VIDEO: Portable Survives Assassination Attempt, Apprehends Attacker With Gun Nigerian music star Habeeb Okikiola, better known by his stage name Portable, reportedly narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Wednesday after capturing a man armed with a gun. It was gathered that the incident took place at Ota in Ogun State, with Portable sharing his distress and relief in a video In the video, Portable, who appears to be visibly shaken in the video, is seen shouting and appealing for public sympathy, stating, “They want to kill me!” The video also captured the tense moment when a half-naked man, allegedly the…
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BREAKING: Attorney General Suspended Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Attorney General Suspended Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Wednesday, suspended the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Fidelis Mynin. The commissioner was suspended for joining the suit challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission without informing his principal. The Apex Court had on Tuesday reserved judgment on the suit filed by 19 states of the federation. However, three out of the nineteen states challenging the constitutionality of the laws that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission were reported to have withdrawn…
REVEALED: Real Reason Tinubu Sacked Uju-Ken Ohanenye Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, a Nigerian lawyer, entrepreneur, politician, and film producer on Wednesday topped the list of the major casualties of President Bola Tinubu’s first cabinet reshuffle. For keen watchers, it would be difficult if not impossible for her to survive the weeding exercise going by many and needless controversies the female politician stoke since her assumption of office. Perhaps, the most controversial Minister during her short stint in the nation’s Federal Executive Council. She contested for the first female candidate for the presidency under the All-Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2023 general elections…
Canadian Woman Jailed For 11 Years In Nigeria A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced 41-year-old Canadian national Adrienne Munju to 11 years in prison for importing 74 parcels of Canadian Loud, a potent strain of synthetic cannabis, into Nigeria. The drug, weighing a total of 35.20 kilograms, was intercepted by authorities earlier this month. Munju’s conviction came after her arrest by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on October 3, 2024, at Terminal 1 of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos. She was apprehended during the routine clearance of passengers arriving on a KLM flight at…
After Begging For ‘Forgiveness’ Apostle Johnson Suleman Fires Back At Halima Abubakar The founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, on Wednesday reacted to the apology issued by Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar. Suleman said forgiveness is not memory loss. Posting on X, the clergyman wrote: “You all stop calling my phone. Forgiveness is not memory loss. Status quo maintained!” The Nollywood actress had apologized to Suleman for defaming him. Abubakar admitted spreading falsehood against the clergyman and causing him pains via social media. Problems between the duo can be traced back to 2022 when the actress fell sick following…
VIDEO: Jubilation As Tinubu Sacks Uju Kennedy Workers believed to be employed in the Ministry of Women Affairs could be seen jubilating after President Bola Tinubu announced the sack of Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye. In a video shared on X by Abubakar Sidiq Usman, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the workers could be seen dancing and shouting in the corridors of their office. Chants of “finally” could be heard as they celebrated the minister’s exit. Kennedy-Ohanenye was in charge of the ministry until Tinubu removed her on Wednesday in a cabinet reshuffle. She was among five ministers who were…
JUST IN: Full List: Tinubu Reassigns Ministers To New Portfolios President Bola Tinubu has announced the movement of 10 ministers to different ministries. In a press statement issued by the Presidency and obtained by Ibom Focus on Wednesday, the new appointment came amid the sacking of five ministers and reshuffling of his cabinet. Ibom Focus earlier reported that the president sacked five of his ministers. The names of the sacked ministers are Barr. Uju-Ken Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs; Lola Ade-John, Minister of Tourism; Prof Tahir Mamman SAN OON, Minister of Education; Abdullahi Muhammad Gwarzo, Minister of State, Housing and…
BREAKING: Full List Of Tinubu’s New Appointees President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu, wife of the late secessionist leader, Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu and six others as his ministers. The appointment was announced in a statement issued by the presidency after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday. Bianca Odinaka Odumegu-Ojukwu was appointed as minister of state foreign affairs while Jumoke Oduwole was named the minister of industry, trade and investment. Others are: Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, Federal Ministry of Labour & Employment; Idi Mukhtar Maiha, Federal Ministry of Livestock Development; Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, Minister of State, Federal Ministry…
BREAKING: Massive Sacks Rock Tinubu’s Cabinet President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has fired at least five ministers. Among the sacked ministers are Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, former Women Affairs Minister, and Prof Tahir Mamman (Education). Details later…
Dangote Refinery Receives First Supplies Of Crude Oil In Naira Sale From NNPCL The much anticipated Naira sale of Crude Oil to Dangote Refinery in Lagos State has commenced. A senior Official of Dangote refinery and some federal government officials confirmed that four cargoes of crude oil from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) under the naira-for-crude sale agreement, were received. This is even as the refinery expects to receive more cargoes in coming weeks. It was gathered that the four cargoes of crude were delivered to the refinery within the past three weeks when the government kick-started the…