Nigerian Govt Set To Buy Foreclosed Aircraft From German Bank For Tinubu, Shettima, Others Barring any change in plans, the Nigerian government will purchase an Airbus A330 aircraft seized from an unnamed Arab prince and businessman who could not pay hundreds of millions of dollars he owed a German bank. Presidency officials have kept their lips shut about plans to buy a new presidential jet. However, this newspaper has obtained information that the government has already identified an aircraft for purchase but is scrambling for funds to consummate the transaction. The identified aircraft is said to be a repossessed one…
Author: Ibom Focus
2027: Days After Visiting Buhari El-Rufai Meets Kwankwaso A former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai on Thursday hosted the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party, NNPP, in the 2023 elections, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Ibom Focus reports that El-Rufai hosted Kwankwaso at his Abuja residence, a few days after visiting former President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State. There have been insinuations that the former governor is aligning with opposition parties ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Recall that in March, El-Rufai visited the national chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Abuja. The former governor…
WATCH: ‘It’s N50,000 Per Trip’ : Abuja Woman Confesses To Transporting Ammunition For Bandits A woman caught with 550 rounds of AK47 ammunition has confessed to being paid N50,000 per trip to deliver the ammunition to bandits in Katsina State. Aisha Abubakar, a 25-year-old resident of Kubwa, Abuja, was apprehended by the Kaduna State Police Command along the Zaria-Kaduna highway on June 23, 2024, while en route to Katsina State. Speaking to reporters at the Police Command headquarters, where she was presented alongside other suspected criminals on Thursday, Abubakar detailed her involvement. “I was arrested by the police with ammunition.…
Amid Hardship, Hunger Sanwo-Olu Spotted Wearing N195m Wristwatch At Davido’s Wedding Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was spotted wearing a luxury wristwatch valued at over N190 million (approximately $127,000) at the wedding of Davido and Chioma Rowland on Wednesday. The Patek Philippe World Time Chronograph 5930G-11 watch was identified through a search on Chrono24, a prominent online marketplace for high-end timepieces. The governor’s extravagant accessory has raised eyebrows, given the economic challenges facing Lagos State and Nigeria as a whole. This translates to approximately N195 million, based on the current exchange rate of N1,540 to $1. Nigeria has been grappling…
BREAKING: Properties Destroyed As Burns Down Popular Market In Abuja The popular Karu market in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, has been gutted by fire while goods worth millions of naira were destroyed. The fire was said to have started at about 7pm on Thursday when the traders had closed for the day Meanwhile firefighters from Karu and Nyanya were said to have arrived at the scene to put out the fire. It was gathered that the firefighters’ vehicles in Karu ran out of water thereby forcing them to call for backup. Ibom Focus learnt that the incident also…
PHOTO: Popular Nigerian Pastor Arrested For Raping Teenage Househelp Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs has arrested a 65-year old man for allegedly defiling a seven year old girl who serves him as a househelp. The arrest followed an alarm raised by concerned residents of the town who were thrown aback by the regrettable incident. The suspect identified as Mr. Frank Ogwu is a pastor and general overseer of Jesus House of Joy Church, Awka. He is from Imo state but has lived with his wife and children in Anambra for over 30 years. Confessing to the crime, Mr. Ogwu…
EFCC Chair Orders Arrest Of Operatives For ‘Assaulting Female Worker’ In Hotel Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has ordered the arrest of two officers of the agency for manhandling a female worker at the Regional Hotel in Ojo, Lagos. In a statement on Thursday, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC spokesperson, said Olukoyede also ordered a detailed investigation of the operations carried out at the hotel. A viral video shows some EFCC operatives invading the Regional Hotel on June 27 at about 4am while guests were asleep. The officers were also seen in the video…
Udofia To Storm Mararaba, Nyanya Districts For Apostle’s Tour Apostle I. O. Udofia of The Apostolic Church Nigeria, Nyanya Area, FCT Field will visit the Mararaba and Nyanya districts for the grand finale of the Apostle’s tour on Sunday. The tour, which began on June 16, 2024, with the Solid Rock District, will conclude on June 30, 2024, with visits to the Mararaba and Nyanya districts. Nyanya Area comprises five districts: Solid Rock, Aso, Jikwoyi, Mararaba, and Nyanya. Udofia has already visited three districts with the theme “The Messenger and the Good News,” based on Isaiah 52:7: Solid Rock District:…
Tinubu’s Presidency Awards Over N224million Contracts To Inactive Company The State House under President Bola Tinubu has violated Nigerian procurement laws by awarding contracts to a company that is listed as inactive by the corporate affairs commission. The company “Rock of Ages Total Events Centre limited” got contracts worth N224.4 million for items such as decoration of the State House and other services not mentioned. The procurement law of the country, in section 8(d) mandates that the bidder for a contract or the organisation that would be awarded a contract should not default in payment of taxes or other financial…
Some Nigerian Private Jets Used For Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking, Illegal Activities The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says some private aircraft operating in Nigeria are being used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other illegal activities. Keyamo made the revelation at the Ministry of Aviation in Abuja on Thursday, when he inaugurated a Ministerial Taskforce Committee to checkmate illegal chartered operations in the country. Though the minister did not mention the names of the airlines, he asserted that these illegal activities have made the sector lose billions of dollars and raised serious security concerns. The minister…