The Emir of Ningi in Bauchi State, Alhaji Yunusa Muhammadu Danyaya, is dead.
Emir Danyaya was aged 88.
He was said to have died Sunday morning at the Expert Alliance Hospital, Kano, two days after returning from a medical trip to Saudi Arabia.
He passed away after spending 46 years on the throne.
A statement by Usman Sule, Secretary of Ningi Emirate Council, said the funeral prayer for the deceased will be held by 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Emir’s Palace in Ningi.
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