VAT Law: You’re Insensitive, Self-centred — Kogi Government Tells Lagos, Rivers Following VAT Law, Kogi Government Tells Lagos, Rivers say You’re Insensitive, Self-centred The Kogi state government has said it will not support Lagos and Rivers states’ governments in the move to make the collection of value-added tax (VAT) exclusive for states. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday signed into law the bill on Value-Added Tax (VAT) collection in the state. Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. Wike signed the bill which was recently passed by the state House of Assembly at the Government House, Port Harcourt. He said…
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JUST IN: Boko Haram Displays Custom-Made Innoson Company’s Military Vehicle, Ammunition Captured From Nigerian Army, Photos Information reaching Ibom Focus that Boko Haram Displays Custom-Made Innoson Company’s Military Vehicle, Ammunition Captured From Nigerian Army 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, have displayed a military vehicle manufactured by Innoson Motor captured from Nigerian soldiers. According to ISWAP in a statement, the vehicle was captured after its fighters dislodged a military base in Rann, the administrative headquarters of Kala-Balge Local Government Area of Borno…
REVEALED: How Lecturers Charged N250k Before Being Promoted To Professorship Information reaching Ibom Focus How Lecturers Charged N250k Before Being Promoted To Professorship The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Calabar zone said it has viewed the N250,000 assessment fee for promotion to Professorship as an act of criminality. The Calabar Zone of the ASUU comprises of the University of Calabar, Cross River state, University of Uyo Akwa Ibom state, Cross River state University of Technology, Calabar, Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden, Abia State University and Ebonyi State University. Briefing newsmen in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, the Zonal Coordinator of…
Gives Herdsmen Special Ministry, Says Sheikh Gumi, Gives Reason Information reaching Ibom Focus that Sheikh Gumi asks FG Gives Herdsmen Special Ministry Popular Kaduna base Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has lambasted Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari. Adesina had in an article on his Facebook wall on Thursday titled, “I like this pampering. Don’t you?”, described Gumi as a “bandit-lover”. Though he did not mention Gumi’s name, Adesina quoted the cleric’s statement verbatim, noting that the cleric’s position on the military bombardment of the bandits is “false”. Gives Herdsmen Special Ministry “In the…
Publish Names, BVNs Of Customers Collecting Forex Without Travelling, CBN Orders Banks Information reaching Ibom Focus that CBN orders banks to Publish Names, BVNs Of Customers Collecting Forex Without Travelling The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks to publish the names and BVNs of customers who collect forex without travelling. In a circular on Friday, First bank told its customers that it will no longer tolerate unethical practices geared towards manipulating the new CBN policy to illegally acquire forex. The CBN warned that it would publish names and BVNs of customers who present fraudulent travel documents or cancel their…
“Biafra” Must Die – Ndidi Uwechue, Gives Reason Information reaching Ibom Focus that Ndidi Uwechue says “Biafra” Must Die It is quite evident that there has been no real development in Nigeria since the military coups of 1966 terminated the self-determination that the then Regions had. Population has increased, but the quality of life has decreased for the masses, with danger, lack, and decay in every sector. This retardation and insecurity is brought about because indigenous ethnic nationalities have no self-determination to create safe and progressing environments for themselves. Formerly, Military Decrees imposed from 1966 prevented self-determination, but today it…
DPO Loses Gun After Office S**x, Detains Lover’ How DPO Loses Gun After Office S**x, Detains Lover’ Information reaching Ibom Focus that DPO Loses Gun After Office S**x, Detains Lover’ A woman, Jennifer Madueke, has been detained by the Lagos State Police Command over a missing service pistol belonging to the Denton Divisional Police Officer, CSP Adegoke Akinlade. PUNCH Metro gathered that the 29-year-old, after spending three days in a detention facility at the Denton Police Station, Ebute Meta, where she was allegedly tortured to confess to the crime, was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba.…
BREAKING: We’re Winning— Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Says Information reaching Ibom Focus that Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Says We’re Winning Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has said he and the group leader’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu visited the IPOB leader in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday. We’re Winning The lawyer also stated that the operatives of the DSS who treated them inhumanely in recent weeks were different during the latest visit to the separatist leader. Ejiofor disclosed this in the statement made available to…
Police Arrest Woman Allegedly Buys Twins After Faking Pregnancy Information reaching Ibom Focus that Police Arrest Woman Allegedly Buys Twins After Faking Pregnancy A 55-year-old woman, Mrs Chinyere Ohanyere, aka Madam Chichi, has been arrested by men of the Imo State Police Command for allegedly buying a set of twins for an undisclosed fee. Ohanyere, from the Oguta Local Government Area of the state, was arrested on Tuesday on Graceland Estate, Owerri, the state capital. The woman allegedly pretended to have given birth to the twins on September 3, at Irette in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the…
Man Allegedly Kills Pregnant Wife Over Food It was shock when information reaching Ibom Focus that Man Allegedly Kills Pregnant Wife Over Food Tragedy struck on Wednesday in Ogwuagor in the Abakpa Nike, Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, as a middle-aged man, Eke Ofia, allegedly beat his pregnant wife to death. The incident happened when the father of four, who dealt in scrap metal on Nkpor Street, Abakpa, reportedly returned home drunk and attacked his wife for not giving him food. The woman, who was said to be eight months’ pregnant, was rushed to a hospital by…