IGP Makes U-turn Over State Police Information reaching Ibom Focus says that IGP Makes U-turn Over State Police An assistant inspector-general of police in the department of information and communications, AIG Ben Okolo has said his statement that Nigeria was not ripe for state police was personal and not the views of the inspector-general of police or the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). In a disclaimer message yesterday, AIG Okolo, who represented the inspector-general of police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun at the conference on national security and state police in Abuja on Monday, said “My expressions on state police at the session…
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What Yahaya Bello Told Me On Phone – EFCC Chairman Exposes Fleeing Ex-kogi Governor Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has narrated an encounter he had with the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, over a probe by the agency. Speaking with select Editors in Abuja on Tuesday, the anti-graft czar said he decided to speak personally with Bello to honour him as a former governor. He said Bello initially gave the excuse that one of his political opponents had sent pressmen to the commission’s head office so as to embarrass him when he arrived…
Fraud: EFCC Goes Hard On Yahaya Bello, Others The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday stepped up its bid to prosecute the duo of the ex-governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, for alleged misappropriation of public funds. Bello, who has been declared wanted by the EFCC, is alleged to have stolen about N80 billion from the Kogi treasury. The anti-graft agency is now seeking to arraign him on 19 counts bordering on alleged money laundering, breach of trust and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N80.2 billion. Last week,…
Despite CBN’s Intervention Naira Continues To Falls Massively Against Dollar The naira has continued its depreciation against the US dollar for the fifth time despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s sale of foreign currencies to legitimate Bureau De Change operators. FMDQ data showed that the naira dropped to N1,300.15 per dollar on Tuesday from N1,234.49 traded on Monday. The figure represents N65.66 (5 per cent) loss compared to the N1,234.49 it exchanged for on Monday. Ibom Focus recalls that on Tuesday, the apex bank sold 10,000 dollars each to BDC at N1,021 per dollar. This is the third recent intervention…
Family At War As Daughter Caught Mom Having Affair With Colleague, Tells Her Dad Dear Bunmi, I recently discovered that my mom is having an affair behind our dad’s back. I am 27 and live at home. She left her Facebook logged onto my computer and I found racy messages between her and a younger man who works in the same office as hers. Dear Bunmi, I confronted her and she confessed. But she made me swear not to tell my dad. I feel my dad has a right to know so he could put a stop to it, but…
How Emefiele Printed N684.5m With N18.9bilion The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed a fresh charge at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory against the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. EFCC in the charge accused Emefiele of approving the printing of N684,590,000 at the rate of N18.96 billion. In the charge sheets on Tuesday, EFCC alleged that Emefiele broke the law with intent to harm the public during his implementation of the naira swap policy of the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The anti-graft agency also accused Emefiele of unlawfully…
IGP Lands In Trouble For Opposing Establishment Of State Police The Igbo Renaissance Forum, IRF, has expressed deep disappointment regarding the recent opposition against the establishment of state police by Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police. The forum said the IGP’s stance reflects a deep-seated reluctance to embrace necessary change in Nigeria’s policing architecture. This was contained in a statement signed by IRF’s international coordinator, Nze Ugo-Akpe Onwuka, and made available on Tuesday. The statement reads: “While his concerns might be valid, they do not outweigh the urgent need for a restructuring of Nigeria’s policing system. The argument that…
I Personally Invited Yahaya Bello To My Office For Interview, He Said My Operatives Should Come To His Village – Says Olukoyede The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that he personally called former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello to his office in Abuja for an interview over the alleged N80 billion fraud but he (Bello) asked EFCC operatives to come to his village to interview him. Olukoyede disclosed that Bello sent his Government House cashier to withdraw money from the government account, took it directly to Bureau de Change and sent it…
Family Of Bride-to-be Foils Kidnap Attempt During Wedding Preparation, Kills Bandit, Recovers AK-47 Rifles The family of a bride-to-be and a group of passengers thwarted a kidnap attempt by killing a terrorist in Zamfara State. According to PRNigeria, the incident occurred when the family of the bride-to-be and other travellers were ambushed by terrorists along the Talata Mafara-Gusau highway. The family of the bride-to-be had embarked on a journey to purchase clothing and other wedding materials in Kano. However, their plan took a harrowing turn when they were attacked by bandits. An eyewitness told PRNigeria that the brave passengers took…
BREAKING: Nigerian University Fires Lecturer Caught On Tape S3xually Harassing Female Student The management of the University of Nigeria Nsukka has suspended Mr Mfonobong David Udoudom, a lecturer in the School of General Studies, who was caught in a video allegedly harassing a female student. Ibom Focus had reported that Udoudom was caught with his pants down in his office with a married student. It wss learnt that Udoudom was arrested by the police on Monday and has been in detention since then. A video of the university don wearing only a pair of boxers has gone viral on social…