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A group known as Middle Belt Forum on Sunday provided a detailed insight into how one of its leaders and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, died at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja. The organisation said that he was shabbily treated by doctors. The National Publicity Secretary of MBF, Dr. Isuwa Dogo, made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja. The statement reads, “The death of the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, this (Sunday) morning came to…

One Love Foundation has lambasted the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari over the rising debt profile of the nation. The group is enraged by the decision of the Buhari administration to request for fresh loans and warned the National Assembly to protect generations unborn by rejecting the request of President. The civil society group condemned the demand for another $4billion and €710million loans by the President. A statement by Chief Patrick Osagie Eholor, Global President said with the reckless borrowing, Nigerians might eventually be living in a "rented" nation. Eholor lamented that the Buhari administration already accumulated N33.107trillion debt with…

One of the cousins of Obadiah Mailafia, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has said he spoke with the deceased two days before he died. Mailafia died at a Hospital in Abuja, on Sunday morning. The cousin, who pleaded anonymity because the family did not authorise him to speak on their behalf, said when they spoke, the former CBN deputy governor explained that he was having malaria and cattarh. He said Mailafia told him he had to switch off his main number because people were disturbing him on that line. According to the cousin, after…

Former CBN Deputy Governor Obadiah Mailafia Is Dead Former deputy governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia. Obadiah Mailafia, a Nigerian economist who served as deputy governor of Nigeria’s central bank. Mr Mailafia, 64, died on Sunday morning at the National Hospital, Abuja. He was certified dead by a medical doctor at the nation’s foremost public health facility, The Gazette learnt. Mr Mailafia hailed from Randa, in the Christian-dominated Southern Kaduna, and taught economics at different institutions. He spent the latter part of his years advocating for a solution to the protracted killings in Southern Kaduna, which had been…

OVER 23 civil society organisations and stakeholders have called on vice president Yemi Osinbajo, to prevail on the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba and his men to release Gloria Okolie, who was allegedly linked to the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra( IPOB). They (CSO and stakeholders) condemned the continued detention of Okolie after a court had ordered that the police should either release the suspect on bail or charge her to court. They also described the act of the security outfit as irresponsible, unconstitutional and contempt of court. The police had arrested and detained the 22-year-old Gloria since June…

Major CL Datong, who was abducted when bandits broke into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna, last month, has regained freedom. Two senior officers were gunned down in the incident which happened on August 24, 2021. On Friday night, Deputy Director Army Public Relations 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Colonel Ezindu Idimah, said Datong was rescued by troops. He said the operations leading to his rescue led to the destruction of several identified bandits’ camps in Afaka- Birnin Gwari areas of the state. He said scores of bandits were killed during the operation, particularly, in the late hours of September…

An Oyo State High Court on Friday granted a relief sought by Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho and ordered the Nigerian government to pay him N20 billion. The court also dismissed an application filed by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, challenging its jurisdiction to hear allegations against Nigerian government agencies. The court was expected to deliver judgement or ruling on the N500 billion fundamental human rights case instituted by the Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho against the Nigerian Government and Department of State Services (DSS). Igboho through his lawyer, Yomi Alliyu,…

A standard gauge rail being planned from Kano State in Nigeria to Maradi in Niger Republic is one of the projects the President, Muhammadu Buhari, plans to fund with the fresh external loans he is asking the National Assembly to approve for his regime. Buhari had asked the National Assembly to approve fresh external loans of $4.054bn and €710m ($839m) for his regime. He also sought the legislature’s approval for grant components of $125m in the 2018-2020 external rolling borrowing plan. These were contained in a letter addressed to both chambers of the National Assembly and read on the floor…

Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has reacted to Femi Fani-Kayode’s defection to the All Progressives Congress on Thursday, referring to him as the ‘Judas of Oduduwa.’ In a Facebook post, Gumi on Thursday wrote: “I have for long, neglected the rantings of the Judas of Oduduwa attacking me knowing fully well that he is fake and a traitor. “Time has now caught up with him and thanks to Allah, all his vituperations are cast in the dustbin of merciless history. “It is him now, one wonders which of the seven circles of hell this duper will settle if he doesn’t…

Former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday said he was wrong about some of his criticisms of the Muhammadu Buhari administration in the past. Fani-Kayode, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, attributed his actions in the past to the fact that he did not know the President so well at the time. “It is absolutely clear to me that the perception that we had in the past, that many people had, is clearly wrong,” he said. “We can work together, we can come together, we can build bridges, we can effect unity in this country.…