Nigerians Are Now Happy Because Tinubu Put More Money Into Their Pockets – FG The Federal Government says the administration of President Bola Tinubu is making efforts to reduce the cost of living and put more money in the pockets of Nigerians. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris made this known on Thursday in Abuja, at the Ministerial briefing on the first year anniversary of Tinubu’s administration. The Minister said that the administration came on the strength of Renewed Hope Agenda and had started laying a solid and enduring foundation that would make life better for the…
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Teacher Beat Pupil To Death Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Teacher Beat Pupil To Death A student from Landmark International School in Mgbakwu, Awka North, Anambra State, Henry Okonkwo, has died after being beaten into a coma by a teacher. According to reports, the boy passed away in the early hours of Wednesday, 23rd May, 2024. Faith Nwonye, the school teacher was arrested for allegedly beating the eight-year-old pupil into a coma on Monday. Nwonye was called by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, to explain what happened on Monday, May 20, 2024. Chuma-Udeh expressed sadness about the…
JUST IN: Tension In River State Over Fresh Plot To Impeach Governor Fubara Information reaching Ibom Focus says that there’s Tension In River State Over Fresh Plot To Impeach Governor Fubara Some Lawmakers elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives, under the Umbrella of G-60, have on Thursday raised the alarm over the alleged plot to impeach the Governor of Rivers state, Siminilayi Fubara. Addressing a world press conference in Abuja, the Spokesperson for the G-60, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, pointed accusing fingers at the National Chairman of the Party, Umar Damagun.…
Tension As Binance Executive Collapses In Court There was a mild drama at a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday as detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, who is facing a money laundering charge, slumped in the open court over alleged ill-health. The development occurred shortly after the matter was called for trial continuation before Justice Emeka Nwite. As soon as the case was called by the court registrar, Gambaryan did not step forward to the dock from the back-row seat where he was seated. Court orders appearance of Lagos church trustees over land dispute Ondo: How court witness slums,…
I Was Surprised It Took Long For Biafra Consciousness To Resurface In Nigeria After….. – Says Soyinka Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has narrated how he got into trouble with the Nigerian government when he said it could not defeat Biafra. The literary icon said that, therefore, he was surprised that it took so long for the Biafra agitation to be resurrected as spearheaded by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Between July 1967 and January 1970, a civil war known as the Biafran War was fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a…
Only Problem I Had With Nnamdi Kanu’s Biafra Agitation –Soyinka Reveals Top Secret Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has said the only problem he had with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu was his language, which he described as disrespectful and inciteful. In a recent interview with Noble Nigeria, the literary icon noted that Kanu did nothing wrong by calling for a separate nation of Biafra, noting that the separatist leader “was never accused of physically bombing any place or killing anyone”. He said, “He is one of the younger generations who inherited a burden…
BREAKING: Nigerian Government Secretly Change National Anthem Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Government Secretly Change National Anthem The Nigerian Senate held an executive/closed session on Thursday to deliberate changing the national anthem. The move is to replace the anthem with the former one ‘Nigeria, We Hail Thee’, which was adopted as the country’s first national anthem on October 1, 1960 but was dropped in 1978 by the Olusegun Obasanjo military regime. Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Thursday ruled that the legislators should return to the plenary to pass the bill for 1st and 2nd reading today (Thursday). Akpabio…
BREAKING: Tinubu Bows To Pressure, Orders Replacement Of Governing Councils List President Bola Tinubu has directed a total and comprehensive review of the recently announced governing boards of tertiary institutions before the inauguration and retreat being planned for the nominees. The Ministry of Education had last week released of governing councils for 111 federal tertiary institutions in the country. The list contained names of technocrats, politicians and traditional rulers for 50 universities, 37 polytechnics, and 24 colleges of education. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who released the statement containing the list had stated that inauguration and…
Nigerian Government Alerts Over Poisoned Animals The Federal Government has alerted the public to the outbreak of poison in animals at Mandate Cattle Market in Kwara. Mr Temitope Fashedemi, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Fashedemi said the poisonous outbreak was uncovered at Mandate Cattle Market, near the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies Adewole, Ilorin, Kwara. He explained that preliminary investigation revealed that the animals grazed on the forage fumigated with organophosphate chemicals prior to the incident. “The Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural…
Nigeria Is Making Big Mistake Keeping Nnamdi Kanu In Prison –Soyinka Blows Hot Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has said it is a mistake for the Nigerian government to keep the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in prison. In a recent interview with Noble Nigeria, the literary icon stressed that Kanu had the right to pursue his cause for a separate nation of Biafra as “he was never accused of physically bombing any place or killing anyone”. Kanu was extraordinarily renditioned to Nigeria from Nairobi in June 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration with…