BREAKING : Massive Sacks Rock Nigerian Army Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Massive Sacks Rock Nigerian Army A General Court Martial held at the 3 Division Nigerian Army, has sentenced six soldiers to imprisonment, on various offenses, aimed at sanitizing the Nigeria Army in line with the military disciplinary act. Among a notable capital punishment meted out was a 28 years imprisonment delivered on a warrant officer, Danladi Shaggy, who stole 3,870 rounds of 7.26 mm ammunition and one AK-47 rifle. Delivering the judgment at the Maxwell Khobe Cantonment Jos, Plateau State, the President of the Court, Brigadier General…
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Nigerian Government Makes U-turn Over Electricity Tariff, SIM Cards, Mobile Phones The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has claimed that the hike in electricity tariff is temporary The minister said he is optimistic about the reduction of electricity tariff. Adelabu disclosed this on Friday during the sectoral briefing by ministers in Abuja. Recall that on April 3, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, announced a 240 per cent electricity tariff hike for band A customers who receive a 20-24 hour power supply. After the Nigeria Labour Congress (NUC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) called for reversal, the Commission slashed…
BREAKING: Nigerian Lawmakers Escapes Death From Gunmen Gunmen, on Thursday night, attacked five members of the Benue State House of Assembly along Makurdi-Gboko highway in Benúe State. Witnesses said the incident happened about 10pm at Tyomu, a village situated 16 Kilometers distance from Makurdi, the state capital. The witnesses said the gunmen earlier launched an attack on the villagers before spreading to motorists plying the route. One of the affected lawmakers, Saater Tiseer, who is Majority Leader of the House, told our correspondent in Makurdi that they ran into the scene of attack while returning from an official assignment in…
Fear Grips Nigerian Professor, Speaks On Student’s Suicide ‘Over Repeated Failure’ A senior lecturer at the Ebonyi State University, Ebonyi State, Prof A U. Enyi, has reacted to the allegation of his involvement in the suicide of one of his students, Favour Ugwuka. Ibom Focus had reported how Ugwuka, a final-year student of English at Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, committed suicide. The undergraduate’s death came a few days after she complained bitterly about how a lecturer repeatedly failed her without any “justifiable explanation”. In a viral audio, the deceased was heard saying the lecturer kept failing her despite spending one…
Student Kill Self Over Exam Failure Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Student Kill Self Over Exam Failure A final-year student of the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, EBSU, identified as Favour Ugwuka has allegedly committed suicide. Ibom Focus learnt that Miss Ugwuka committed suicide in her hostel at the Ishieke Campus of the university on Thursday. It was gathered that the deceased, a final year student in the Department of English passed all her courses but repeatedly failed a particular course, whose lecturer had vowed she would never pass. In a melancholic video seen online by our correspondent, a woman…
Sanusi Blasts Politicians The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has stated that politicians balkanised the emirates in northern Nigeria, “with a state with one Emir now becoming 20 and some 19.” He also commended Governor Abba Yusuf and members of the House of Assembly for “summoning courage” in saving Kano State and Nigeria through his reinstatement. He said his reinstatement was a testament that no man could take away whatever God had given. The emir spoke shortly after receiving his reinstatement letter from Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf at the Africa House, Kano Government House, on Friday. He said, “The…
Sanusi Blows Hot After Reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has commended Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and members of the House of Assembly for “summoning courage” in saving Kano state and Nigeria through his reinstatement. He said his reinstatement is a testament what God has given, no man can take it The emir spoke shortly after receiving his reinstatement letter from Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf at the Africa House, Kano Government House, on Friday. He said, “The Arabians used to say in everything that we are going to witness, there is a lesson that shows us that God is…
Top UN Court Orders Israel To End Rafah Operation The top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah — but stopped short of ordering a full cease-fire. While Israel is unlikely to comply with the order, it will ratchet up the pressure on the increasingly isolated country. Criticism of Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza has been growing, particularly on operations in Rafah — and even from its closest ally, the United States. This week alone, three European countries announced they would recognize a Palestinian state,…
Protesters Storm Aso Rock, National Assembly Complex Over Kano Emirates’ Dissolution, Tells Tinubu What To Do Following the dissolution of five Kano emirates by Governor Abba Yusuf’s administration on Thursday, a group of protesters on Friday stormed the Presidential Villa and the National Assembly in Abuja with placards. They called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the Kano emirates’ crisis to avert a breakdown of law and order in the state. Some of their placards read, “Governor Abba Yusuf has desecrated the revered Northern Traditional Institution for Political vendetta and to settle old scores with perceived Political Adversaries,” “Kano…
BREAKING: Judge Who Tried To Halt Sanusi’s Reinstatement Lands In Serious Trouble Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has vowed to report what he described as the abuse of court orders to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. He said this while reacting to the court order which restrained the reinstatement of Sanusi and restrained the dethronement of five Emirs in the state. Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman of the Federal High Court, Kano, had granted an interim injunction restraining the Inspector General of police, Kano state police commissioner, Nigeria security and civil defense corps NSCDC and the department of state service…