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Emir of Ningi, Yunusa Danyaya, dies at 88The Emir of Ningi in Bauchi State, Yunusa Danyaya, has died.
READ ALSO:NSCDC to prosecute 11 for vandalising rail tracks in Bauchi
The royal father passed away on Sunday morning after a protracted illness at a hospital in Kano.
Alhaji Usman Sule, Secretary to the Ningi Emirate Council, confirmed the death in a statement on Sunday.
He said the emir died at the Expert Alliance Hospital, Kano, two days after returning from a medical trip to Mecca on Aug. 22.
Sule said the funeral prayer of the emir would be held at the Emir’s palace in Ningi by 4:00 pm.
Danyaya was installed in 1978 as a first-class traditional ruler in Bauchi State.
READ ALSO:NAFDAC mops up fake Milo drink in Bauchi market
His reign witnessed rapid transformation of social and economic development of the emirate council.
Born in Ningi in 1936, Danyaya attended Ningi Elementary School between 1941 and 1946, and Bauchi Middle School between 1946 and 1951.
He was at the School of Hygiene, Kano in 1951, and attended Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (ABU) for a one year course in Public Administration between 1956 and 1957.
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