Day: September 19, 2021

The Middle Belt Forum on Sunday provided a detailed insight on how one of its promoters and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia died at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, Abuja. The organization said his case 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 read, “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 us as a great shock. “As someone who relentlessly participated in the activities of the Middle Belt Forum, his untimely death has dealt a deadly blow on ethnic nationalities of not only the Middle Belt but the country at large. “Arising from various enquiries from Nigerians over the circumstances of his death, the Forum wishes to state as follows: That Dr Mailafia arrived in Abuja last Sunday, September 12, 2021, from Akure and was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by his …

Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday directed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited be incorporated. He also approved the appointment of the Board and Management of the NNPC Limited with Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as Chairman. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kyari, was appointed Chief Executive Officer. This was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, saying that the president acted in accordance with the Petroleum Industry Act 2021. The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari, in his capacity as Minister of Petroleum Resources, has directed the incorporation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. “This is in consonance with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, which requires the Minister of Petroleum Resources to cause for the incorporation of the NNPC Limited within six months of commencement of the Act in consultation with the Minister of Finance on the nominal shares of the Company. “The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr Mele Kolo Kyari, has, therefore, been directed to take necessary …

By Ogechi Okorie Enugu – Report reaching Precise Post has it that the office of the Independent Electoral Commissioner (INEC) in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu was Sunday morning set on fire by unknown hoodlums. According to News Express, the arsonists climbed through the perimeter fence to gain access. The fire which started in the early hours of Sunday did substantial damage to the Office, even as the quick response of the Fire Service helped to salvage the situation. The Fire Service Station in Ozalla were said to have responded quickly giving credence to the establishment of Fire stations in local government areas by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. This might be the resurgence of attacks on INEC Offices which had stopped after the state Headquarters in Enugu and some local areas like Udenu Office, were torched.

By Our Reporter. Abuja (Precise Post) – Former deputy governor, Dr Obadiah Mailafia who was the Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the 2019 election has passed on at the age of 64. Mailafia, who was a columnist with The PUNCH was said to have died at midnight after a brief illness. The former deputy governor, who was the Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the 2019 election, was a known government critic and had advocated for public sector and exchange rate reforms. Mailafia was born on December 24, 1956, in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He later graduated top of his class at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1978 with a B.Sc. Honours Social Sciences degree (Politics, Economics, and Sociology). He also has an M.Sc. from the same institution. He subsequently won a French Government Scholarship to France, where he earned a Certificate in French Language and Civilisation from the University of Clermont-Ferrand in 1985. Mailafia later proceeded to the United Kingdom as a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Scholar at Oriel College, …