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A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, who was invited by the Department of State Services for questioning over some allegations he made on the security situation in the country, has been released after six hours of grilling. Malaifiya, who reported to the Jos office of the DSS at about 12:48pm, was accompanied by his lawyers, Pius Akubo (SAN) and Yakubu Bawa. Hundreds of his supporters also stormed the Kuba Road office of the DSS, carrying playcards and waited till his release at about 6:30pm. Twitter Mailafia had during a radio programme on Monday said that repentant Boko Haram members had revealed to him that a serving Northern governor was a commander of the terrorist group. VIDEO: Repentant Bandits Named One Northern Governor As Boko Haram Commander In Nigeria —Former CBN Deputy Governor, Mailafia #BokoHaram WATCH FULL VIDEO: https://t.co/IIG2CoasrT pic.twitter.com/MQK19jnG3u — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) August 11...

Ondo Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Inaugurates Operation Amotekun In State Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said that the Islamic State’s West Africa Province was already in Nigeria. Akeredolu made the statement during an interview on Channels Television, which was monitored by our correspondent. The governor said Amotekun will help fight ISWAP and others terrorists in the region. Ondo Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Inaugurates Operation Amotekun In State ( 11 Aug, 2020) He said, “What we know is that insurgency is already here, ISWAP is already in Nigeria. All of us know and these people have tendencies of issue of territory. They want to have hold of a particular territory until they are strong. That will be their launching pad. “Some of us believe that those who involve in kidnapping are not necessarily herders, those who are Fulani herdsmen. “A number of people we have found in recent time don’t even speak any Nigeria languages so we have fear that they are g...

A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, is dead. This was confirmed in a statement signed by his wife, Arese Carrington, on Wednesday. The statement reads, “It is with a heavy and broken heart but with gratitude to God for his life of selfless humanity that I announce the passing of my beloved husband Walter Carrington, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and Senegal. “He passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones at the age of 90 years old on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. “Further announcements will be made shortly. “Walter was a loving husband, father, grandfather, cousin, uncle, friend and in-law. “Ralph Waldo Emerson said. It is not the length of life but the depth of life. Walter was fortunate, his life had both length and depth.” News OBITUARY AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3ajtG4Y via EDUPEDIA

At least 94 out of 150 stranded Nigerian ladies in Lebanon on Wednesday evening arrived back into the country.  The evacuation from Lebanon was an intervention by the Nigerian Government following a cry for help by the ladies in a video.  The ladies, in a video obtained by SaharaReporters, had expressed regrets over travelling to Lebanon. Announcing the arrival of the ladies on Twitter, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission said they would embark on self-isolation as madanted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. They have all proceeded on a 14 day SELF ISOLATION as madanted by @NCDCgov and PTF on #Covid_19 . @NigeriaGov pic.twitter.com/zhyGg98EJQ — Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (@nidcom_gov) August 12, 2020 Travel News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2YcG1Dp via EDUPEDIA

A Kano Shari’a Court has sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mati Abdu, to death by stoning. This comes barely three days after the court sentenced a 22-year-old musician, Yahaya Sharif, to death by hanging for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. SaharaReporters gathered Abdul was arrested by the police in 2019 after he allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl at Farsa Village in Tsanyawa Local Government Area of the state. The judge, Ibrahim Yola, gave the verdict on Wednesday after finding Abdul guilty as charged. Baba Jibo, Public Relations Officer of the Shari’a Court, said the prosecuting counsel tendered all evidence before the court and the convict confessed to committing the crime.   See Also Islam Kano Sharia Court Sentences Musician To Death Over Song Allegedly Against Prophet Muhammad 0 Comments 2 Days Ago Islam News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDU...

Ibrahim Magu Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has faulted the activities of the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel set up to investigate him. Recall that Magu was removed as EFCC boss after the panel ordered his arrest in Abuja and has continued to face numerous corruption allegations. Magu in a letter to the Chairman of the panel by his lawyer, Wahab Shittu, expressed shock that the panel had suddenly metamorphosed into a judicial commission of inquiry despite being established under the Tribunal Of Inquiry Act 2004. He stated that the panel had derailed from the act and stressed that the panel should be bound by the stipulation of the Tribunal Of Inquiry Act 2004. Ibrahim Magu He also said that the tribunal had sat and conducted proceedings in the absence of Magu, which is in violation of the applicable law and rules of fairhearing. See Also Politics Magu’s Lawyer Writes Presidential Panel, Demands To See Petitions To...

