Nigerian Man Jailed For Life In UK For Beating Wife To Death A jealous Nigerian man who beat his wife to death with their son’s skateboard in a ‘ruthless and cold-blooded’ attack has been jailed for at least 17 years. A United Kingdom Court had remanded Olubunmi Abodunde, aged 48 for killing his wife after he suspected her of having extramarital affairs. According to Mail Online, the remanded suspect beat his wife to death with his son’s skateboard while police waited outside for permission from their bosses to go in. It was further reported that UK policemen heard ‘a number…
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Man Caught Trying To Detonate Explosives Inside Nigerian Bank A young man, whose identity is yet to be known, has been arrested with explosives inside the premises of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) bank located in Dadin Kowa town in Jos South in Plateau State. The man was with belts packed with what appeared to be an Improvised Explosive Device. In a viral video seen, it was stated that the young man was arrested on Monday when people discovered that the apparent bomb was strapped to his body. Intelligence sources said the vigilante security at the bank prevented the…
FG Earmarks N10m Each For Corps Members To Pursue Entrepreneurial Ventures The Federal Government said it plans to empower at least 5,000 corps members with N10 million each to fund their entrepreneurial ventures upon passing out of the National Youth Service Corps scheme. The Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Ibrahim, stated this on Monday in Abuja during the opening ceremony of the maiden meeting of NYSC management with heads of Corps Producing Institutions in Nigeria. According to her, this is in line with the proposed NYSC reforms which will take place soon, saying it’s different from the Nigerian Youth…
BREAKING: Heavy Gunshots, Many Soldiers Killed, Injured As Bandits Strike Military Camp A violent confrontation erupted at a military camp in Faskari local government area of Katsina State, resulting in the death of five soldiers while 11 others were injured. The attack, occurring around 2pm on Sunday, also claimed the lives of several civilians and a local vigilante member. According to a military internal memo, over 200 heavily armed terrorists, led by notorious bandit kingpin Ado Aleiru, stormed the Yar Malamai village military camp. “Terrorist attack on military camp causing grievous hurt and death of military personnel,” the memo detailed…
FG Bar CBN Officials From Partisan Politics Information reaching Ibom Focus says that FG Bar CBN Officials From Partisan Politics The National Assembly is seeking amendments to the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007 to bar top officials of the apex bank from partisan politics. Championed by the ex-lawmaker representing Abia Central Senatorial District, Darlington Nwokocha before he was sacked from office by an Appeal Court sitting in Lagos in 2023, the amendment seeks to prohibit the chairman, governor, and deputy governors of the CBN from engaging in political activities or becoming members of any political party for three years…
JUST IN: Fresh Trouble Hits Emefiele Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Fresh Trouble Hits Emefiele The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele on Wednesday for naira swap fraud. The EFCC is accusing Emefiele of approving the printing of N684.5million at the rate of N18.96billion. It was gathered that the arraignment was originally scheduled for April 30, 2024, but was rescheduled following the agreement of the court and the parties. The EFCC charged Emefiele with four counts of disobeying the law with the purpose to injure…
Massive Protest Looms Over Hardship Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Massive Protest Looms Over Hardship The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has asked President Tinubu to solve hunger and electricity problems in the country in order to avoid an impending massive protest that will affect every sector. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele revealed that if there is no solution to economic hardship, the protest will come up between August and September 2024. He stated that it would be bigger than the popular EndSARS protest because every Nigerian would…
Wike Marks Over 500 Buildings In Fresh Demolition Exercise In Abuja The Department of Development Control, FCT Administration (FCTA) under the leadership of Nyesom Wike has served 24-hour demolition notices to operators of illegal markets and shanties along the Karmo Dei-Dei Road corridor. It was gathered that over 500 illegal structures and shanties, sitting on the road corridor were marked for demolition. Mr Garba Jibril, the Sector Monitor and Assistant Director in the department who led the exercise in Abuja on Monday, said that the affected owners have been served with several notices. Jibril added that the Director of Development…
POS Operator Shot Dead Motorcycle-riding gunmen have reportedly killed one Mutiu Salako, an operator of Point of Sale, POS, at Oke Lantoro in Abeokuta Ogun State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at 6 pm on Sunday. A viral WhatsApp message alerting members of the public to the incident attributed the attack to a cult-related killing. But the police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident on Monday as a case of attempted robbery. Odutola said that the police, during the raid of the area where the crime was committed, had equally arrested three suspects. She said: “According to the…
BREAKING: FG Sends Strong Warning To TikTok The federal government has told social platform, TikTok, to moderate its contents to reduce online problems like hate speech, misinformation, and cyberbullying. The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa made the statement on behalf of the government while playing host to a team from TikTok who visited the agency’s corporate headquarters in Abuja, yesterday. Inuwa who reiterated the need for a safe and inclusive online environment stated that content moderation strategies will help in addressing online problems and protect minors across the country. In her earlier remarks,…