Matawalle Blasts Northerners For Talking Against Tinubu’s Administration The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has slammed a fellow northern political leader, Kabiru Garba Marafa, over his vituperation on account of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) statement on the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Speaking through his media consultant, Deyemi Saka, Matawalle knocked Marafa, noting that many of them who kept quiet during former President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years have now found their voices because Tinubu is not a northerner. It was reported on Sunday that Marafa, former federal lawmaker and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),…
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Again, Naira Falls Massively Against Dollar The naira on Monday closed at N1,223 /$ in the unofficial market, causing the Nigerian currency to pause its winning streak against the American dollar on a weekly spectrum. On the black market on Sunday, the U.S. dollar sold at N1,207, a 15 percent weekly decrease from N1,050/$ at its peak last Monday. At the official market, the local currency closed at N1,234.49/$ as against N1,169.99/$ which it closed at on Friday Before this week’s reversals, the recent appreciation of the Naira was attributed to the strategic interventions by the CBN, notably the clearance…
Naira Abuse: Bobrisky Files Appeal Against Sentence Controversial cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, on Monday, filed a notice of appeal challenging the six months maximum sentence given to him by a Federal High Court in Lagos State. Okuneye was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on four counts bordering on naira abuse. He pleaded guilty before Justice A.O. Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Lagos. Justice Awogboro, on April 12, sentenced Okuneye to six months imprisonment without an option of fine. The judge while sentencing the convict said the judgment should serve as a deterrent…
VIDEO: Nigerian Lecturer Caught With Someone’s Wife Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Lecturer Caught With Someone’s Wife A lecturer of University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, has been caught pants down inside his office with a female student. The man whose name is yet to be ascertained by Ibom Focus is said to be a lecturer in the School of General Studies of the institution. The victim is alleged to be someone’s wife. A voice in the viral video said: “We have been following this case from day one. As you can see we have all the chats, voice…
Jonathan Calls For Establishment Of NBG, NCG, Other Former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that the issue of State Police in Nigeria is not negotiable as it is already “a settled matter.” Jonathan who spoke at the ongoing national dialogue on state police in Abuja said that, “There is no way we can manage our internal security if we don’t have state police.” Drawing from his time as the President, Dr, Jonathan revealed that the 2014 National Conference unanimously endorsed the establishment of “State Police, National Border Guard ( NBG) and National Coast Guard.” ( NCG) The former President,…
EXPOSED: Fleeing Yahaya Bello Mobilises Many Groups, Prints Banners For Planned Protest Against EFCC Embattled former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello is currently mobilising some groups to protest against his planned arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ibom Focus had reported that the anti-graft agency declared 48-year-old Bello wanted after he failed to appear for arraignment on 19-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and money laundering. It was gathered on Monday that fugitive Bello is allegedly sponsoring a protest against EFCC over his trial. A video showed some printed banners in preparation for the…
JUST IN: VIDEO: Another Lecturer Caught Having H0t S3x With Student Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Another Lecturer Caught Having H0t S3x With Student UNIPORT lecturer caught on camera allegedly s+x¥ally hara§§ing a student in his office Obinichi Nnorom, a lecturer of the mechanical engineering department of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Rivers State, has been called out for s+xual hara§§ment. In a video circulating online, Obinichi and his female student can be seen standing close to each other as he føndles her b@zooms while a friend recorded the hara§§ment. The viral clip has now sparked outrage with…
PHOTOS: Nigeria’s Most Expensive Primary School Where Pupils Pay N42million Inside Charterhouse Lagos, A newly commissioned primary school in Lekki with its secondary school underway that charges N42m as a fee per annum. Charterhouse Lagos is the first British independent school in West Africa and part of the prestigious Charterhouse family of schools. Here are inside photos of the school which is set to resume in September.
BREAKING: Nigerian Army Fires Soldiers Over Thief The Nigerian Army has confirmed the dismissal of two of its personnel who allegedly stole armoured cables at the Dangote Refinery in Lagos. It was last Tuesday exclusively reported that two army personnel had been arrested for vandalising and stealing armoured cables at the refinery The suspects were identified as CPL Innocent Joseph and L/CPL Jacob Gani. Dangote Refinery, which is owned by Dangote Group, was inaugurated on the 22nd of May 2023 in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State. In a press statement issued by Onyema Nwachukwu on Monday, the army authorities…
BREAKING: Judge Reverses Self, Vacates Order Suspending Ganduje Kano State High Court, Presided over by Justice Usman Mallam Na’Abba that earlier on slammed an order Suspending Dr Umar Abdullahi Ganduje as National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress APC, has reverses Self vacating same order. One Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani Barguma who claimed to be the Chairman and Secretary respectively of the APC Ganduje Ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government area of the State, had secured an order Suspending Ganduje As the Chairman of the Party. However in a twist of events the Presiding Judge of the High Court…