BREAKING: Donald Trump Wins Again In Court A federal judge in the United States threw out the classified documents prosecution against former President Donald Trump, saying the Biden administration did not legally appoint the prosecutor. Judge Aileen Cannon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division, sided with Mr Trump’s argument that special counsel Jack Smith was doing an unlawful job when he took up the task of filing the historical charges. The decision came down on Monday morning. The charges were filed in June 2023. Ms Cannon said Mr Smith was…
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We Won’t Take It, APC Sends Stroπg Warπing To Nigerians Over Planned Nationwide Protest The North Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has warned against plans by some groups and individuals to organise a nationwide protest against the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The forum said such decision would be counterproductive and harmful to the progress of the country at this moment, calling on the organisers to have a rethink and retrace their steps. The forum’s Chairman, Alhaji Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, who addressed newsmen on Monday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, said those calling for the protest ought to…
VIDEO: We Must Protest In August’ –Nigerians Express Outrage Over Soaring Food Prices Two Nigerian citizens in a widely circulated video that has stirred public outcry have passionately voiced their dismay over the escalating prices of essential food items and the failures of political leadership. The video seen by SaharaReporters captures the frustration of two men who lament, “I bought a wrap of eba for N300 and a base of garri for N4,000.” These sentiments underscore the harsh economic realities faced by ordinary Nigerians struggling to afford basic necessities. The men also directed criticism at President Bola Tinubu, accusing him…
FLASHBACK: Tinubu’s Old Post Supporting Attack On Government Resurfaces Online President Bola Tinubu’s old post on X, formerly known as Twitter, favouring protest against former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has surfaced online. Tinubu at the time urged the police not to attack protesters because their lives and children were involved. “Police. Do not attack protesters. Your children are involved. Your lives are involved. Your children’s future lies here,” Tinubu had written before he became the President. Ibom Focus recalls that there were a series of protests during Jonathan’s administration, with Tinubu and many other prominent leaders of the All Progressives…
BREAKING: Court Restrains Bayero, Others From Parading As Emirs Kano State High Court 17, presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu, has perpetually restrained Aminu Ado Bayero and four other dethroned Emirs, of Bichi, Rano, Gaya, and Karaye from parading themselves as Emirs. Delivering the judgment, Monday, the Court further restrained the 15th Emir of Kano and four other Emirs, themselves, servants, privies and any other persons appointed by them from parading themselves as Emirs of Kano, Bichi, Gaya, Rano, Karaye. The Kano State government had filed a case asking the State High to stop the 15th Emir of Aminu…
Nigerian Police Bows To Pressure, Make U-Turn Over Planned e-CMR Enforcement The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate suspension of the proposed enforcement of the electronic Cargo Movement Report (e-CMR), which was set to commence on July 29, 2024. It was earlier reported that the Nigerian Bar Association’s Section on Public Interest had issued an ultimatum to Egbetokun, demanding the immediate reversal of a controversial directive regarding vehicle registration. The directive mandates vehicle owners across the country to register and obtain a Central Motor Information System Certificate at a cost not less than N6,000. NBA-SPIDEL Chairman…
Women Arrested For Oil Pipeline Vandalism, Theft In Rivers State The Special Intelligence Squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Commandant General has arrested three suspects involved in oil pipeline vandalism, oil theft, and illegal petroleum product dealings in Umuodo, Umuajuloke Community, Omuma Local Government Area, Rivers State. In a statement released on Sunday by the CG’s SIS Commander, DC Apollo Dandaura stated that the arrest was made possible through sustained intelligence indicating that an illegal oil refinery was located at the crime scene Dandaura explained that upon swinging into action, a large quantity of illegally refined petroleum…
Aide Who Wished Assassin Succeeded In Killing Trump In Trouble A Democrat U.S. lawmaker, Bennie Thompson, has fired his aide after her inflammatory comments in which she wished that the assassin who attempted to murder former President Donald Trump during a Pennsylvania campaign event had been successful. Mr Thompson, a member of the Homeland Security Committee, condemned the attack that wounded Mr Trump and killed one rally attendee on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. Some attendees were critically injured in the attack. In widespread global outrage over the failed assassination attempt, Jacqueline Marsaw, a field director for Mr Thompson, wrote on…
Hardship: Tension In Tinubu’s Government Over Planned Nationwide Protest Ibom Focus reports that there’s serious Tension In Tinubu’s Government Over Planned Nationwide Protest As hardship bites harder, some Nigerian youths plan nationwide protests beginning from August 1-10, 2024. The protest, which is currently gaining traction in the North and other parts of the country, is aimed at drawing the attention of governments at all levels to the plight of the citizens. Ibom Focus reports that since the current administration took off in May 2023 when President Bola Tinubu announced the abolition of fuel subsidy, there has been an untoward hardship…
Panic Over Tinubu’s 2027 Campaign Billboard With just over a year in office, a campaign billboard of President Bola Tinubu for his reelection in 2027 has been spotted in Abuja, the nation’s capital. On the billboard is a picture of Tinubu holding his wife, Remi, in a lovey-dovey manner with the inscription “Grassroots support for Tinubu 2027”. The billboard, mounted close to the Velodrome of the national stadium, along Area 1 Road, is sponsored by a group called “Dark matters”. The reelection campaign for Tinubu is coming a few months after he celebrated his one year as president of Nigeria.…