Etsu Nupe and Chairman Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers Alhaji (Dr) Yahaya Abubakar has conferred the traditional title of Kakakin Nupe on Alhaji Mohammed Idris (Malagi).

Idris, the Chairman/CEO, Blueprint Newspapers and Chairman WE FM 106.3 based in Abuja, is also the General Secretary of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN).

He replaced the late publisher of Leadership newspapers Sam Nda-Isaiah who died recently in Abuja.

The new Kakakin Nupe hails from Malagi, Gbako Local Government Area of Niger State.