{"id":81183,"date":"2026-01-05T21:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81183"},"modified":"2026-01-05T21:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:26:07","slug":"ibadan-sarkin-hausawa-ali-%c9%97ahiru-zungeru-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/05\/ibadan-sarkin-hausawa-ali-%c9%97ahiru-zungeru-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibadan Sarkin Hausawa, Ali \u018aahiru Zungeru, Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Ali \u018aahiru Zungeru, the Sarkin Hausawa of Ibadanland, has died, marking a significant loss for the city\u2019s Hausa community. His death was confirmed by community leaders and traditional sources in Ibadan on Monday.<br \/>\nZungeru was widely respected for promoting unity and representing the interests of the Hausa community within Ibadan\u2019s diverse cultural landscape.<br \/>\nDetails of the circumstances surrounding his death were not disclosed. However, local sources said burial arrangements have been concluded, with funeral rites expected to commence on Tuesday.<br \/>\nTributes have continued to pour in, with many praising his commitment to peace, cultural preservation and community development. As mourning continues, attention is expected to shift to succession arrangements in line with tradition and relevant authorities in Oyo State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat Alhaji Ali \u018aahiru Zungeru, the Sarkin Hausawa of Ibadanland, has died, marking a significant loss for the city\u2019s Hausa community. His death was confirmed by community leaders and traditional sources in Ibadan on Monday. Zungeru was widely respected for promoting unity and representing the interests of the Hausa community within Ibadan\u2019s diverse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81185,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81183\/revisions\/81185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}