{"id":171376,"date":"2025-07-26T13:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T12:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau"},"modified":"2025-07-26T14:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T13:45:06","slug":"kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau","title":{"rendered":"Kebbi governor Nasir Idris mourns Emir of Gusau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has mourned the death of the Emir of Gusau, Dr Ibrahim Bello, describing his passing as a major loss to Zamfara State and northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>In a condolence message to Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, Idris described the late monarch as a leader known for wisdom and a peaceful disposition, whose guidance helped stabilise his emirate.<\/p>\n<p>The message was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by Abdullahi Idris, Special Adviser to the Governor on Communication and Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Idris noted that the traditional ruler\u2019s death came at a time when his leadership was still needed to strengthen unity and maintain relative peace in Zamfara.<\/p>\n<p>He also recalled the monarch\u2019s contributions to the health sector during the era of the old Sokoto State, saying his legacy in public service would be long remembered.<\/p>\n<p>The Kebbi governor extended condolences to the Gusau Emirate Council and the bereaved family, praying for Allah\u2019s mercy and for the monarch to be granted Aljannatul Firdaus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has mourned the death of the Emir of Gusau, Dr Ibrahim Bello, describing his passing as a major loss to Zamfara State and northern Nigeria. In a condolence message to Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, Idris described the late monarch as a leader known for wisdom and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[2329,10871,254],"class_list":["post-171376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kebbi","tag-nasir-idris","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kebbi governor Nasir Idris mourns Emir of Gusau - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has mourned the death of the Emir of Gusau, Dr Ibrahim Bello, describing his passing ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kebbi governor Nasir Idris mourns Emir of Gusau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has mourned the death of the Emir of Gusau, Dr Ibrahim Bello, describing his passing ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-26T12:37:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-26T13:45:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753525025.303331.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"685\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kebbi governor Nasir Idris mourns Emir of Gusau\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-26T12:37:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-26T13:45:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753525025.303331.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kebbi\",\"Nasir Idris\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kebbi-governor-nasir-idris-mourns-emir-of-gusau\",\"name\":\"Kebbi governor Nasir Idris mourns Emir of Gusau - 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