Tinubu To Sack Security Chiefs Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Tinubu To Sack Security Chiefs The Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairmen has asked President Bola Tinubu to “wield the big stick” on the heads of security agencies found wanting in their responsibilities. The Secretary of the Forum of APC Chairmen, Alphonsus Eba, said this after the meeting with President Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Friday. “Where a district Police Officer or a Commissioner of Police or whoever that is in control of whatever security architect at whatever level is found wanting, Mr President should…
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BREAKING: Many Causalities As Terrorists Attack Kaduna Community Again Terrorists, in the early hours of Saturday, launched a fresh attack on the Dogon-noma community in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack came barely three days after one person was killed, and eight women were kidnapped in the Banono Angwaku community of the same local government. A former chairman of the local government, Cafra Caino, confirmed the fresh attack to our correspondent on Saturday. According to him, the attackers invaded the village around 5.45am on Saturday in large numbers, shooting indiscriminately. Caino said, “We are yet to…
Budget Padding: Increasing 2024 Budget, NASS Didn’t Break Law – Says Bagudu The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Atiku Bagudu, has stated that the National Assembly did not violate any laws with the new insertions in the 2024 budget. Bagudu stated this during a press conference in Abuja, saying,” since 1999, it has been customary for the National Assembly to include new line items in the Appropriation Bill bill to fund specific projects in their constituencies. He added that this practice often results in an increase in the approved budget from what was initially presented by the president.…
NASC Charges Newly Elected NASSLAF Exco On Quality Leadership The Executive Chairman of National Assembly Service Commission (NASC), Engr. Ahmed Amshi Kadi, has tasked the newly elected Exco of the National Assembly Legislative Aides Forum (NASSLAF) on quality leadership delivery Engr. Kadi gave this charge at the inauguration of the NASSLAF 10th National Assembly Exco and Central Working Committee CWC on Friday in Abuja. The NASC chairman, represented by Rt. Hon. Amaechi Nwoha, National Commissioner, South-East Zone, said the newly elected executive must be aware that they are coming into office at a time when leadership sacrifices and capabilities are…
Fresh Crisis Rocks Rivers, Wike’s Ally Resigns As Commissioner George-Kelly D. Alabo, the Rivers State Commissioner for Works, has resigned following his recent appointment as Director-General of the Border Communities Development Agency. Aloba was one of the commissioners loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, who resigned in the midst of the state’s political crisis in 2023. He, however, returned to his job after the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in December 2023, when an eight-point agreement was signed at the Presidential Villa by Fubara, Wike, and other significant stakeholders to end the state’s political…
Respect Muslims, Don’t Eat In Public During Ramadan – Cleric Warns Nigerians The Chief Imam, Falomo Lagos Central Mosque, Dr Tajudeen Adebayo, has asked the public to respect the sensibility of the fasting Muslim faithful by avoiding eating in their presence. Adebayo said eating in public during the hours of fasting, debases the sensibility of those fasting and could discourage people from the self-denial ritual. The Cleric spoke to NAN in Lagos on Thursday, against the backdrop of some Muslim faithful who were caught eating when they should be fasting. Recall that Hisbah, the Islamic Police, on Wednesday in Kano…
Stop Bombing Terrorists’ Wives, Children, Give Them Quality Education, Healthcare Or Get Ready For…— Gumi Tells Nigerian Govt Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has claimed that gaining access to terrorists is easy if the Nigerian Government is ready to dialogue with them. Gumi said this while reacting to the abduction of over 280 schoolchildren and staff members in Kaduna State last week Gumi during an interview with Arise News TV on Thursday night insisted that the best way to rescue all the abducted children and other residents was for the government to use a non-kinetic approach. Gumi, via an…
Funders Of Terrorism In Nigeria In Trouble Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Funders Of Terrorism In Nigeria In Trouble The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to track terrorism funding in the country. This, he said, was one of the means to curb terrorism globally while urging the EFCC to help in tracing funds related to terrorism. A statement on Friday by the Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, stated that the CDS spoke when the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, visited him in Abuja.…
Recent Terrorists Attack Is Small, Unless Nigerian Govt Negotiates With Bandits Or Else – Says Gumi An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has again claimed that there is no military solution to end the insecurity problems Nigeria is currently facing. The scholar who said this during an interview session with AriseNews TV on Friday morning, insisted that persistent military attacks on the terrorists were responsible for their latest lack of sympathy on Nigerians they abducted. He added that the Nigerian government should emulate how the United States’ government negotiated with the Taliban terrorists by also having a dialogue with the…
Teenager Kill Self For Stealing Money A 17-year-old boy, Ojibe Chibueze, has reportedly committed suicide after he was accused of stealing money from his boss at the Abijo-Ajah, Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos. The state’s police public relations officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, a superintendent of police, who confirmed the report of the teenager committing suicide revealed that the deceased returned from work on Monday, February 11, rushed in took some money and went out again. He said after the tragic incident, the deceased master called his sister and informed her that the late brother stole N100,000 from his shop. Hundeyin said the…