{"id":90862,"date":"2023-06-26T11:19:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T10:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi"},"modified":"2023-06-26T13:44:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T12:44:49","slug":"zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara APC mourns former SSG, Prof Shinkafi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it received with shock the sudden death of its party stalwart, Professor Abdullahi Muhammed Shinkafi, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital, by the State APC publicity secretary, Mallam Yusuf Idris Gusau, his sudden death was devastating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe death of a promising Islamic scholar of international repute and academician per excellence such as Professor Shinkafi\u2019s is a monumental loss to Zamfara State, State APC Family, and Nigeria at large,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that the State Working Committee extends its heartfelt condolences to his immediate family, relatives and associates and pray Almighty Allah to reward his soul with Jannatul Firdausi.<\/p>\n<p>The late Shinkafi was once a commissioner of the state Ministry of Religious Affairs and later appointed as the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, during Abdul Aziz Yari\u2019s eight years in office.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by two wives, who are professors of Islamic studies at the Usman Danfodio University in Sokoto State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it received with shock the sudden death of its party stalwart, Professor Abdullahi Muhammed Shinkafi, in Abuja. According to a press statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital, by the State APC publicity secretary, Mallam Yusuf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[1570,2140,34,254,3321,150],"class_list":["post-90862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-apc","tag-nigeria","tag-shinkafi","tag-zamfara"],"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>Zamfara APC mourns former SSG, Prof Shinkafi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it received with shock the sudden death of its ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zamfara APC mourns former SSG, Prof Shinkafi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it received with shock the sudden death of its ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-26T10:19:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-26T12:44:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1687767188.800423.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"365\" \/>\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\/parties\/zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zamfara APC mourns former SSG, Prof Shinkafi\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-26T10:19:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-26T12:44:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/sm_1687767188.800423.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"APC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Shinkafi\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/zamfara-apc-mourns-former-ssg-prof-shinkafi\",\"name\":\"Zamfara APC mourns former SSG, Prof Shinkafi - 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