BREAKING: Chinese Firm Releases One Of Seized Presidential Jets Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited has announced the release of one of the three Presidential jets seized based on the order of a French court. Daily Trust had reported how the firm seized a Dassault Falcon 7X, a Boeing 737-7N6/BBJ and an Airbus A330-243 belonging to the federal government of Nigeria, stationed at Paris-Le Bourget and Basel-Mulhouse airports. This is as a result of a contract was revoked by the Ogun state government in 2016. The judgment is the latest arbitration effort against Nigeria by a foreign company alleging that…
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New Rounds Of Nationwide Protests To Be Announced; #EndBadGovernance Movement The #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria movement, Lagos State, has described the 10-day protest as the first chapter in a long-drawn struggle to end bad governance in Nigeria and replace it with good governance at all levels. The group said the protest was “undergoing internal reflection, re-evaluation, re-organisation and rebuilding” in order to come out stronger during the next round of nationwide street protests. In a statement jointly signed by Hassan Taiwo Soweto, Oloye Adegboyega Adeniji, Adamma Ukpabi, Seyi Akinde and Peluola Adewale, issued on Friday, the movement stated that within a very short…
‘It’s Laughable,’ Obasanjo Reacts To Claim His Father Is Igbo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the first time reacted to the claim of his Igbo paternity, declaring that such insinuation makes him laugh. This is just as the former President said he doesn’t believe anybody in Nigeria should be driven away from any part of the country declaring that, “we own this country together.” Obasanjo, according to a statement on Friday issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, said this when he received on Thursday the leadership of Ndigbo Amaka Progressive Market Association, an umbrella body of major…
BREAKING: Gunmen Kidnap Anambra Commissioner, Wife, Kill Aide Anambra State Commissioner for Youths Development, Hon Patrick Aghamba and wife have been reportedly kidnapped. Sources said an aide of the commissioner, whose name was given as Mr ABK Offiah, was killed in the process. Though the incident has not been confirmed, but Ibom Focus learnt that they were travelling to Abuja, when they were kidnapped. They were said to be on their way to attend the wedding of the daughter of the state governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, Adaora, who had her traditional wedding last weekend.
A’Ibom State Internal Revenue Service Holds Workshop On Taxation For Judges UYO- The second stream of a 3-day workshop on taxation for select High Court Judges and Revenue Court Judges in Akwa Ibom State commenced Wednesday 14th August in Uyo. The workshop organised by the Akwa Ibom State Internal Revenue Service, AKIRS, with the theme, “Contemporary Issues in taxation” aims to deepen the knowledge of the Judges on trends in taxation to improve tax administration and adjudication in the state. The first stream of the workshop was held in August last year. The Executive Chairman, AKIRS, Sir Okon Okon, said…
How I Fu¢ked Chinwe In Bathroom, Zion Reveals Zion reveals How he Fu¢ked Chinwe In Bathroom BBNaija Zion and Chinwe Zion, the BBNaija season nine housemate, has revealed the intimate moments he has been sharing with Chinwe, his girlfriend, on the show. In a conversation with Fairme David, the 27-year-old disclosed that they have been having s3x since their first week on the show. He said they had been doing it in the bedroom but moved to the bathroom after their noise woke up some housemates. The model also alleged that Shaun and Wanni have been having s3x in the…
APC Makes U-turn Over National Chairmanship Seat Information reaching Ibom Focus says that APC Makes U-turn Over National Chairmanship Seat The North Central stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, have renewed their calls for the return of the national chairmanship position to the region. Ibom Focus reports that former Governor of Kano State Abdullahi Ganduje was appointed national chairman of the ruling party in August 2023, following the resignation of Abdullahi Adam. The appointment sparked agitation from the North Central stakeholders who claimed their position was unjustly given to Mr Ganduje, who hails from the North West region.…
Peter Obi Blasts Tinubu Over Seizure Of Presidential Jets, Says International Embarrassment Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has described the seizure of aircraft in Nigeria’s Presidential Air Fleet as an international embarrassment. Obi said the development is yet another of many embarrassing incidents exposing the nation’s failed leadership and poor attitude to the rule of law in a democracy. Naija News House learnt that the seizure followed the Ogun State Government’s failure to honour a $74.5 million award granted to a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited by an independent arbitral tribunal,…
We’ll Deal With South-East Traditional Rulers Seriously; IPOB Vows The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened to deal with traditional rulers in the South-East region of Nigeria, who are allegedly collecting money from herdsmen and allowing them free access to operate in their communities. IPOB in a statement issued on Thursday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said that it received information from Fulani herdsmen in the South-East that some traditional rulers in the region collect money from herdsmen to allow them free access to their communities, which most time leads to destruction of farmlands and farmers’…
Ganduje Shun Tinubu’s New Appointment President Bola Tinubu has reportedly tipped Abdullahi Ganduje, National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for ambassadorial appointment in “any African country”, DAILY NIGERIAN exclusively reports. Ibom Focus recalls that Ganduje took over as the National Chairman of the APC on August 3, 2023, following the resignation of Senator Abdullahi Adamu. According to the report, the President first delegated Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate to break the “bad news” to Ganduje. The report explained that the ambassadorial offer was aimed at saving him from the ongoing corruption trial he is currently…