UMARU DIKKO PASSES AWAY AT 78

Former Minister of Transportation and prominent northern politician, Dr Umaru Dikko, has passed on, Premium Times reports. Dikko, who was was the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), passed on Tuesday morning in a London hospital at the age of 78 according to family sources. The former minister was said to have suffered three strokes in a row before passing away.