RFI correspondent, Tasi’u Zakari, dies in Plateau, Al-makura, others mourn
Mr Zakari died on Tuesday morning at Sauki Hospital, located behind the Plateau State House of Assembly in Jos.
Mr Zakari died on Tuesday morning at Sauki Hospital, located behind the Plateau State House of Assembly in Jos.
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