June 12 Democracy Day: Tinubu Recognises Ibom Focus, Other Media Houses’ Role In his 2024 Democracy Day speech, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu acknowledged the critical role of Nigerian journalists and media establishments in the country’s democratic journey. Highlighting the unwavering commitment of these entities, Tinubu praised the Ibom Focus, Nigerian Tribune, The Punch, Guardian, National Concord, The News/Tempo, and TELL Magazines for their fearless stance during the dark days of military dictatorship. Tinubu stated, “We could not have won the battle against the military dictatorship without the irrepressible Nigerian journalists who mounted the barricades along with the pro-democracy activists.” He…
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I Didn’t Crack Down On Labour Leaders Despite Their Strike As A Dictatorial Govt Would Have Done –Tinubu Blows Hot Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, has said his administration did not seek to oppress or crack down on the organised labour as a dictatorial government would have done in the face of labour’s recent call for a national strike. The organised labour comprising the NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had on June 3 embarked on the strike action “in response to the federal government’s refusal to conclude the national minimum wage negotiations, reverse electricity tariff hikes, and end discriminatory consumer…
Go And Face Bandits, Stop Threatening Harmless Nigerians – Deji Adeyanju Warns DSS Over June 12 Protest Human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has slammed the Department of State Services (DSS) for threatening harmless Nigerians over the planned protest scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, over the worsening economic situation in the country. Adeyanju described the statement issued by the DSS Director, Public Relations & Strategic Communications, Peter Afunanya as affront to the democratic values which would be resisted through every available legal means. He stated this in a release he made available to journalists just as he called on the service…
BREAKING: #WeAreHungry June 12 Mass Protest Against Tinubu Government Looms Nigerians have been called to troop out en mass to join the nationwide anti-hardship protest against the regime of President Bola Tinubu as civil movements and political groups unveiled the takeoff points and times across the country. According to schedules obtained by SaharaReporters, the #June12Protest tagged, #WeAreHungry, will begin in Lagos State at the Ikeja, Underbridge and time is 7AM. “For Osun State the takeoff point is Freedom Park, Osogbo and time is 8 a.m. For Oyo State, location Ibadan by Mokola Roundabout, Underbridge and time is 8am. For Ondo…
NOA Fire Back At Akpabio Over New National Anthem Comment The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has insisted that its version of the new national anthem released last week was the correct one. The Director-General of NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said this in a statement issued on Tuesday by the agency’s Deputy Director of Press, Paul Odenyi. Mr Issa-Onilu was responding to an observation made by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on the national anthem during Tuesday’s plenary. Mr Akpabio, during the plenary, identified errors in lines three, five, and 18 of the national anthem released by the NOA.. “Where you have,…
June 12: Real Reason We Must Preserve Our Democracy: President Tinubu Full Text My fellow Nigerians, let me begin by congratulating all of us for witnessing the celebration of another Democracy Day today, the 12th day of June 2024. This year also marks our nation’s 25 years of uninterrupted democratic governance. On this day, 31 years ago, we entered our rites of passage to becoming a true and enduring democratic society. Going through this passage was hard and dangerous. During the fateful six years that followed, we fought and struggled for our natural rights as human beings put on this…
Tinubu Send Executive Bill To National Assembly To Affirm New Minimum Wage For Next Five Years President Bola Tinubu has said his government has “negotiated the new minimum wage in good faith” and “will soon send an executive bill to the National Assembly to enshrine the agreed-upon wage for the next five years or less.” Tinubu also urged Nigerians to bear the pains of economic reforms embarked upon by his government amid the biting inflation and worsening hardship. This is even as he stated that he would never turn his back on Nigerians. He said these during the nationwide broadcast…
Akpabio Makes U-turn, After Identified Errors In New National Anthem Senate President Godswill Akpabio has identified errors in lines three, five, and 18 of the new national anthem released by the National Orientation Agency (NOA). Mr Akpabio observed the errors during the plenary on Tuesday and directed the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to immediately correct the errors. Last Wednesday, the Director-General of NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, unveiled the “standardised version” of the national anthem in Abuja . Mr Issa-Onilu, during the unveiling, urged Nigerians to pay attention to the words in lines three and five of the anthem as released by…
How I Was Forced To Marry A Man I Didn’t Love – Actress Ini Edo Speaks About Her Failed Marriage Popular Nollywood actress, Iniobong Edo Ekim, popularly known as Ini Edo, has spoken out about how she regrets her marriage In a recent interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, the award-winning actress and film producer said that she regrets walking down the aisle. Keep in mind that Ini Edo got married to American-based businessman, Philip Ehiagwina, on November 29, 2008, but the marriage lasted only five years and they eventually divorced in 2013. When asked why she regrets settling down,…
Tinubu To Reshuffle Cabinet, Drop 5 Ministers, Create New Ministries President Bola Tinubu is expected to implement a cabinet reshuffle any moment from now, sources with knowledge of the development told Ibom Focus. The two independent sources told Ibom Focus that the President intends to rejig his cabinet, which he inaugurated in August because some of the appointees are “struggling in their portfolios and unprepared for the job”. Tinubu had in November warned cabinet members and other top appointees against under-performance during a Cabinet Retreat at the Conference Centre of the Presidential Villa, in Abuja. “You will sign a bond…