After Shutting Down Zamfara, Gov Matawalle, Family Members Jets To US As Wife Delivers Baby Abroad Information reaching Ibom Focus that After Shutting Down Zamfara, Gov Matawalle, Family Members Jets To US As Wife Delivers Baby Abroad The Executive Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle has left the country for the United States of America, after vowing that he would limit his movements and share in the ban on mobile telecommunications in the state. The governor had also said the ban would remain until the bandits terrorising the state were dealt with. Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle. A source said…
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Bandits Kidnap Intending Couple Ahead Of Saturday Wedding Information reaching Ibom Focus that Bandits Kidnap Intending Couple Ahead Of Saturday Wedding In Ekiti, Demand N5million Two persons believed to be an intending couple have been abducted by gunmen in the Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State. According to Tribune, the victims were said to have been kidnapped along Ilasa- Ayebode road in the council area on Sunday afternoon. The couple, according to sources, were returning from Ado-Ekiti, the state capital where they had gone to purchase some commodities in preparation for their wedding scheduled for this weekend when…
BREAKING: Sokoto Shuts Down Telecommunication Networks Information reaching Ibom Focus that Sokoto Shuts Down Telecommunication Networks After Zamfara, Katsina The Sokoto State Government has shut down telecommunications networks in 14 of the 23 local government areas of the state as part of the efforts to check banditry. Governor Aminu Tambuwal announced the measure on Monday. In an interview with the Voice of America Hausa Service, Tambuwal said the state secured approval from the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isah Pantami, before enforcing the ban on Monday. Sokoto Shuts Down Telecommunication Networks He said the affected council areas are the…
Sit-at-home: Candidates Who Missed WASSCE Over “Unknown Hoodlums” To Re-Sit Following the Sit-at-home order, information reaching Candidates Who Missed WASSCE Over “Unknown Hoodlums” To Re-Sit The Ministry of Education on Monday assured that candidates who missed the 2021 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) in the Southeastern region following attacks by unknown hoodlums will be given another opportunity to write the examination. This was made known to Ibom Focus by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr Sonny Echono while monitoring some examination centres in Abuja on Monday. Echono frowned at the Sept. 13 disruption of examination centres in…
Don’t Kill IPOB Members Like Buhari Did – Senator Okorocha Warns Don’t Kill IPOB Members Like Buhari Did – Senator Okorocha A former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha has stated that the Nigerian government needs to sympathise with the youth and address their grievances. He also urged the South-East region to present a good reason why the nation should have an Igbo man as the next President in 2023. He said though it is fair that the nation’s presidency should be zoned to the South, it is not formally written as it is based on a gentleman’s agreement.…
Nnamdi Kanu, Igboho Should Join APC – Says Jonathan Information reaching Ibom Focus that Jonathan says Nnamdi Kanu, Igboho Should Join APC Following last week’s red carpet reception accorded former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode at the Aso Villa for defecting to the ruling party, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Niger State, Jonathan Vatsa has encouraged separatist leaders, Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Ighoho to defect to the APC and have their ‘sins’ forgiven. According To Jonathan, who was the spokesman of the APC in the state, said it is “shocking and embarrassing” that those who were branded “looters”…
PHOTOS: Nigerian Girl Caged, Starved For 8-Months Information reaching Ibom Focus that Nigerian Girl Caged, Starved For 8-Months A young girl put in a cage by her relations in Sokoto state has survived after eight months. The girl, whose name and age have not been disclosed, was said to have been caged and left to die for eight months. She was reportedly starved and left without care in the Sokoto-Silma area within the metropolis. It was learnt that the girl and her relations moved to Sokoto from Akwa Ibom state. A neighbour of the girl’s guardians, Chimezie Anyawu disclosed that…
BREAKING: Eight Killed As 18-year-old Man Opens Fire On University Students, Information reaching Ibom Focus that Eight Killed As 18-year-old Man Opens Fire On University Students, At least eight people were killed and others injured after a gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm, officials said. The incident occurred on Monday. The shooter, said to be a student, 18, walked on to the campus on Monday morning and started shooting. Students and teachers hid inside the university building, barricading themselves, while some others were seen jumping from windows. 18-year-old Man Opens Fire The Perm State…
DIVORCE: “My Husband Beats Me, Says I Eat Too Much” – Woman Tells Court Woman tell court, My Husband Beats Me, Says I Eat Too Much” – A 23-year-old woman, Firdausi Sulaiman on Monday dragged her husband, Haruna Haruna, before a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, seeking divorce on grounds that he beats her and says she eats too much. In her petition, Sulaiman, who lives in Rigasa in Kaduna, told the court that her husband, Haruna, locks up the kitchen in the night, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. ”In our seven years of marriage, I…
APC Gives Femi Fani-Kayode Fresh Conditions Before It Can Fully Accept Him Into The Party Information reaching Ibom Focus that APC Gives Femi Fani-Kayode Fresh Conditions Before It Can Fully Accept Him Into The Party Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has listed conditions former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, must meet to be fully accepted and integrated into the party. According to the Director-General of the APC Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Moh Lukman, FFK will need to register from his ward, identify with the party chieftains in his state and more importantly demonstrate tolerance and…