PHOTOS: 2 Arrested, Tied To Pole For Stealing Truck Batteries IBOM FOCUS brings to you how 2 Arrested, Tied To Pole For Stealing Truck Batteries Two suspected thieves have been apprehended for allegedly stealing truck batteries in Tudun Wada community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. It was gathered that the suspects were caught red-handed by the community vigilante group at about 10pm on Wednesday night, September 1 and tied to a pole. According to reports, the suspects allegedly sneaked into Jolex Construction Company site and stole two GBM truck batteries worth about N150,000 each. “The criminals were…
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2021: JAMB Unveils Top 10 UTME Candidates, Full List Information reaching IBOM FOCUS that JAMB Unveils Top 10 UTME Candidates A candidate from Lagos State, Monwuba Chibuikem, has emerged as the best candidate at the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination with a score of 358. According to The Cable, the information was contained in a document shared by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board at its policy meeting held on Tuesday. At that meeting, the board also dropped the idea of uniform cut off mark for institutions for the next academic session, asking the institutions to decide their individual benchmarks.…
How Nigerian Army Tortured, Sentenced Soldier To Death For Demanding Better Weapons To Fight Boko Haram Information reaching IBOM FOCUS How Nigerian Army Tortured, Sentenced Soldier To Death For Demanding Better Weapons To Fight Boko Haram An ex-soldier, Amoo Bukola, recently released with others from the Maximum Security Prisons, Kirikiri in Lagos has narrated how he and others were tortured, jailed and sentenced to death by the army authorities for demanding better weapons to fight Boko Haram terrorists. Bukola disclosed this in a recent interview with PM News, expressing hope that he will be reinstated in the army. He gave…
BREAKING: Power Minister Collapses, Hospitalised After Buhari Sacked Him Information reaching IBOM FOCUS that Power Minister Collapses, Hospitalised After Buhari Sacked Him The former minister of power, Saleh Mamman collapsed in Abuja and landed at the hospital yesterday after being told by President Muhammadu Buhari that he had been relieved of his job. Mr Mamman served as power minister since 2019 until he was fired on Wednesday as Mr Buhari conducted a minor redeployment of his cabinet members. “He collapsed yesterday and was immediately hospitalised,” a family source said under anonymity. “He wasn’t expecting to be fired so soon.” The…
Leaked Documents: How ‘N30 Meal’ And Others Sacked Agric Minister Information reaching IBOM FOCUS Leaked Documents: How ‘N30 Meal’ And Others Sacked Agric Minister Alhaji Mohammed Sabo Nanono, who was relived of his duty as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, on Wednesday, has been under scrutiny over a number of issues, which drew adversaries to him. Since taking charge of agric ministry on August 21, 2019, Nanono has been involved in one controversy or the other. Perhaps, the most wave Nanono made as a minister since his appointment two years ago was his gaffe that a N30 meal could…
Herdsmen Post Their Photos On Woman’s Facebook Wall After Stealing Her Phone IBOM FOCUS brings to you how Suspected Herdsmen Post Their Photos On Woman’s Facebook Wall After Stealing Her Phone Mrs Deborah Mbi was robbed on her farm in 2020, but surprisingly she saw the faces of the young herdsmen who robbed her on Facebook. On Tuesday, August 31, 2021, the herdsmen who robbed Mbi posted pictures of themselves on Mbi’s Facebook wall, with one of the pictures showing cattle in the background. The herdsmen had taken pictures with her phone and uploaded them on her Facebook wall, not…
FCTA Demolishes Abuja Markets Information reaching IBOM FOCUS that FCTA Demolishes Abuja Markets The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday in Abuja demolished markets and a tipper garage in Gwarinpa Estate. The chairman of the FCT Ministerial Task Force on City Sanitation, Ikharo Attah, who led the operations, said the demolition would be sustained for days to prevent Gwarimpa from becoming a slum. He explained that criminals had turned the markets and garage into hideouts. Mr Attah added that the daily perennial gridlock in parts of Gwarinpa was also attributed to the “illegalities flowing from the activities of the…
BREAKING: Court Sacks Mai Buni As APC Acting National Chairman Information reaching IBOM FOCUS that Court Sacks Mai Buni As APC Acting National Chairman Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and other members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC have been sacked. A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba, Wednesday, restrained the Governor and the others from parading themselves as Chairman and members of the APC CECPC until the determination of a substantive suit before the court. Justice Onome Marshal Umukoro, who presided over the matter, also stopped the Party’s scheduled LG…
BREAKING: Restored; Nigerian Can Now Have Access To Twitter Information reaching IBOM FOCUS that Nigerian Can Now Have Access To Twitter There were indications on Wednesday that Nigerians may now have partial access to Twitter. Checks by our correspondents showed that as of Wednesday night, access to the microblogging site had been restored through computer systems. However, trials via the mobile phone were not successful. The Federal Government had on June 4 announced the indefinite suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking platform in the country, days after Twitter deleted a tweet by the President, Major General…
Amnesty International’s “Rantings” Can Never Stop Buhari From Attacking IPOB, Garba Shehu Information reaching IBOM FOCUS that Garba Shehu says Amnesty International’s “Rantings” Can Never Stop Buhari From Attacking IPOB Garba Shehu, spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday accused Amnesty International of defending Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) terrorists against Buhari regime. The human rights organisation had in a statement to mark the International Day of Support for Victims of Enforced Disappeared on Monday, condemned the Buhari regime for increase in sudden disappearance of Nigerians in custody. The group lamented the disappearance of over 200 people – including former Niger…