Top Immigration Officer, Imam Arrested For Certificate Fraud Information reaching Ibom Focus that Top Immigration Officer, Imam Arrested For Certificate Fraud A retired Chief Superintendent of Nigeria Immigration Service, Imam Aminu, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for alleged forgery of academic certificates. The Commission, in a four-count brought before Justice A.O. Abong of the Federal Capital Territory High Court 18, sitting in Gwagwalada, Abuja, said that the accused forged a National Diploma Certificate in Public Administration from the Kaduna State Polytechnic and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from the University…
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Femi Fani-Kayode’s funeral Femi Fani-Kayode’s funeral Femi Fani-Kayode’s funeral BY RUDOLF OGOO OKONKWO “Have you seen Femi Fani-Kayode’s new girlfriend?” “Lookia, my friend, what does that have to do with the national emergency that we face in Nigeria? Didn’t you hear that Naira’s exchange rate is heading to N1000 to a dollar by the end of the year? And Boko Haram and the bandits are surrounding Abuja for a final takeover vis-à-vis Afghanistan.” “You are just an alarmist. Pure and simple.” “I guess you are more at home talking BBNaija and Femi Fani-Kayode’s new girlfriend.” “That is the problem with…
Chinese Banks Set To Open In Nigeria, Full Details Information reaching Ibom Focus that Chinese Banks Set To Open In Nigeria Cui Jianchin, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, says he is in talks with Chinese-owned banks to establish operations in Nigeria. “Before my departure from Beijing to Abuja, I talked to several banks in China. When you list the world’s 10 big banks, six are in China. The banking sector is very important because, without money, we cannot build our industries,” Mr Jianchin explained. “What I am thinking here is best to talk to the governor of the central bank,…
JUST IN: Missing Man Found Dead Inside Car Information reaching Ibom Focus that Missing Man Found Dead Inside Car A missing man, simply identified as Isiaka has been found dead inside his SUV around Olomore area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Ibom Focus learnt that Isiaka was said to have been declared missing by his family about three days ago. The family had reported at Adigbe divisional police headquarters that the deceased left home in his car, but never returned. A source told our correspondent that the search for the man yielded no result not until Tuesday when he…
Davido Loses Another Close Aide To Death Information reaching Ibom Focus that Davido Loses Another Close Aide To Death Davido’s official photographer Fortunate Umunname Peter aka Fortune is dead. He died three months after the hit maker’s close friend and associate, Habeeb Ademola Uthman aka as Obama DMW passed on. Davido had also lost his bodyguard of six years, Ogbeide Tijani Olamilekan (Teejay) in 2020. In 2017, Davido lost two friends and team members, Tagbo and DJ Olu. Fortune was born and bred in Bariga, Lagos but hailed from Owerri. He has been working with Davido since 2019. He was…
Anti-Open Grazing: Southern Governors Passed Laws, They Know Cannot Be Implemented – Governor El-Rufai Southern Governors Passed Laws, They Know Cannot Be Implemented The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has stated that it is difficult to execute the Anti-Open Grazing laws which his counterparts in the Southern part of Nigeria have passed to curb insecurity in the region. Anti-Open Grazing He, then, cautioned them not to deploy much energy on the laws, adding that it would take time for it to materialise. Speaking during a visit to the headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, El-Rufai revealed…
Population Of North-West Nigeria Is A Curse— Says El-Rufai, Give Reasons Gov El-Rufai says Population Of North-West Nigeria Is A Curse The Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai says the North-West geopolitical zone of the country has human development indices that are closer to those of the Afghanistan. El-Rufai disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking at the Human Capital Development Communication Strategy meeting organised by the National Economic Council under the chairmanship of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. The governor said the North-West region has the highest number of out-of-school children and the highest poverty rates in Nigeria. Population Of…
BREAKING: EFCC Chairman, Bawa Dragged To Court Over N1.4bn Fraud Information reaching Ibom Focus that EFCC Chairman, Bawa Dragged To Court Over N1.4bn Fraud Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), appeared before Justice Sedoton Ogunsanya of the Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Tuesday. The EFCC is prosecuting the case against Nadabo Energy and its chairman, Abubakar Peters, for allegedly obtaining N1.4billion from the Federal Government as oil subsidy, using forged documents. Mr Bawa investigated the case when he was an operative of the EFCC. The defendants are also being accused of inflating the quantity…
Drama As Hungry Bandits Steal Foods From Katsina Farmers It was so Dramatic As Hungry Bandits Steals Foods From Katsina Farmers Bandits are raiding Katsina farming communities to steal food ahead of the upcoming harvest season, the state governor Aminu Masari has revealed. Mr Masari raised the alarm Tuesday, in Katsina, at a consultative briefing he held with the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on the security situation in the state. Hungry Bandits Steals Foods The briefing was attended by heads of security agencies in the state, traditional rulers, political and religious leaders, civil society groups and other…
Ritual Killers Behead 76-year-old Man, Sell Human Parts For N4000 Information reaching Ibom Focus that Ritual Killers Behead 76-year-old Man, Sell Human Parts For N4000 A 76-year-old man, Adeniyi Adebisi Samuel, has been beheaded by some ritual killers in the Akanran area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Parading the suspected ritual killers at the Amotekun headquarters, Dandaru, Ibadan, on Tuesday, the Deputy Commandant of Amotekun in the state, Mr. Akinro Kazeem, said the suspects were arrested following intelligence reports from the members of the public. Akinro who gave names of the suspects as; Ismail Muraina, Abdlerasheed Olanrewaju, Olalekan Akande…