Author: Ibom Focus

EFCC In Trouble For Declaring Pastor, Wife Wanted Information reaching Ibom Focus says that EFCC In Trouble For Declaring Pastor, Wife Wanted A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has awarded the sum of N10 million as damages against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for declaring Pastor Oyinmiebi Biribena and his wife, Pastor Beatrice Biribena, wanted without a valid court order. Biribena is the pastor in charge of the Christ Embassy Church in Kumasi, Ghana. The court declared that the publication by EFCC on June 8, 2022, declaring Biribena and his wife, Beatrice Biribena, wanted without…

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Nigerian Govt Declares 2-Day As Farm Days Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Govt Declares 2-Day As Farm Days Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has reassured civil servants that the state government will key into whatever resolutions are taken by the federal government on the national minimum wage. Speaking at the 2024 International Workers Day celebration in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, the governor noted that civil servants have shown him massive support right from the March 28, 2023 governorship elections and therefore, it behoves him to reciprocate the gesture by implementing some of his promises made to…

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Nigerian Govt Discovers Under-bridge Apartment Where Tenants Pay N250,000 Rent Annually Tokunbo Wahab, the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, stated on Wednesday that the government uncovered an apartment under the Dolphin Estate Bridge in Ikoyi for which renters pay an annual fee of N250,000. According to the commissioner, the under-bridge residence contains 86 partitioned rooms sized “10×10 and 12×10”. Wahab revealed this information in a post on X.com on Wednesday, along with videos. He stated that the enforcement team from Lagos State’s Ministry of Environment and Water Resources had effectively removed all structures, including a container used…

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Israel-Iran Crisis Responsible For Fuel Scarcity – Says Nigerian Government The National Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), James Tor, has cited the Israel-Iran crisis as a major cause of the current fuel scarcity in Nigeria. In the past few days, fuel scarcity has led to long queues at filling stations, panic buying, and a surge in transport fares. Commenting on the development during an interview on ARISE TV, Tor highlighted the federal government’s role in importing petroleum products and allocating them to stakeholders, including IPMAN, for distribution. He noted that the current geopolitical tensions in…

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Fake EFCC Officials Arrested For Robbery, Kidnapping The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has said that its operatives arrested four persons posing as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for robbery and kidnapping. The Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who made this known in a statement said that the arrested fake EFCC operatives robbed students of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa and abducted a National Diploma II (ND II) student of the institution identified as Adudu Kingsley. Nansel said that “On 17/04/2024 at about 1545hrs, a distress call was received that…

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BREAKING: Binance Founder Sentenced To Four Months In Jail By U.S. Court For Money Laundering Founder and former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been sentenced to four months in prison. Zhao pleaded guilty in November 2023 to a money laundering charge. Zhao, who went by the nickname CZ, has also satisfied the requirement of him to pay $50 million in fines, U.S. District Judge Richard Jones said in court Tuesday. The judge also won’t impose five months of probation as was recommended by the probation officer, Mail Online reports. The 47-year-old admitted to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by willfully…

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Hillary Clinton Says If Trump Becomes US President Again, It’ll Be ‘Much, Much Worse Than His First Time’ The 2016 US Democratic Party presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, has said if former US President Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election, his administration will be worse than his first administration. Clinton said this on Tuesday in a post on her X account while reacting to Trump’s interviews with Time, where the former President outlined what he would do including carrying out a deportation operation designed to remove more than 11 million people from the US. If Donald Trump becomes president again,…

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BREAKING: Massive Resignations Rock PDP Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Massive Resignations Rock PDP Mr Charles Idahosa, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State and a member of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), has resigned from the party. In a letter titled “Letter of Resignation” addressed to the chairman of Ehor Ward I of the PDP in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State, Idahosa officially announced his decision to quit the party. The letter was also copied to various party officials, including the chairman of the BoT, the South-south National Vice Chairman,…

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Nigerian Man Cuts Brother’s Throat For Demanding Felling Tree Branches A 42-year-old man, Mr. Nkwuda Chukwudi Vincent, a native of Ndiogbu in Ndieze autonomous community, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, allegedly cut off his cousin’s, Mr Nkwuda Chukwuka’s, throat for demanding some branches of a felled tree on the family land. The incident, gathered, occurred on Monday when the suspect, Mr Nkwuda Vincent, who is an assistant catechist of St Samuel Station, Ndiogbu, in Ndieze autonomous community, cut down a tree on the boundary of their land. According to the victim, Mr Chukwuka, who spoke to DAILY…

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