Tinubu To Dissolve His Cabinet, Sack Some Ministers Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Tinubu To Dissolve His Cabinet, Sack Some Ministers Jimoh Ibrahim, senator representing Ondo south, has asked President Bola Tinubu to dissolve his cabinet. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television, Ibrahim said many ministers are not in the “grade A” list. The senator said Tinubu has a “very fantastic” strategy but there is no structure and system to give fillip to the strategy. “You have to dissolve the cabinet and come up with knowledgeable people. The cabinet is too cold and the efforts are not seen,”…
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6 Inmates Escape From Abuja Information reaching Ibom Focus says that 6 Inmates Escape From Abuja The Principal of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Vocational Rehabilitation Centre in Kuchiko-Ija, Bala Tsoho Musa, has confirmed that six inmates escaped from the facility. Musa confirmed this while reacting to the alleged torture of an inmate to death at the facility. The facility is located in a border community between Bwari Area Council of the FCT and Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State. Musa, who said that the six inmates escaped from the centre last Friday, however, denied that any inmate was…
Nigerian Government Establish Part-time Jobs For Unemployed Graduates, Others A bill seeking to establish a National Internship and Unemployment Benefit Scheme has passed second reading at the Senate. It was sponsored by Salisu Shuaib (APC, Ogun Central) and supported by majority of the lawmakers during the plenary on Wednesday. The bill intends to create part-time jobs for unemployed graduates with a view to allowing them acquire working experience and earn stipends during the period. Mr Shuaib, while leading a debate on the bill, stressed the need to create the unemployment benefit scheme. The senator explained that the scheme would restore…
How Gov Ododo Spent 100 Days Serving Yahaya Bello As Personal Driver The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency, Usman Okai, has said Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State spent his first 100 days in office chauffeuring around the former Governor of the State, Yahaya Bello, with taxpayers’ money. Okai said Ododo’s 100 days in office is a display of sycophancy that is as shameful as it is concerning. In a statement he signed, the PDP chieftain said that instead of focusing on the pressing issues that “plague our state education, healthcare, infrastructure” Ododo chose to…
FG Fixes Entry Age To Tertiary Institutions The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, recently decried the rate of underage entry into universities and other tertiary institutions and hinted plans towards reviewing and pegging the minimum entry age into the institutions in the country at 18. Recall that the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, cautioned parents against enrolling minors for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), saying they should be allowed to mature before registering them. Oloyede said, “The law today is that you must spend six years before primary school, six years in…
Panic Over Gunmen Killing 21 Soldiers Information reaching Ibom Focus says that there’s Panic Over Gunmen Killing 21 Soldiers The Anambra state police command has reacted to reports of the alleged killing of 21 soldiers by gunmen in the state. There have been reports circulating online that 21 soldiers en route to Enugu were ambushed and killed by gunmen in Onitsha, Anambra. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in Anambra, described the report as “fiction”. Ikenga said the report is “misleading, unfounded, and false”. “The Command wishes to state that the report is untrue, a…
Abbas Overrules Member Calling For Suspension Of Cybersecurity Levy The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, yesterday stepped down a motion calling for the suspension of the cybersecurity levy, which has sparked widespread dissatisfaction. It was reported that since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directed all banks in the country to begin the deduction of 0.5% of the value of all electronic transactions from customers, Nigerians across different spectrums have rejected the levy, describing it as an additional burden on them. During Wednesday’s plenary session, Manu Soro, a lawmaker from Bauchi State, presented the motion, expressing concerns…
71-year-old Landlord Impregnates Tenant’s Teenage Daughter Information reaching Ibom Focus says that 71-year-old Landlord For Impregnates Tenant’s Teenage Daughter The Ogun State Police Command said it had arrested a septuagenarian landlord, simply known as Adesina, for allegedly defiling and impregnating his tenant’s 14-year-old girl (name withheld) on Akegbeyale Street in Ifesowapo Akute, Ifo Local Government Area of the state. The residents and other tenants were shocked when the septuagenarian suspect was found having s3xual intercourse with the 14-year-old girl in the house toilet at 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. The minor, according to a police source who was…
Cleric Allegedly Sets Wife’s House Ablaze Over Prayer An Ekiti-based Islamic cleric, Ahmed Ojo, has reportedly set fire to his wife’s house in the Egbe Odo area of Isua Ijesa in Ekiti State due to her refusal to join him in observing a late-night prayer. Speaking in an exclusive interview with PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, the wife, Bosede Afolabi, disclosed that the incident happened on April 27 when her husband returned home and requested that they observe a prayer around 11 pm on the said date, a request she declined because she was tired. Afolabi disclosed that her refusal to…
Gunmen Attack Catholic School The Catholic Archdiocese of Makurdi, Benue State, has ordered the immediate closure of Father Angus Frazer Memorial High School in Adeke, Makurdi, following an attack on the school by unknown gunmen. Unidentified gunmen in the late hours of Tuesday, May 7, 2024, attacked the school but were repelled by personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. No life was lost but one of the security personnel sustained a non-life-threatening injury and is receiving medical treatment in an undisclosed hospital. A press statement issued on May 8, 2024, by the Director of Social Communications of…