JUST IN: Again, El-Rufai Holds Fresh Meeting With SDP Leaders El-Rufai was pictured at the Abuja residence of Senator Abubakar Gada, along with SDP chairman Shehu Musa Gabam and other party leaders. Also present were Senator Teslim Folarin, the APC governorship candidate for Oyo State in the 2023 general elections, and Senator Nazif Suleiman, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from Bauchi State.
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BREAKING: More Trouble Looms As FG Files Tax Evasion Charges Against Binance The federal government has filed a criminal charge against Binance, a popular cryptocurrency platform, for “tax evasion”. The charge was filed before the federal high court in Abuja on March 25 by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), according to a statement on Monday. The FIRS said the move is aimed at upholding fiscal responsibility and safeguarding the economic integrity of the country. The lawsuit, designated as suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, “implicates Binance with a four-count tax evasion accusation.” “Joined with the crypto company as second and third defendants…
How I Married My Biological Sister, Man Cries Out For Help After 4 Children A man identify as James Paul, a 34 years old explained how he got married to his biological sister. Paul said we share the same father and mother Paul had met and fell in love with his sister, mainly because they were not raised together. According to him, their parents and other family members never made an effort to introduce them or let them know about each other beforehand. Paul ended up falling in love with a woman who turned out to be his sister, and…
BREAKING: Again ,Terrorists Attacks Nigerian Army Base, Kills Soldiers, Burns Military Vehicles The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, has claimed that its fighters killed a Nigerian soldier in Yobe State. According to ISWAP in a statement, the soldier was killed when the terrorists attacked a military base in Gujba town in the Gujba Local Government Area of the state on Saturday morning. Gujba is about 30 kilometres away from Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. The terror group added that it razed two military operational…
Bandits Will Never Release Hostages Without Ransom – Jaafar Jaafar A Nigerian journalist, Jaafar Jaafar, has alleged that the Nigerian government paid through the nose to secure the release of abducted Kaduna pupils. In a post on his X handle on Sunday, the journalist claimed that no lobbying, persuasion, flattery, charm or conning will convince the ruthlessly avaricious bandits to release hostages without payment of ransom. Ibom Focus earlier reported that Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani had announced the release of the over 100 Kuriga schoolchildren who were kidnapped by suspected bandits. The Governor gave the news on Saturday…
Nigeria Moves To Break Away From Colonial Imperialism Dr AbdulAzeez AbdulRaheem, Faculty of Management Sciences, Department of Finance, University of Ilorin, Kwara, has said Nigeria must break away from colonial imperialism to make progress. Raheem spoke on “Economic Insecurity in Nigeria- Islamic Solutions” at the 10th Ramadan Lecture organised by Anwar-ul-Islam Old Students Association (ACAOSA) in Lagos. He said: “For Nigeria to make progress, it must detach itself from the body of colonial imperialism. “With colonial imperialism, we won’t be able to do things we need to do to make us successful. “We must stand firm to grow our own…
Man Kills His Wife’s Lover Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Man Kills His Wife’s Lover Justice Jubril Aladejana of the Ekiti State High Court has convicted and sentenced 28-year-old Ayodeji Alomoge to death by hanging for killing his wife’s lover. The police had in April 2023 arraigned Alomoge before Justice Aladejana on one count charge of murder. According to the charge, Alomoge, on June 21, 2022 at Ikere-Ekiti within the jurisdiction of the court, murdered Ayomide Ogunleye for having an affair with his wife, an offence, the police said, is contrary to Section 234 of the Criminal Law of…
BREAKING: Again, Terrorists Ambush Soldiers, Kill Dozens Of Officers At least 23 Nigerien soldiers were reported killed in a terrorist ambush that left 17 others injured. Sources said about 34 soldiers unaccounted for, were suspected to have been abducted in the late Wednesday ambush at Teguey village in the Bankilare district of Tilabery State. The country’s Defence Headquarters has confirmed the incident saying, 30 terrorists were neutralised in the attack. In a broadcast on the country’s national television on Thursday night, a spokesperson for the Defence Headquarters said, “Over 100 terrorists ambushed our forces between Teugey village and Bankilare. They…
‘Come Out And Fight’, Nigerian Soldier Deployed To South-East Challenges IPOB Armed Wing A Nigerian soldier armed with heavy weapons has been seen in a viral video challenging the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) armed operatives to dare the army and come out to fight. The army personnel, who was deployed with his colleague to a community in the South-East region, was spotted shooting intermittently to summon IPOB armed operatives to come and engage in a gun battle with them. “IPOB make una come make we fight, una no gree, you think say nah play we come to play bah,…
BREAKING: Peter Obi Sets To Dump Labour Party, Reveals New Party Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Peter Obi Sets To Dump Labour Party Former spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, has said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Presidential Election, Peter Obi, is planning to leave the Labour Party and join a former Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Bwala, who made the allegation in a post on his X handle on Friday, said Obi was planning to leave the Labour Party following the current crisis in…