Nigeria, May 25 -- The Bayero University, Kano (BUK), community has been thrown into mourning, following the sudden death of Musa Labaran, a senior lecturer in the Department of Information and Media Studies.

Mr Labaran passed away in Kano in the early hours of Monday, following a brief illness, as confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES by his colleague, Ibrahim Siraj.

Mr Siraj said that the late lecturer was full of life on Friday during a departmental meeting, which was scheduled to reconvene today, Monday.

"He participated actively in our meeting on Friday and showed no signs of illness, making his sudden demise deeply shocking," Mr Siraj said.

Colleagues and students, on various social media posts, described the late academic as a dedicated p...