BREAKING: Four Years After Dethronement Sanusi Reinstalled As Emir Governor Abba Kabir on Friday reinstalled Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano four years after he was deposed by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. This was announced by the Senior Special Assistant on Digital Media to the state governor, Kwankwason Tuwita on X. He also shared a video of the coronation ceremony. The governor’s aide earlier wrote: “All is set for the presentation of appointment letter to His Highness the Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II CO.” It was learned that Sanusi arrived in Kano late Thursday without…
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Ohanaeze Youth Presents List of 578 Nigerian Youths Detained IN Republic Of Benin Prisons. …Seek For Federal Government Intervention The Apex Socio-cultural Youth organization of Ndigbo, Ohanaeze Youth Council(OYC) has submitted the list of 578 detainees of Nigerian Youths languishing in the Republic of Benin to Public Petition Committee National Assembly Abuja. The national President of Ohanaeze Youth Council(OYC) Comrade Igboayaka O Igboayaka and his team presented the list of 578 Nigerian youths illegally arrested and detained by Republic of Benin in D’Akpro Misserete & Cotonou Prison to Public Petition Committee National Assembly Abuja. We recall that earlier on 30th…
Fresh Crisis Looms: ‘I Won’t Vacate Office, If Dem Born You Well, Show Your Face’ – Rivers LG Chairman Dares Fubara The Chairman, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Dr Samuel Nwanosike, has dared governor Siminalayi Fubara, saying he will not vacate his office at the end of his tenure on June 16. Nwanosike directly addressed the state governor in a video, stating his intention to remain in office beyond the stipulated date. He cited an extension of tenure by state lawmakers under the leadership of Martin Amaghule as justification due to the state government’s failure to conduct local…
Grandma Buries Teenager’s Newborn Alive Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Grandma Buries Teenager’s Newborn Alive The grandmother of a 17-year-old girl identified simply as Favour has buried her daughter’s newborn baby alive in the Ogombo area of Ajah, Lagos State. It was gathered that when the grandmother observed that the teenager had got pregnant, she became angry and did everything possible to hide the pregnancy from members of the public. After a while, it was learnt the duo’s neighbours started suspecting that the minor was pregnant and thereafter drew the attention of the teenager’s mother to their discovery. Bent…
Naira Falls Massively Against Dollar The Naira yesterday depreciated in the parallel market to N1,515 per dollar from N1,495 per dollar on Wednesday. Similarly, the Naira depreciated to N1,485.66 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM rose to N1,485.66 per dollar from N1,462.59 per dollar on Wednesday, indicating N23.07 depreciation for the naira. The market recorded an intraday high of N1,510 per dollar and an intraday low of N1,401 per dollar, resulting in a bearing of N109 per dollar. The volume of dollars traded (turnover) increased…
FG Sets To Create Five Million New Jobs For Nigerian Youths The Federal Government has revealed it has anchored an Investment in Digital and Creative Industries, a $ 617,7 million project, towards training more than two million youths in the latest in technology and creative sector, which would unleash five million new jobs in the country. This is just as an Economist, Dr Ayo Teriba has advised the Federal Government to de-emphasise Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the basis for revenue generation especially in terms of taxes to GDp, but depend more on Assets. He said: “Output dependence is past.…
Minister Makes U-turn Over Niger Mass Wedding The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, on Thursday, announced scholarships and gave various gift items to 100 orphaned girls in Niger State, ahead of their mass wedding today (Friday). The mass wedding is being sponsored by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji. The minister had kicked against the mass wedding of the young girls, saying it was a violation of the Child Rights Act. Kennedy-Ohanenye, who addressed a press conference in Abuja, noted that she had petitioned the Inspector General of Police to stop the wedding, adding that…
BREAKING: Court Stops Sanusi’s Reinstatement A Federal High Court presided by Justice Liman has granted an ex-parte order restraining Kano State Government from reinstating Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II. Ibom Focus gathered the judge gave the order on Thursday night despite the fact that he is reportedly in the US. The case was filed by a traditional title holder, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba, Aminu Babba-Dan’Agundi. Granting the order, the judge granted leave to the Plaintiff/Applicant to issue and serve their Concurrent Originating Motion as well as all other court processes on the 6th Defendant (IGP) in FCT Abuja and outside the…
Presidency Reveals Real Reason For Insecurity In Nigeria Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Presidency Reveals Real Reason For Insecurity In Nigeria The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, has said that climate change is one of the major reasons for insecurity in Nigeria. Akume, who said this at the launch of Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contribution Implementation Framework (NDC-IF) (2023-2030) on Thursday in Abuja, stressed that the insecurity in the country was largely ecological. Represented at the event by his Senior Special Assistant (Technical), Prof Bolaji Babatunde, the AGF said, “I have to sing it loud…
BREAKING: Kano Governor Officially Announces Sanusi As Emir, Tells Deposed Emirs What To Do Immediately The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf on Thursday officially approved the reappointment of former Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, as the Emir of Kano. This was announced by the Senior Special Assistant on Digital Media to the state governor, Kwankwason Tuwita on X. The aide also shared a video which captured the moment the Governor assented to a newly passed bill that abrogated four emirates created in addition to the Emir of Kano. The emirates were created under a controversial law in…