The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), says the sudden death of Obadiah Mailafiya, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is a huge loss to Nigerian. The union also expressed foul play in Mailafiya’s death and demanded for a thorough independent forensic analysis to determine the cause. Mailafiya died on Sunday…
A former governor of Zamfara state and senator representing Zamfara West, Abdulaziz Yari, was said to have been detained and grilled by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), according reports by The Punch newspapers. The newspaper said reasons the detention and interrogation of Yari was not clear yet. According to Punch, a source…
Bayelsa state governor, Duoye Diri, has been re-elected in Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Diri, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), won the poll having scored 175, 196 votes, to defeat his close challenger, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who garnered 110, 108 votes. Results of the…
Troops of the 3 Division/Operation Safe Haven, Nigerian Army, have arrested two notorious gunrunners in Plateau state. In a statement on Sunday in Jos, spokesperson of for Operation Safety Haven, Samson Zhakom identified the suspects as Yahaya Adamu and Saeedu Haruna. He said the operation leading to their arrest was conducted between May 10-11, 2025, in…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa, David Ombugadu, has berated Governor Abdullahi Sule over his statement on judges. The governorship election petition tribunal in the state, had in a judgment on October 2, annulled Sule’s victory after two of the three judges on the panel declared Ombugadu winner of the March 2023…
Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, said that he will eliminate the bandits terrorising the North if elected president in 2023. He also assured that Nigerians will not regret if given the mandate as their president. Addressing thousands of party faithfuls on Tuesday at the flag-off of North-West Presidential campaign rally…
