Olaide Oyelude, KatsinaA former commissioner for education in Katsina State, Prof. Halimatu Idris, was killed by unknown gunmen on Sunday evening along the Kaduna/Abuja road. Scores of staff at the headquarters of Katsina State Ministry of Education were in sober mood on Monday following the news of her murder. She is being buried in Kaduna today (Monday) in accordance with Islamic rites. The death has been announced of the former Commissioner of Education Katsina State, Prof. Halimatu Sadiya Idris. Professor Idris was Katsina Education Commissioner until December 2014.

Source: Punch July 23, 2018 13:52 UTC