VIDEO: #EndBadGovernance: Nigerian Governor Attack Tinubu For Releasing Protesting Minors, Says I’m Not Happy Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has expressed displeasure over the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government’s decision to release some minors arrested during the August #EndBadGovernance protests. The governor argued that the minors should have been sent to remand homes as a “corrective measure” to deter others from engaging in similar “acts of dissent.” Speaking on Wednesday, Governor Zulum criticised the federal authorities for what he described as a missed opportunity to instil discipline in the younger generation. According to him, “I was not happy with how…
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Couple Arrested For Kidnapping The Anambra state police command says it has arrested a couple Mr and Mrs Okoye over alleged kidnapping in Ozubulu local government area of Anambra state. The command in a statement by its spokesperson Tochukwu Ikenga made available to newsmen, said the couple specialises in sending threatening messages to people and demanding ransom or they shall be abducted or killed. The couples are said to have confessed to the crime and admitted destroying sim cards which they had earlier used to perpetrate the crimes. Meanwhile, the state commissioner of police Nnaghe Obono has directed the immediate…
BREAKING: Senator Ndume To Leave APC The Borno South senator, Ali Ndume, has said he would leave the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), if the leadership of the party allows him. He said he ought to have left the APC before now but stayed back because of his closeness to President Bola Tinubu and that he doesn’t want the president to fail. Mr Ndume said this on Thursday when he appeared on Channels Television to discuss his grievances with the tax reform bills proposed by President Tinubu. “I told you I am very close to Tinubu. I don’t want…
Macron Says Tinubu On Mission To Transform Nigeria Like He Did In Lagos French President Emmanuel Macron has said that Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, is on a mission to transform Nigeria like he did when he was governor of Lagos state. Ibom Focus reports that Tinubu is currently in France having arrived the European country on Wednesday evening for a state visit. Speaking at a dinner in Paris, capital city of France, on Thursday, Macron said Tinubu “conquered military rule”, according to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. “Nigeria is a formidable…
Russia Lost ‘2000 Troops In Highest Death Toll In Single Day’; Says Ukrainian Military Says Russia has lost over than 2,000 troops in the past 24 hours, reaching a record daily high, according to Ukraine’s military. Reuters reports that Ukraine’s General Staff shared the estimated losses for Russia’s forces in its routine battlefield update on Friday morning, adding that more than 300 weapons and military equipment were also destroyed – though the figures cannot be independently verified. Moscow’s shocking losses come as Vladimir Putin’s army seeks to seize as much territory as possible ahead of Donald Trump’s imminent return to…
Enough Is Eπough: Nigerian Governor Sends Stroπg Warπing To Tinubu Over Tax Reform Bill More opposition has arisen against President Bola Tinubu’s controversial tax reform bill that has scaled through the second reading. It would be recalled that there have been series of opposition against the bill particularly from the Northern region of the country. Northern governors, traditional rulers, and Northern Elders Forum have rejected the proposed bills. This time, the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum of Borno State criticised the tax reform bills. Zulum aired his view in an interview with BBC Hausa service. According to him, the development…
Teacher Beats NYSC Female Corps Member To Coma A female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member has accused some staff of the Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, Kwara State, of beating and assaulting her. According to a source who was privy to the situation, the incident occurred when the corps member visited the school to collect her clearance letter. Ibom Focus could not yet get the name of the assaulted female corps member but one of the teachers had accused her of “not greeting properly.” “A teacher said she did not greet well and that was how it…
BREAKING: WTO Reappoints Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reappointed Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its Director-General for a second term. This was announced by WTO in a post on X on Friday. WTO said the reappointment will take effect on September 1, 2025. Details to follow…
BREAKING: Buhari’s In-Law Arrested The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned former President Muhammadu Buhari’s in-law, Gimba Ya’u, who is former Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), for allegedly diverting $65 million. The money was said to have been allocated for the construction of 962 residential units at the Goodluck Jonathan Legacy City in Kubwa, Abuja. The arraignment of Ya’u is alongside Bola Ogunsola, a former FMBN director, and Tarry Rufus, managing director of T-Brend Fortunes Nigeria Limited. They were arraigned before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court…
Court Rejects EFCC Request To Arraign Yahaya Bello Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has been brought to the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment but without his lawyers in court. He was brought to the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for his plea to be taken in a new charge. However, drama erupted when the charges were about to be read to him and the Judge, Emeka Nwite discovered that the defendant had no legal representation. Bello told the court that he got to know about the arraignment late Thursday night and hence, could…