Trump Makes Another Fresh Appointment President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Tom Homan, his former acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will serve as “border czar” in his forthcoming administration. “I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders,” Trump declared late Sunday on his Truth Social platform. Homan’s appointment was widely anticipated, given his experience and Trump’s commitment to initiating the largest deportation operation in US history. In addition to managing the southern and northern borders and…
Author: Ibom Focus
BREAKING: Dozens Feared Ki||ed, Injured As Army Clashes With Terrorists In a fierce clash between the Chadian army and Boko Haram fighters, at least 15 Chadian soldiers lost their lives, while 32 others were injured, according to a statement by army spokesman General Issakh Acheikh on Sunday. The confrontation also resulted in the deaths of 96 Boko Haram members, with an additional 11 wounded. General Acheikh, addressing the nation on television, did not disclose specific details regarding the location of the clash or the circumstances leading up to it. However, he assured citizens that the army has the situation under…
Man Set Wife On F|re The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man, identified as Olubunmi Johnson, for allegedly setting his wife, Kikelomo, on fire in their apartment on Fagbuyi Street, Ilogbo, in the Ota area of Ogun State. Ibom Focus learnt from an eyewitness on Saturday evening that the incident took place around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, following a domestic dispute. While the exact circumstances leading to the confrontation remain unclear at the time of this report, the spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola told our correspondent that Johnson has been detained in connection with the…
EXPOSED: Judges Caught Illegally Releasing Convict, Falsifying Court Documents; Registrars Grant Suspect Bail, Collect Bribes The Kano State Judicial Service Commission has taken disciplinary actions against eight judiciary staff members over misconduct. This was announced in a statement signed by the spokesperson for the Kano State Judiciary, Baba Jibo-Ibrahim, on Sunday. “The Judicial Service Commission, at its 76th meeting held on November 4, considered petitions against the judiciary staff and ordered two court registrars (to go) on compulsory retirement. “Those sanctioned are magistrates Nasir Ado, Alkali Yusuf Kawu, Sanusi Usman-Atana, and finance registrar Salisu Adamu-Nayola. Others are Alkali Abdulmuminu Nuhu,…
Again, Petrol Price Per Litre Drops The estimated cost of landing Premium Motor Spirit, commonly known as petrol, on Nigeria’s shores has seen a considerable reduction of 20.34 per cent, dropping to N971.57 per litre over the past three months. This decline in landing cost, which reflects the price of importing and distributing the product, indicates some relief in terms of global market fluctuations and supply chain factors. However, despite this reduction, the retail price of petrol in Nigeria has sharply increased by N443, or 71.79 per cent, from N617 per litre on August 1, 2024, to N1,060 per litre…
Tinubu To Present 2025 Budget To National Assembly By December Signals that the presentation of the 2025 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu may happen in the first week of December this year, are gradually emerging as templates to that effect are not well laid yet, 10 days into November 2024. This is as the Senate through its Committee on Finance declared that the decision on presentation of the 2025 budget strictly lies with the executive arm of government headed by President Tinubu. It would be recalled that as against tradition laid down…
Trouble Looms As Trump Kick-Start Mass Deportation Of Immigrants Donald Trump’s plans for his first day in the White House are quite ambitious, to say the least. After being asked if he’d be a dictator if re-elected, Trump responded that he wouldn’t be, “except for Day 1”. His agenda includes mass deportation of migrants, rolling back Biden administration policies on education, reshaping the federal government by firing potentially thousands of federal employees he believes are secretly working against him, and pardoning people who were arrested for their role in the riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump plans…
‘Abuja Car Thief Notorious Arrested For Selling Rebranded Stolen Vehicles’ The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command of the Nigeria Police Force says Steven Abang, identified as being notorious for receiving, rebranding and selling off stolen vehicles, has been arrested. The FCT Police Command operatives reportedly tracked a stolen car to Rayfield, Jos in Plateau State where the suspect was arrested. According to Police Public Relations Officer Josephine Adeh, on Sunday, Abang has confessed to selling over 16 stolen vehicles to ready buyers in the past four years. Abang not only admitted to the crimes but also revealed that he had…
‘We Now Control Nigeria, Not Only Lagos Again’; Son Of Tinubu’s Loyalist Boasts After Dad’s Emergence As NURTW President King West, son of President Bola Tinubu’s loyalist, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has boasted that his father now controls Lagos, as against only Lagos State. This follows MC Oluomo’s election as the President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on Saturday as the sole candidate. He secured unanimous votes from all of the delegates in the Union’s Quadrennial Delegate Conference for Zone 2 Council of the Union, which was held in Osogbo, the capital of…
BREAKING: FULL LIST: Nigerian Govt To Supply Subsidised Rice To Police Officers, Authorities Comply List Of Interested Persons The Nigerian government is planning to supply rice to police personnel at a subsidised rate. Meanwhile, the police authorities have directed that the personnel interested in benefitting from the initiative of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development (FMARD) should submit their names, according to an internal memo. One of such memos dated November 8, 2024 urged Divisional Police Commissioners, sectional heads and others to treat the matter as urgent. “Be informed that the command is expecting supply of rice for…