Tinubu’s Govt In Trouble Over Fake Lifted Visa Ban On Nigerians By UAE A social critic and human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s administration wants to fake lifting of the visa ban on Nigeria by the United Arab Emirates, UAE, until it achieves it. The statement comes on the heels of reports indicating that the UAE had lifted the visa ban on Nigerians. But the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, who the report was attributed to, has clarified that the ban is yet to be lifted. However, Yesufu took…
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JUST IN: Tension In Benue As Herdsmen Wipe Out Family Of Seven Suspected herdsmen on Tuesday afternoon killed no fewer than 10 persons in Azandeh, community, Mbasaa, Mbajiga, Ityulugh, Torov district in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue North senatorial zone. But residents of the area put the figures at 30 or more. Among those who killed was a family of seven. Residents identified them as Michael Mtindiga Adzandeh, Iorfa Michael Mtindiga Adzandeh, Akighirga Adzandeh, Tyowuese Adzandeh, Tersee Swende Adzandeh, Terngu Tortiv Adzandeh and Terkaa Shiati Adzandeh. An eyewitness Tersoo Iorbee told The Nation they got information that some suspected…
BREAKING: Nigerian Lawyer Slumps And Dies On Duty, Photo Chidimma Ezenyili, a Nigerian carer living in the United Kingdom (UK), has reportedly died while on duty. According to a report, Ezenyili slumped while catering to Ian Hale, her 86-year-old employer, in Bishop’s Stortford, an English town. Neighbours desperately tried to save the life of a “wonderful” carer who collapsed in the street in Bishop’s Stortford and died two days later, aged just 37. Despite feeling unwell, Chidimma Susan Ezenyili, known as Suzy, had struggled to work because she was determined not to let down her elderly client in Scott Road.…
Tension As Nigerian Woman Leaves 3 Children At Police Station, Commits Suicide Over Hardship Mrs Nkechinyere Mbah, the wife of Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has announced that she would sponsor the three children whose mother committed suicide by running into a moving vehicle. The Enugu First Lady promised to sponsor their daily needs and education. She announced that the scholarship would be undertaken through her Custos Care Foundation when she paid an unscheduled visit to Ogui Police Station, Enugu, where the children were kept in custody. It was learnt that the woman, whose identity was yet to be known,…
Hunger Looms As Truck Drivers Begins Strike, Stop Transporting Food Truck drivers in the country are now threatening to embark on strike considering the spate of attacks they face while transporting food items across the nation. Ibom Focus reports that numerous trucks and warehouses have been targeted by hoodlums. Yusuf Othman, the National President of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, who spoke with reporters on Tuesday, warned that the truck drivers may consider ceasing their services. “We are affected negatively by these attacks and right now we are strategizing. It might interest you to know that the insurance…
BREAKING: APC Chairman Is Dead Information reaching Ibom Focus says that APC Chairman Is Dead Ekiti State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Paul Omotosho is dead. Omotosho in the early hours of Wednesday after a brief illness. It was gathered from close sources that the Imesi-Ekiti born politician actively participated in a series of political meetings on Monday. He was said to have complained of feeling unwell on Tuesday, which caused him to be rushed to a government hospital in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, where he later died. Recall that the late Omotosho was kidnapped in July 2023…
JUST IN: Tension As Terrorists Kidnap Dozens Of Female IDPs Bandits suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly abducted 319 female internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ngala, the headquaters of Gambarou Ngala in Borno State, a local source said. A security source, who confided in our correspondent, also confirmed the abduction but said the number of the IDPs abducted was not up to 319 “What we hard is around 113.” However, a source from the Babban Sansani IDPs camp, told our correspondent that the incident happened last Sunday, when the women went to fetch firewood in the bush for…
Army Speaks On Desire To Truncate Nigeria’s Democracy The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday, restated the commitment of the Nigerian Army to defend the nation’s democracy. Addressing participants at a seminar on career planning and management organised by the Army Headquarters in Abuja, the COAS said the Army has no plans to truncate democracy in the country. He charged officers of the Nigerian Army to remain above board in the discharge of their professional duties. Troops uncover 40 manual oil wells in Rivers community “Permit me to seize this opportunity to reiterate that the…
Full List: 888 Candidates Fail Bar Exam A total of 888 candidates failed the final bar examination conducted in November 2023 by the Nigerian Bar Association. This was as 4,412 candidates were successful out of a total of 5,300 who sat for the examination. Among the successful candidates, 251 had first class. The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma, disclosed this at the Call to Bar ceremony held in Abuja on Tuesday. He said, “Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the Body of Benchers, I will be presenting at this Call to the Bar ceremonies a total…
Tension As Teenage Student Electrocuted On Abuja School A tragedy struck Government Science Secondary School in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory when a 16-year-old boy identified as Meshack Agaba died of electrocution inside the school premises. PUNCH Metro exclusively gathered that the incident happened last Wednesday. One of the parents who was privy to the incident but spoke on condition of anonymity, on Monday, disclosed to our correspondent that the deceased student was on his way to fetch water from a tap when he unknowingly stepped on an electric cable that had tripped off an electric pole…