- She died at the Katsina Teaching Hospital on Monday evening
Dada Yar’adua, mother of former President, Umaru Yar’adua, and former Vice President Shehu Yar’adua, is dead.
According to reports, she died at the Katsina Teaching Hospital on Monday evening.
No official confirmation has been received from the family as at the time filling this story.
In another sad development, a former MTN Group CEO, Sifiso Dabengwa, has been announced dead, Monday morning, after losing battle with Cancer.
Dabengwa was MTN CEO from March 2011 till 2015 when he had to resign as MTN was looking for ways to negotiate itself out of a record N1.04trn fine Nigeria slammed on the telco for failing to disconnect over five million customers with unregistered SIM cards.
The Zimbabwean-born Dabengwa also served briefly as MTN Nigeria CEO until 2006.
South African media outlets are quoting a family spokesperson Themba Sibanyoni to have confirmed his death.
According to the reports, Sibanyoni said: “Dabengwa was a titan in the telecommunications industry and an astute businessman. His tenure as CEO of MTN Group from 2011 to 2015 was marked by visionary leadership, integrity, and dedication that drove significant advancements in the industry”.
Sibanyoni said Dabengwa, left a legacy that extends far beyond the boardroom.
“He was an advocate for education and a fervent believer in the power of technology to transform lives.”
Details later…