Former Nigerian Governor dies

A retired senior military officer and one time governor of Kaduna State, Mouktar Muhammed, is dead. Mr. Muhammed, a retired air vice marshal, died yesterday evening, according to a Facebook announcement by his younger brother, Faruk Dalhatu. He died in a London hospital.

He was the first governor of Kaduna State after its creation in 1977 by the military administration of Olusegun Obasanjo.