The Kaduna Head of Marketing of the Peoples Daily newspapers, Mallam Haruna Musa, is died.
A close family source said Musa died after a protracted illness in the early hours on Monday after complaining of stomach ache.
Musa, who hailed from Nasarawa State, is survived by one wife and two children and has since been buried according to Islamic rites.
“He died on our way to the hospital when he complained of severe stomach ache,” his wife, Habiba, told our correspondent.
Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Correspondents Chapel, comrade Garba Muhammad, while leading a team of journalists on a condolence, prayed to Allah to grant him eternal life and the family, the fortitude to bear the loss.
•Photo shows late Haruna Musa.
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