Featured
MAILAFIA: Cousin reveals conversation about CBN ex-deputy gov’s health day before death
A relative of the late former deputy governor of the CBN who passed Sunday morning has revealed a snippet of the conversation he had with him a day to his hospitalization, and death.
Obadiah Mailafia and the cousin who preferred anonymity said his brother complained of malaria and catarrh when they had a phone call.
According to report by the Daily Trust, Mailafia told the cousin he had to switch off his main number because people were disturbing him on that line.
After they finished talking, the cousin wished him quick recovery and thanked him for an assistance he rendered him last week.
“Only for me to get a call today’s church service that he has passed on,” he told the newspaper.
The cousin also confirmed Mailafia died in Abuja—not in Jos where he had a house.
The former presidential candidate had a run-in with the President Muhammadu Buhari government when he claimed there was a plan o Islamize and Fulanise Nigeria through Boko Haram.
The DSS invited several times.
-
Latest1 week agoAPC’s Asogwa wins Enugu North senatorial by-election by wide margin
-
Latest1 week agoAPC, PDP clinch key by-elections as INEC declares winners in Kano, Rivers
-
Politics1 week agoPRP presidential primary heads to court as aspirant challenges Donald Duke’s nomination
-
Politics1 week agoWike-backed Lagos PDP extends olive branch to Bode George ahead of 2027 realignment
-
Latest5 days agoAlleged xenophobic attack claims life of Malawian street vendor in South Africa
-
Latest1 week agoOyebanji secures landslide re-election as INEC declares APC winner of Ekiti governorship poll
-
Football1 week agoJapan crush Tunisia 4-0 in historic 1,000th World Cup match as Curacao earns first-ever point
-
Football2 days agoAfrica breaks World Cup record with seven teams in knockout stage