Veteran Journalist Tukur Othman Dies In Kaduna
A veteran journalist, Malam Tukur Othman, is dead.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned Tukur, a one-time Managing Director of New Nigerian Newspaper (NNN), died at Garkuwa Hospital, Kaduna, in the early hours of Friday.
He was until his death , the executive editorial adviser of DESERT HERALD, a Kaduna-based Newspaper.
Malam Tukur Mamu (Dan-Iyan Fika), who is Desert Herald”s Publisher and Chairman, announced Tukur’s death in a statement issued on Friday morning.
‘As we continue to appreciate his patriotic services to us, to Nigeria and the entire Newspaper industry, I wish to condole his entire family and all loved ones on behalf of FUZA Communication Services Ltd. May Allah accept his prolonged sickness as kaffara and grant him Aljanna Firdausi’ he said.
He said the funeral prayer will be held at Misbahu Mosque Unguwan Rimi, Kadaria, Kaduna, immediately after the Juma’at Prayers.
The former MD is survived by two wives and 16 children- Team@orientactualmags.com
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