Many Nigerian Soldiers Feared Killed Over Fight With Bandits Six soldiers and one hunter lost their lives in a fight with bandits in Karaga and Rumace communities in Bassa ward, Shiroro local government area of Niger State. According to a report by Daily Trust, two farmers were also reported to have been killed while houses, food banks and motorcycles were burnt by the attackers. Sources said that the attack started around 9pm on Friday and lasted for hours. One of the sources who didn’t want his name mentioned said, “Six soldiers lost their lives and one volunteer hunter.” Another source,…
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BREAKING: Ondo APC Primary Turns Bloody As Angry Mob Beats Up Commissioner To Coma Banji Ajaka, Commissioner for Health in Ondo state, was on Saturday beaten by an angry mob during the governorship primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ibom Focus learnt that Dr Ajaka, who was at Ugbo Ward 3, in the local council government, was accused of hiding result sheet of the exercise. Witnesses confirmed the development in a chat, alleging that the mob were angry members of the APC opposing to the process leading to the exercise. One of the witnesses, who pleaded not to…
Economic Hardship: “Sp£rm Is Now Like Crude Oil As the economic hardship bites harder, hard-hit residents of Lagos State are getting more creative and desperate to make ends meet, including involving in businesses which aren’t illegitimate but appear extreme to some and considered morally and spiritually- inappropriate by some. While some take up menial jobs considered to be beneath their social status and academic qualification, there are graduates who take to selling consumables like pepper. There are others as revealed by a survey conducted by Saturday Tribune, who are now taking financial refuge in selling their semen. Though the practice…
Panic As Man Slumps, Dies At Police Station While Trying To Bail 2 Sons An elderly man, Muftau Mohammed of Gbeganu Area of Minna, Niger State capital, slumped and died at Morris Police Division, where he had gone to bail two of his sons, Mubarak Ahmed and Yusuf Mohammed who were reportedly arrested by the police. Mubarak and Yusuf told Daily Trust that they were picked by the police around 11pm on Wednesday where they were sleeping in a burglary in front of their house due to heat. According to Yusuf, “We were lying down in a burglary in front…
Portable Sets To Divorce His Wife Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has threatened to send his wife, Bewaji Ewatomi, packing over a birthday message she posted. The singer’s wife, also known as Mama Zeh, flooded her social media timeline with adorable pictures to celebrate the birthday on Friday. However, the ‘self-made queen’ caption she added to the birthday post didn’t resonate with her husband, who swiftly responded. The singer corrected his wife’s ‘self-made queen’ tag, stressing that he is the one behind her popularity. “If them dey call you strong woman na me make you strong, I…
EXCLUSIVE: Fleeing Yahaya Bello Leave Nigeria For Another Country Fleeing governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has perfected a plan to flee the country to a North African country, multiple sources confirmed on Saturday. It was learnt that Bello, 48 years old who is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for over N80billion fraud, plans to flee to the North African country where one of his wives presently resides and manages their “investments.” A family member further revealed that Bello actually possessed two passports which are of the North African country and one Arab nation where he…
BREAKING: Yahaya Bello’s ADC, Security Details, Others Arrested The Nigeria Police Force has detained the female aide-de-camp (ADC) and several other police officers attached to the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, following suspicions of their involvement in aiding his escape from law enforcement. The detentions occurred at the State Criminal Investigation Department in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as confirmed by senior police sources to Punch. This action was taken after the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, issued a directive on Thursday night for the immediate withdrawal of these officers from Bello, who is currently embroiled in…
‘We Love Each Other, And He Is Good To Me’, Chibok Girl Carrying 4th Pregnancy For Boko Haram Member Cries Out, Reveals What To Do Next It has been nearly a year since 26-year-old Rabiat left the Boko Haram enclave she was held in for close to a decade. In her home in Maiduguri, the northeast Nigerian city at the heart of 15 years of fighting by the armed group, the mother of three ruminated on life as a free woman. Rabiat, whose name has been changed for her safety, was one of 276 girls abducted by Boko Haram fighters…
Trouble Hits Governor Ododo As Assembly Moves To Impeach Him A human rights lawyer, Deji Ajare, has urged the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Umar Yusuf, to begin impeachment proceedings against the Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, over allegations of misconduct and abuse of office. Ajare made the call in a letter addressed to the speaker, through the clerk of the House on Friday. According to him, the use of the governor’s motorcade to ferry away the embattled former governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, amounted to the harbouring of a fugitive, obstruction of justice, and the…
BREAKING: Naira Crumbles At Official Window, Trades N1,169/$ The Naira on Friday experienced a slight fall at the official window, trading at N1,169.99 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), revealed that the Naira dropped by 1.38 per cent as against the N1,154.08/$ traded on April 18. The local currency, on the other hand, depreciated by 17.14 per cent to N1,230 per dollar — from N1,050/$ on April 17.