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TRIBUTE: GOOD NIGHT SANI KASSIM MAIDAMMA
TRIBUTE: GOOD NIGHT SANI KASSIM MAIDAMMA
By: Balami Lazarus
Growing up in Zaria as children and young men in our teens was interesting and full of fun that was some decades back then.
Looking back recently I decided to do a long roll call of my close childhood friends and some peer groups. I found out that some of us are ‘missing’ on the list. And one such person was Sani Kassim Maidamma (SK). Aminu Suleman called and told me that Sani was no more.
I lacked what to say and sensed that he would end the call. We were living in the same neighbourhood where our parents were known to each other. Later, SK and I went to the primary school, All Saint Anglican Primary School Samaru- Zaria, one of the top rated primary schools now Saidu (LEA) Primary School.
SK and I were once in the same classroom, sitting on the same desk that was in class four (B) and we have always been together till we left in 1976 and our friendship continues to his last days on mother earth after a protracted illness.
It is therefore necessary for me to write this piece as a remembrance of SK. He was one among our very good childhood friends for those of us that were close to Sani Kassim. SK, I do remember when you were the Secretary of Sabon Gari (Zaria) Local Government Council where you touched lives in terms of employment, contracts and charity.
I recalled your visit to our former primary school where you made promises in your capacity as Sole Administrator of Basawa Area Development Council and you fulfilled them.
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I thanked you for your kind gesture whenever I visited you in your office at the secretariat. It was always a plus to my pocket or my car tank. To tell you how good SK was, when I informed
Audu Dachar of his death was downcasted and what came out of him. “Oh my God! Sani was a good guy.” Really being good is associated with late SK.
He was nice to anyone that came into contact with him. Your heart was a synecdoche of your whole when you were here with us.
SK had a chrisma that attracted people to him. His house was a rallying point for some of us. It was my first point of call once I was in Zaria before reaching my parent’s house. This has no doubt has to do with your very large kind heart SK.
I also glee in my heart when we close from school. I will follow you home and Iya will make sure I eat something no matter how little it was before proceeding home with a warning as usually not to play around with dead tractors by the side of your house.
We share some things incommon with SK, he was stout, well- built, dark in complexion, fearless, down- to- earth and a lover of books. SK was a footballer, that is where we slightly parted ways in interest. I was more on the adventurous side of life as a boy- snakes hunting, fishing, mountain climbing, swimming ( bridge diving) and hiking. That was me as a boy.
As a good footballer, SK played for the defunct Samaru United Football Club and A.B. U. Workers Football Club. My good childhood friend and brother Sani Kassim Maidamma, your baritonic voice stands out and I always felt flattered when you addressed me as Don Lazarus either directly or on the phone. I missed you .
Before the black- out, SK was an Editor for Hotline NewsMagazine Kaduna, Teacher, Lecturer, politician and was a PhD student with Faculty of Administration, Department of Local Government Studies Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
He was once with Aminiya of Daily Trust Newspaper Abuja. SK died on the 30th May 2017 at the National Hospital. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. May Allah grant him Al Janna Firdaus. Ameen.
Balami, a Publisher/ Columnist. 08036779290
TRIBUTE: GOOD NIGHT SANI KASSIM MAIDAMMA
Bauchi DPO, another killed in fatal motor accident
By: Zagazola Makama
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Toro in Bauchi State, SP Mustapha Garba, and another person died following a fatal motor accident along Bargar Tsamiya in Toro Local Government Area, police said on Sunday.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident, which occurred on June 14, 2025, at about 11:30 hours, involved a Mercedes car driven by the DPO, alongside two passengers, and a stationary Opel Astra vehicle, who had left the vehicle to attend to his farm.
Police sources said the DPO was traveling from Gumau to Magama Gumau town to attend his wedding Fatiha when his vehicle hit a pothole, causing him to lose control and swerve into the other lane, subsequently colliding with the stationary vehicle before somersaulting into the bush.
The DPO and another victim, Mr Shaaibu Cheski, 45, from Gumau Town, died while receiving treatment at General Hospital, Toro, while two other victims are currently undergoing treatment, police sources added.
Bauchi DPO, another killed in fatal motor accident
Zulum commissions 20 road projects in Maiduguri to mark Democracy Day
…Construction of 2 hospitals, int’l conference centre kicks off
By: Michael Mike
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday commissioned 20 road projects in Maiduguri, the state capital, to mark the 2025 Democracy Day.
They are Maina Kenindi Road, Talba Road, Yerima Road, Tafa Balewa Road, Cemetery Road, Park Road, Benue Road, Kinshasa Road, Homan Road, Kyari Sandabe Road, Elkanami Road and Onitsha Road.
Others are Dicharima Road, Sokoto I Road, Sokoto II Road, Engr Bukar Tijjani Road, Waziri Road, Marghi Road, Zajeri/Umarari Riad and Ambs Mahmud Ahmed Express Road in Gwange.
The combined 21.8 km projects were cited in Maisandari, Umarari, Ngarannam and Gwange, all in the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council.
The governor reaffirmed his commitment to providing democracy dividends for the people of Borno State till the end of his administration.
“In sha Allah, before the expiration of my tenure, people of Borno State will witness many more projects,” Zulum said.
…Construction of 2 hospitals, int’l conference centre kicks off
Meanwhile, the Borno State Government has started constructing three more projects, comprising two hospitals and a 4,000-person international conference centre.
One of the two hospitals is a specialised orthopaedic service centre with a 200-bed capacity in the Goni Kachallari area of Jere Local Government.
Zulum commissions 20 road projects in Maiduguri to mark Democracy Day
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Two Benue civil guards killed, others injured as security forces repel bandits’ attack in Tor-Donga
Two Benue civil guards killed, others injured as security forces repel bandits’ attack in Tor-Donga
By: Zagazola Makama
Two operatives of the Benue State Civil Protection Guards (BSCPG) have been confirmed dead, and three others injured following a late-night attack by suspected armed bandits on a military post in Tor-Donga, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the attack occurred at about 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday when about ten armed bandits riding on five motorcycles stormed the army camp in Tor-Donga in an attempt to ambush troops stationed there.
The BSCPG operatives, who were on security duty at the location, intercepted the attackers. In the ensuing gunfire, one guard, identified as Torna Atim, was shot and died on the spot, while another, Fanga Gundepuun, sustained a gunshot wound to the leg and later died in hospital.
Three other guards l, Guusu Terver, Mzuuga Terzungwe, and Abugh Ivanbee , all residents of Tor-Donga, sustained varying degrees of injury and were rushed to Nguher Hospital in Katsina-Ala for treatment.
Reinforcements from the Nigerian Army and military and other security agencies responded swiftly and successfully repelled the bandits, who fled into the bush, abandoning two motorcycles at the scene.
The motorcycles have been taken into custody.
Two Benue civil guards killed, others injured as security forces repel bandits’ attack in Tor-Donga
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