Buhari Is Better Than Obasanjo, Jonathan Who Borrowed To Loot, Nothing To Show, Says Presidency Presidency says Buhari Is Better Than Obasanjo, Jonathan Who Borrowed To Loot, Nothing To Show Unlike the administrations of ex-presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, who borrowed on behalf of Nigeria only to steal the money, President Muhammadu Buhari takes loans to develop the country, claims the Presidency. “We are borrowing for development, and that is the difference between this administration and perhaps others before it, who borrowed to steal, who borrowed to pocket (and) who borrowed to waste,” Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s media…
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Dangote Deploys Soldiers Against Refinery Workers , One Killed, Many Injured Information reaching Ibom Focus that Dangote Deploys Soldiers Against Refinery Workers; One Killed, Many Injured Soldiers attached to billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote’s Savannah Sugar Refinery have killed a young man in its host community of Gyawana in Adamawa. The soldiers, drawn from the 23 Armoured Brigade in Yola, shot at five of several agitating youths who are former employees of the sugar company. The victimised youths are Augustine Philemon Dangabas, Peter Amos, Justine Ignatius, Obasanjo Nadi, and the dead, Gad Jacob. Dangote Deploys Soldiers Against Refinery Workers The youths…
Nigerian Army Secretly Contacts Families As Boko Haram Fighters Kill 25 Soldiers Information reaching Ibom Focus that Nigerian Army Secretly Contacts Families As Boko Haram Fighters Kill 25 Soldiers The Nigerian Army has refused to make a public statement five days after militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād killed at least 25 soldiers in Borno State. The deadly attack left about 25 soldiers dead while some are still missing five days after the incident. Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army secretly contacted some of…
How Boko Haram Attacked Kogi Prison, Gave Chief Imam In Jail Assault Rifle To Join Attack Information reaching Ibom Focus How Boko Haram Attacked Kogi Prison, Gave Chief Imam In Jail Assault Rifle To Join Attack Gunmen who recently broke into the correctional centre in Kabba in the Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, are Boko Haram terrorists, Ibom Focus learnt. A source also said on Monday that after their arrival, the terrorists gave an auto assault rifle to the Chief Imam for the inmates, said to be a Boko Haram commander. According to the source, the Boko Haram…
“Buhari Will Never Name Or Expose Boko Haram Sponsors” – Presidency Blows Hot Information reaching Ibom Focus that presidency says “Buhari Will Never Name Or Expose Boko Haram Sponsors” President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime will not name and shame Boko Haram financiers and other sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria, says his media aide Femi Adesina. “Naming and shaming will not be the motive. Bringing malefactors to justice will be it,” Mr Adesina told Channels TV on Monday. “Nigeria is not interested in naming and shaming anybody. Rather, it wants to bring them to justice.” In May, the Attorney-General of the Federation,…
Cripple Turned Kidnapper Arrested By Police While Picking Up Ransom Information reaching Ibom Focus that Cripple Turned Kidnapper Arrested By Police While Picking Up Ransom A cripple turned kidnapper has been arrested by Police operatives attached to Katsina State Command for attempted kidnapping for ransom. The suspect was arrested while trying to pick up ransom dropped for him. SP Isah Gambo, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen He said, “The Katsina Police Command have succeeded in arresting a person with a special need who turned himself into a kidnapper…
Police Arrest 6 For Supplying Bread, Petrol To bandits Information reaching Ibom Focus that Police Arrest 6 For Supplying Bread, Petrol To bandits Men of Nigerian police Katsina command says it has arrested six persons for supplying petrol and bread to bandits. The police spokesperson, Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. “On September 18, 2021, based on credible intelligence, the command succeeded in arresting a 32-year-old man from Maradi, Niger Republic, conveying fuel in a Passat vehicle,” the police statement revealed. “Another 28-year-old man, a resident of Magamar Jibia, was also arrested conveying fuel in his Passat…
Tears As Fulani Killed 50 Residents, Burnt 254 Houses In Kaduna Information reaching Ibom Focus that there’s Serious Tears As Fulani Killed 50 Residents, Burnt 254 Houses In Kaduna The Paramount Ruler of Atyap Chiefdom, also known as ‘Agwatyap’, Sir Dominic Yahaya, has raised the alarm over sustained Fulani attacks which have claimed over 50 lives of villagers under his domain which include Zango-Kataf in Southern Kaduna within a month. The killings, the monarch said, included heavily pregnant women and children, claiming also that 254 houses and seven churches were destroyed by the herdsmen during the sustained attacks. Yahaya stated…
Presidency Sells Seven-storey FRCN Building For N100 Million Information reaching Ibom Focus that Presidency Sells Seven-storey FRCN Building For N100 Million The Presidential Implementation Committee on Federal Government Landed Property has stated that it has the powers to sell or lease out any property of the Federal Government without prior knowledge of the ministry, department or agency using it. The PIC made this known to an ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives, which is investigating the abandonment of Federal Government property across the country. The Secretary of the PIC, Bala Sanusi, while speaking at the resumed investigative hearing…
PHOTOS: Pro-Buhari And Anti-Buhari Protesters Clash In New York Before Buhari’s Speech Information reaching Ibom Focus that Pro-Buhari And Anti-Buhari Protesters Clash In New York Before Buhari’s Speech Two Nigerian groups on clashed with each other in New York, the United States, over the state of things in the country. According to Tribune, the groups converged on Nigerian House on 42nd Street, 2nd Avenue, airing opposing views about the conditions in Nigeria and its unity. The protests came as President Muhammadu Buhari began his scheduled activities related to the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at a…