President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with renowned musician; King Sunny Ade following his wife Risikat Adegeye’s demise. EkoHotBlog reports that Ms Adegeye was a member of the sixth Lagos State House of Assembly. The President condoled with the Lagos government, the House of Assembly, friends and political associates, urging them to trust in God “at … Read more
The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) has dismissed claims that Obadiah Mailafia, the former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), was treated shabbily at the facility before his death on Sunday morning. On Monday, the Middle Belt Forum claimed Mailafia endured a miserable ordeal in the hands of doctors at UATH, saying … Read more
The Kaduna State chapter of African Democratic Congress (ADC), has described the death of the party’s presidential candidate in 2019, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, as a huge loss to the nation. Nigeria has lost an asset, the state Chairman of the party, Mr Philemon Kure, said in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Kaduna. “Nigeria … Read more
Obadiah Mailafia, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says people who were hellbent on ousting former President Goodluck Jonathan from power brought bandits to Nigeria in 2015 Malaifa made the startling revelation in an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday. He said powerful individuals planned to use the bandits to start … Read more
I should have put my claims in a better language – Mailafia Former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia, says he can’t corroborate his assertion that northern governor is the leader of Boko Haram. Mailafia made this known when he appeared at Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday. EkoHotBlog … Read more
Supporters of former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, have stormed the office of the Department of State Services (DSS), to clamour the release of the ex-CBN official. The supporters, who chanted solidarity songs were, however, prevented from gaining entrance into the DSS compound. In the early hours the … Read more
By Simon Kolawole Dr Obadiah Mailafia, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), shook the airwaves recently when he told a radio station that a northern governor is the commander of Boko Haram. He also said the terrorists were flying freely during the coronavirus lockdown. “We have met with some of … Read more
Former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia, has pointed to traders in a market as the source of his wild Allegation about the leadership of Boko Haram. Mailafia had, during an interview with 99.3 Nigeria info in Abuja, claimed that a northern governor is the leader of Boko Haram. Mailafia … Read more
The pan-northern socio-political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum, on Thursday, told government not to treat recent allegations by a former Central Bank of Nigeria Deputy Governor, Dr Obadia Mailafia, with levity. The National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, mrt Emmanuel Yawe, said the allegation by Mailafia that a northern governor was a Boko Haram leader … Read more
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has expressed concern over the grave allegation levelled against one of them by a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Obadiah Mailafia. Simon Lalong, the forum’s chairman and Plateau state governor, said the allegation is too weighty to be treated with scant regard. Obadiah Mailafia, a … Read more
Second republic Governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his inability to guarantee security of lives and properties of citizens. Balarabe was reacting to Prof. Obadiah Mailafia assertion that bandits and terrorists have taken over Nigeria. Speaking during an interview, he chastised President Buhari over the frightening level … Read more
Former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has said he would not recant his comment on Boko Haram and insecurity in the country as what he said were based on confidential information he was privy to. Mailafia was invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) over a claim he made that … Read more