Breaking News: Council of State Grants Diya, Bulama, Yar'adua Pardon

Former Chief of General Staff, Major General Oladipo Diya (rtd) and Former Chief of Staff Supreme Military Council, and brother of the late President, Major General Shehu Musa Yar'adua (Post Humous) received a State Pardon from the National Council of State, this afternoon, a source who attended the meeting has revealed to NaijaPundit.

 

Also pardoned were ex-Major Bello Magaji NA/6604, Mohammed Lima Biu, Shettima Bulama (of Bank of the North fame), Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha, Major General Abdulkareem Adisa (Post Humous) and former Major Segun Fadipe.

Nelson Mandela Discharged from Hospital

Nelson Mandela

By Zacheaus Somorin, with agency reports

Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, has been discharged from hospital following a scheduled medical check-up and “is doing well,” South Africa’s presidency said Sunday. “The doctors have completed the tests. He is well and as before, his health remains under the management of the medical team,” it said in a statement. A spokesman for the country’s president, Jacob Zuma, said there was “no need for panic,” and that the doctors had treated Mandela for a pre-existing condition consistent with his age.