The palace of the Etsu Nupe in Bida, Niger State recently rolled out its royal drums and other paraphernalia of royalty to celebrate the 90th birthday of one of its own. Alhaji Aliyu Yerima, now the most senior council member, was born on February 11, 1923.
The young Aliyu was in 1933 enrolled into elementary school, Bida and finished in 1937, from where he proceeded to Bida Middle School. In 1942, Yerima got admission into Kaduna College, which was an offshoot of the famous Katsina College, now Barewa College and left in 1944, graduating with a high school certificate.
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