BREAKING: Former Borno governor dies after brief sickness

According to the newspaper, the former governor died on Wednesday, April 29, after a short illness.

LIVE NEWS NIGERIA gathers that Muhammad Goni used to be a retired civil servant who served as the governor of Borno country from 1979–1983 in the Nigerian Second Republic.

The later ex-governor used to be born in 1942 in Kareto, Mobbar neighborhood authorities area, Borno state.

He attended Maiduguri Middle School (1953–55), Borno Provincial Secondary School (1956–61), Provincial Secondary School, Kano (1962–63) and the Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1964–87), the place he received a BA (Administration), specialising in worldwide affairs.