Professor Balarabe Maikaba of the Mass communication Department of Bayero University has died.

A senior staff of the department Dr Gambo Nababa confirmed Maikaba’s death to The Guardian on telephone on Sunday.

Maikaba, a former head of department and member of the Senate, Bayero University, died at home after a brief illness.
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Although the cause of death was not disclosed, The Guardian learned the professor of communication research suffered high fever for four days before his death
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The main of Professor Maikaba is expected to be buried today according to Islamic rites.
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