has impacted the nation positively in various spheres of human endeavour. In a statement issued in Sokoto Monday by his spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, Tambuwal described the late orator and former diplomat as…
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Maitama Sule: Dogara mourns, says Africa has lost a patriot, icon of peace
He died when we needed him most Hon Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has described the death of Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule as a monumental loss to the African continent. Dogara, in statement, issued by his Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, said although the late Dan Masanin Kano,…