Director-General of the NCC, John Ohireime Asein. Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission, Mr John Asein, has replied his detractors and accusers, who alleged that he was keeping another employment and drawing salaries from both ends long after his retirement. The NCC boss was accused of keeping the position of the Executive Director of Reproduction Rights Society of Nigeria, a collective management organisation regulated by the commission, a practice, which outrightly violates the public service rules and  the code of conduct for public officers. The economic confidential search further reveals that contrary to the said allegations, Mr Asein had on January 15, 2019 formally resigned from REPRONIG through a letter addressed to Chairman of the Board, Prof Olu Obafemi. Director-General of the NCC, John Ohireime Asein. Further investigation reveals that in accepting Asein’s resignation, Obafemi appealed to him to continue rendering a free service of assisting REPR...

A General Court Martial sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced a soldier to 55 years imprisonment over culpable homicide, burglary and theft, a report by PRNigeria said. The soldier, Lance Corporal Ibrahim Babangida, was alleged to have killed one Mr Bello Abdullahi Aliyu and also robbed his car at Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State in 2014. Aliyu was then a staff of the World Health Organisation in the state. Corporal Babangida was also accused of stealing a mobile phone and N600,000 from various persons on separate occasions. President of the GMC, Maj. Gen. Priye Fakrogha, while reading the judgment after listening to the prosecuting and defence counsel, said the accused soldier will serve a term of 40 years in jail for homicide. Fakrogha further said Corporal Babangida will serve a prison term of five years concurrently for pleading guilty to the second, third and fourth charges. PRNigeria gathered that the GCM’s verdict is subject to the confirmation of the N...

A General Court Martial sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced a soldier to 55 years imprisonment over culpable homicide, burglary and theft, a report by PRNigeria said. The soldier, Lance Corporal Ibrahim Babangida, was alleged to have killed one Mr Bello Abdullahi Aliyu and also robbed his car at Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State in 2014. Aliyu was then a staff of the World Health Organisation in the state. Corporal Babangida was also accused of stealing a mobile phone and N600,000 from various persons on separate occasions. President of the GMC, Maj. Gen. Priye Fakrogha, while reading the judgment after listening to the prosecuting and defence counsel, said the accused soldier will serve a term of 40 years in jail for homicide. Fakrogha further said Corporal Babangida will serve a prison term of five years concurrently for pleading guilty to the second, third and fourth charges. PRNigeria gathered that the GCM’s verdict is subject to the confirmation of the N...

Bala Ibrahim I read with disbelief, the defence put forward by the Attorney General of the Federation and Nigeria’s Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, where he informed President Muhammadu Buhari, that he was rich and owned lucrative businesses before becoming a minister of the federation. In the letter of defence against the accusation of self enrichment, Malami listed 27 properties in his asset declaration form submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau, amongst which are, Rayhaan Hotels and Rayhaan Food & Drinks, all of them in Kano. The defence was triggered by the combined publication of Sahara Reporters and the petition of a group, Kebbi Concerned Citizens, KCC, to President Muhammadu Buhari, calling on him to suspend the AGF from office with immediate effect.  While Sahara Reporters is alleging that since his appointment into the government of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, minister Malami had embarked on a relentless purchase and construction of propert...

Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Oke, is dead. Oke, who is serving his second term in the council, died on Wednesday from complications arising from COVID-19. Oke, was receiving treatment at the Gbagada Isolation Centre until his case became critical and had to be moved to ST Nicholas Hospital where he died. News OBITUARY AddThis :  Original Author :  Saharareporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3gQmRKN via EDUPEDIA

Bello Shagari, a grandson of a former Nigerian President, Shehu Shagari, has urged Christians not to meddle in Islamic matters. Shagari made this known while reacting to the decision of an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State, which sentenced a musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, to death for blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. Sharif-Aminu, aged 22, was accused of committing the offence in March 2020 after which protesters burnt down his family house. “Muslims should focus on their Islam, Christians should focus on their Christianity and disbelievers should focus on their disbelief. Everyone should practise what they believe. No belief should bother another in anyway and anyone who does so, has intruded. Fact! Peace,” Shagari said. However, when he came under fire for refusing to condemn the death sentence of the musician, Shagari admitted that there was need to reform certain aspects of  the Sharia law. “The whole debate about Sharia is uncalled for. Most of us debating aren’t even ...

Erica has revealed some of the challenges she faced in her first night in the Head of House lounge with Kiddwaya who she choose as her Deputy Head of House. In a conversation with Tolanibaj during the work-out session this morning, Erica revealed that it was difficult not having sex with Kiddwaya last night which was their first night in the lounge. She further revealed that the physical attraction made it so difficult and she kept looking at the cameras to remind herself of where she was. Here is the video; http://edu-pedia247.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/tps-t.co-6dr22bcKVD_7.mp4 This is coming after Kiddwaya asked her why she thinks he doesn’t have her back just like Laycon. Asides telling her that she is always going to be in his life, the Benue-born reality show star also told Erica that he can’t imagine not caring about her whether they have a relationship or not. Here is the video below; http://edu-pedia247.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/tps-t.co-wWkAotOxnP_6.mp4 f...