Reverend Sisters Remanded For Illegal Child Adoption The Children, S3xual and Gender-based Violence Court sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Monday, remanded two reverend sisters of a first generational church (name withheld), for illegal dealings and fraudulent adoption of children. Their names were given as Reverend Sister Angela Onyenachi Ibe, aged 42, and Mother-General, Reverend Sister Chiemelie Jacinta Yvonne, aged 41. The defendants were arraigned on four counts of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, punishable under Sections 495(a) and 386 of the Criminal Code, Cap 36, Volume II, the Revised Laws of Anambra State of Nigeria, 1991. They…
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JAMB Releases More Withheld UTME Results The recent release of an additional 36,540 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) comes as a relief to many candidates awaiting their scores. This move follows the earlier release of 531 results, bringing the total number of released results to 1,879,437. In a statement issued in Abuja by Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Public Communication Advisor, JAMB addressed false claims circulating on social media. The statement refuted a fictitious letter alleging a cybersecurity breach and the compromise of 2024 UTME results, leading to considerations of rescheduling…
JUST IN: Nigerian Singer, Portable Arrested Over G-Wagon Debt The Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, arrested popular musician, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, for refusing to pay the debt he incurred when he purchased G-Wagon from a car dealer in the state. It was gathered that Portable, during the purchase of the vehicle worth N27m, paid only N13m and had refused to pay the N14m balance. It was learnt that whenever the car dealer contacted him to pay the balance, he usually claimed that the vehicle was bad. When efforts to get Portable to pay the balance proved…
Tension As Another Akwa Ibom Man Kills Girlfriend A 25 year old man identified as Elisha has allegedly killed his girlfriend in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital. The incident happened on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at about 7:00 am at the suspect’s residence close to Beulah International Nursery and Primary Schools, Atiku Abubakar Way, Uyo. The reason for the murder could not be ascertained at press time. When our correspondent visited the area, a crowd of residents thronged the scene, blocking the double lanes and impeding the free flow of traffic. Our correspondent observed that the corpse of the victim…
Enough Is Enough: ASUU Nationwide Strike Looms The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a stern warning of a nationwide strike due to the Federal Government’s failure to appoint Governing Councils for Federal Universities, among other grievances. During a press briefing at the University of Abuja, ASUU decried the absence of appointed Governing Councils and criticized what it perceived as the government’s lackadaisical approach under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu towards academic matters in Nigerian Federal Universities. One major point of contention highlighted by ASUU was the recent salary increments of 35% for professors and 25% for…
BREAKING: Boko Haram Founder Finally Killed Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Boko Haram Founder Finally Killed Nigerian Army personnel under Operation Hadin Kai have reportedly killed a top commander of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, otherwise known as Boko Haram, Tahir Baga during their recent raid on Sambisa Forest in Borno State. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, the terrorist top commander was killed on Monday when the army cleared their enclaves of Shababul Umma, Garin Panel Beater and Lagara Anguwan Gwaigwai at the heart of the forest. Zagazola…
Hisbah Arrests Males, Females For Bathing Together The Hisbah, Islamic police in Kano State, has detained 20 residents, including both men and women, for bathing together, a violation of Hisbah law. The arrests were made by the men from Operation Kau Da Badala at a recreation center on Ring Road in Kano, following complaints from local residents. Dr. Mujahidin Aminuddin Abubakar, the Deputy Commandant General of the Hisbah Board, confirmed that the act contravened Hisbah law, which prohibits men from mingling with the opposite gender while bathing. Expressing concern over the incident, Abubakar emphasized the importance of engaging in activities…
Real Reason DSS Operatives Invaded Court To Arrest Defendants Kehinde Bamiwola, a lawyer, has narrated how some operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) invaded the Ogun high court, Ilaro division, to arrest two defendants. The defendants are Fatai Isiaka and Samuel Oyero. Bamiwola said Isiaka and Oyero were in court on Monday for a case bordering on alleged arson at the Agosasa community in Ipokia LGA of Ogun state. In a statement on Tuesday, Bamiwola, the counsel representing Isiaka, said the continuation of proceedings in the case was presided over by A. A. Shobayo, the judge, on Monday.…
EXCLUSIVE: Atiku, Peter Obi, Kwankwaso Form New Party The National Consultative Front (NCFront), a major political consortium of leading opposition forces in Nigeria, has revealed an ongoing move to unite the major candidates in the 2023 presidential election. It specifically mentioned former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwakwanso as some of those it was trying to unite to form a new mega movement to save Nigeria from the “misrule of the All Progressives Congress (APC)”. The group led by Prof. Pat Utomi disclosed this in a statement issued by its national spokesperson, Mallam Hamisu San Turaki on…
Niger State Assembly Speaker Makes U-turn Over Wedding Plan To 100 Female As Constituency Project The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulamlik Sarkindaji, has stopped the planned hosting of the wedding of 100 orphan girls in his constituency. Sarkindaji said this during a media briefing on Tuesday noting that he would not grace the occasion. The Speaker said he took the decision following the action of the Minister of Women Affairs Minister, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, who dragged the Speaker to court to halt the wedding. The Speaker disclosed that he had already made funds available to the girls’…