ELDER STATESMAN, ALHAJI BAMANGA TUKUR DIES AT 90

Elder statesman, businessman and former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Dr. Bamanga Muhammadu Tukur, CON, is dead. Tukur who was governor of the defunct Gongola State, reportedly died in Abuja on Saturday, September 12, 2026, aged 91, just three days before his 91st birthday. His death marks the passing of one of Nigeria’s prominent public figures whose career spanned more than six decades and cut across public administration, politics, business and continental economic leadership. Born on September 15, 1935, in present-day Adamawa State, Tukur built a…

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