Top Nigerian Pastor Turns Church Premises To Baby Factory Information reaching Ibom Focus that Top Nigerian Pastor Turns Church Premises To Baby Factory Men of Nigerian police, Imo State command has uncovered a church at MCC, Uratta in Owerri north council area of the state, new born babies are sold to willing buyers. Witnesses said young pregnant girls are kept in the church till they give birth and the babies sold to intending buyers. A statement by the State police spokesperson, Michael Abattam noted that tactical team of the command swung into action when one Amarachi Dioku,18 years of age…
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Akwa Ibom Councillor Beat, Raped A Woman, Threatening To Kill Her If She Speaks Out Information reaching Ibom Focus that Akwa Ibom Councillor Beat, Raped A Woman, Threatening To Kill Her If She Speaks Out A Councillor from Essien Udim local government area, Akwa Ibom State, Hon. Sunday Alexander Udoekong has been accused of raping a woman after beating her into a coma. Miss Unwana Raphael Osom, 28, said she took Hon Udoekong as her “elder brother and senior uncle” which was why she followed him last Friday to his house in Abak local government area – with the knowledge…
Nobody Can Accuse Me Of Corruption, I’m Clean, Buhari Blows Hot President Buhari says Nobody Can Accuse Me Of Corruption, I’m Clean President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said he has kept himself free of corrupt acquisitions, hence no one can accuse him of corruption. Mr Buhari made this assertion at a town hall meeting with leaders of the South-East region in Imo. The president made the claim despite reports of corruption by his aides and close associates, who remain unconvicted. The president also touched on other issues pertinent to the Igbos. Read the full statement here: I WANT TO BE…
BREAKING: INEC Introduce New Tech BVAS Information reaching Ibom Focus that INEC Introduce New Tech BVAS Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed plans to deploy Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the Anambra State governorship election. Mr Yakubu, speaking on Thursday at a meeting of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES), said the new technology will be used for voter accreditation. He noted that BVAS has the capability for both fingerprint and facial biometric accreditation. As a prelude, INEC will first run a pilot test of the new device in the Isoko…
80-year-old Retiree Dies After Setting House Ablaze Information reaching Ibom Focus that 80-year-old Retiree Dies After Setting House Ablaze An 80-year-old man identified as Louis Onwumere, has reportedly burnt himself to death in Ezinihitte, Mbaise Council Area of Enugu State. The aged man was said to have poured petrol on his family house before striking a match which burnt him to death. This has since raised confusion in the area as people who considered the incident as an abomination, but they could not ascertain the reasons behind the old man’s action. 80-year-old Retiree Dies Also, they could not pin-point anybody…
JUST IN: Tears As Suspected Drug Addict Beats Father To Death It was serious tears when information reaching Ibom Focus that Suspected Drug Addict Beats Father To Death A 21-year-old suspected drug addict, identified as Muhammed Yusuf, has allegedly committed patricide by beating his septuagenarian father, Alhaji Ibrahim Yusuf, to death. The suspect was said to have been alone with the father when he allegedly committed the crime at St. Mary Primary School area of Lokoja on Wednesday night. According to one of the neighbours, Miss Bello Nana, the boy had been misbehaving since Wednesday morning and she urged the…
Detention: Police Demanded N500,000 To Release Glory Okolie Following the Detention of Igbo girl, information reaching Ibom Focus that Police Demanded N500,000 To Release Glory Okolie Nigerians and civil society groups have continued to call for the unconditional release of a 21-year-old woman, Gloria Okolie, from Obor Autonomous Community in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, arrested by Imo Police and detained beyond the allowed constitutional period at the Tiger base unit, for over two months, over allegation of being an informant to Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Though Gloria, who was later transferred by the Police to Abuja,…
Gumi’s Visit To Oyo Was To Relocate Fleeing Northern Bandits Down South Information reaching Ibom Focus that, following the recent Gumi’s Visit To Oyo Was To Relocate Fleeing Northern Bandits Down South The Alliance for Oke-Ogun Development (AOD), a socio-political group in the Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State, has alleged that a recent visit by controversial cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi to Igboho area of Oyo State was an attempt to relocate bandits being chased out of Northern Nigeria to Oke-Ogun. The National Coordinator of AOD, Otunba Abiodun Fasasi, in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday alleged that the…
BREAKING: Drama As Buhari Promises To Help Imo Government Fight Insecurity It was so dramatic when Buhari Promises To Help Imo Government Fight Insecurity while Katsina, Buhari’s home state suffering Insecurity President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, that he will use his power as the president to deal with security breaches in the state. The President who expressed delight at the level of development in the state, however, vowed to deal with other infrastructural deficits of the state. Buhari stated this while inaugurating the Egbeada-Onitsha Bypass Road in Owerri. According to him, there is…
How Uzodinma Hired Youths, Takes Them In Buses To Welcome President Buhari Amid Tension In Imo Information reaching Ibom Focus How Uzodinma Hired Youths, Takes Them In Buses To Welcome President Buhari Amid Tension In Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has received President Muhammadu Buhari at Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, the state capital, on Thursday. The President is expected to inaugurate some projects in the state. Uzodinma Hired Youths Buhari was welcomed by hundreds of youths hired by the governor to counter the sit-at-home directive given by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as they were stuffed in…