EXPOSED: Bandits Convert Classrooms To Hideout Why Bandits Convert Classrooms To Hideout It was shock when information reaching IBOM FOCUS that Bandits Convert Classrooms To Hideout Bandits terrorising residents of Zamfara and forcing closure of schools have converted some classrooms to personal use in the North West State. Daily Trust findings show that dozens of primary schools in highly traumatised remote rural communities had been taken over by armed criminals. The schools were abandoned by the pupils and teachers as a result of the activities of the criminals. According to residents, the head master of one primary school in Birnin…
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NASS: INEC Insists On Electronic Transmit Results, Give Reason Information reaching Ibom Focus that INEC Insists On Electronic Transmit Results THE Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it did not need the approval of the Nigerian Communications Commission to transmit election results electronically. This was as the National Assembly told the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, to seek proper legal advice instead of misinforming Nigerians on the independence of INEC to conduct elections. INEC Insists On Electronic Transmit Results INEC also said that the decision of the National Assembly to subject its constitutional power to…
JAMB Replies El-Rufai Over Cut-off marks, Tells Him What To Do Information reaching Ibom Focus that JAMB Replies El-Rufai Over Cut-off marks, Tells Him What To Do The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it does not award “preferential cut-off marks” to students who sit the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination from the northern part of the country. The board also said the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was wrong in saying that UTME candidates of northern extraction enjoyed special privileges or lower cut-off marks not benefited by candidates in other parts of the country. JAMB’s Head of Information and…
LEAKED AUDIO: I Would Have Killed Churchill, My Ex-Husband If We Were Not Divorced – Actress, Tonto Dikeh Give Reason Following the Leaked Audio, Actress Tonto Dikeh says I Would Have Killed Churchill, My Ex-Husband If We Were Not Divorced Tonto Dikeh, a Nigerian actress, says she would have killed her former husband, Olakunle Churchill with ‘rat poison’ if they were not divorced. Dikeh has been in a protracted feud with Churchill since they ended their short-lived marriage, a union that has birthed numerous allegations and repeated counterclaims. In a leaked audio exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters and confirmed by different…
Father, Stepmother Kill 10-year-old Pupil Over Witchcraft In Akwa Ibom Information reaching Ibom Focus that Father, Stepmother Kill 10-year-old Pupil Over Witchcraft In Akwa Ibom A 10-year-old primary six pupil was reportedly killed in Ekpat Iduot village, Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State by his father and stepmother, who accused him of being a wizard and the source of their misfortunes. Vanguard reports that the father identified as Kufre and the boy’s stepmother, Rita, on August 29, mixed a rat poison popularly called “otapiapia” and patiently waited for neighbours to leave for church service before perfecting their evil…
BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu Sues Nigerian Government For N5billion Over Health Issues Information reaching Ibom Focus that Nnamdi Kanu Sues Nigerian Government For N5billion Over Health Issues There was tension in Umuahia, the Abia State capital on Tuesday as Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, heads to court over the latter’s health issues. It was gathered that access roads to the court were blocked by truckloads of the military, police and other security agencies, which created fear in road users in Umuahia. Nnamdi Kanu Sues Nigerian Government Ejimakor, in an application,…
BREAKING: Bandits Break Into College of Education, Kidnap Provost’s Children Information reaching Ibom Focus that Bandits Break Into College of Education Kidnap Provost’s Children Bandits have broken into Isa Kaita College of Education in Dutsinma, Katsina State, abducting the children of Dr Isma’il Ado Funtua, deputy provost of the institution. A source close to Ado Funtua confirmed the incident The source said heavily armed men invaded the campus on Monday night. “Around 11:30 pm on Monday, four heavily armed terrorists entered the premises of and broke into the residence of the Deputy Provost of the college, Dr Isma’il Ado Funtua,…
BREAKING: Bandits To kidnap El-Rufai, Masari, 2 other Governors Why Bandits To kidnap El-Rufai, Masari, 2 other Governors Information reaching Ibom Focus that Bandits To kidnap El-Rufai, Masari, 2 other Governors Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, on Tuesday, warned the governors of Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, and Niger States over the activities of bandits. Adeyanju warned that bandits may soon abduct Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Bello Masari, Bello Matawalle, and Abubakar Sani. The Abuja-based activist explained that bandits may abduct those governors if they keep praising President Muhammadu Buhari for pampering terrorists. In a tweet, the convener of Concerned Nigerians urged the…
PHOTOS: Corps Member Donates E-library To NYSC Information reaching Ibom Focus that Corps Member Donates E-library To NYSC Corps Member Ahmad Abubakar FC/20B/1340 has donated a digital library to the National Youth Service Corps as his personal Community Development Service (CDS) Project. Speaking during the commissioning of the project today at the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters, Abuja, Abubakar said the manual system of library operations is getting obsolete globally, hence, the need for a digitalized method of storing information. He said he was inspired to initiate the e-library project in order to help expand the NYSC library and enhance its…
IPOB Sit-at-Home: Uzodimma Shutsdown UBA, Access, First Bank, Others Following IPOB Sit-at-Home, information reaching Ibom Focus that Uzodimma Shutsdown UBA, Access, First Bank, Others Hundreds of bank customers were left stranded on Tuesday as the officials of the Imo State Government shut all the banks on Bank Road in Owerri, the state capital, IgbereTV has learned. Our correspondent who visited the area around 9am saw hundreds of banks customers waiting at various banks. Some of the banks that were sealed by the state government were Access, Polaris, First Bank, Eco Bank, and United Bank for Africa. Our correspondent saw customised…