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…
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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…
Drama As Tinubu Presidency Makes U-turn Over UAE Lifted Visa Restriction On Nigerians The Nigerian Presidency on Tuesday denied that the United Arab Emirates has lifted its visa ban on Nigerians. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this via his X handle on Tuesday. “UAE has not resumed visa issuance to Nigerians. The document in circulation is not authorised either by the Nigerian government or the UAE,” he wrote. Onanuga a few hours earlier shared a document stating that the UAE had lifted its visa ban on Nigerians after two years of diplomatic row.…
PHOTOS: EFCC Impounds 21 Trucks Loaded With Food Items Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, impounded 21 trucks loaded with food and non-food items. The anti-graft agency said the trucks were heading towards N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic and Cameroon. It said the trucks were intercepted in a sting operation at major exit routes along Kalabiri/Gamboru Ngala and Bama roads, Borno State. A statement issued by the agency said, “Investigation showed food items cleverly concealed in the trucks that would have gone undetected but for the eagle-eyed vigilance of…
Man Who Returned Missing N15m Gets N250m Awwalu Salisu, a 23-year-old commercial tricyclist from Kano who returned N15 million in cash left on his tricycle by a Chadian businessman in 2023, has been granted a scholarship worth N250 million to study up to the PhD level. This appears to be a competitive gesture. Awwalu was celebrated by LEADERSHIP Media Group on Tuesday at its annual conference and awards ceremony as the winner of its ‘Outstanding Young Person of the Year 2023’ Award due to his rare act of honesty. A fellow awardee and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP),…
Facebook, Instagram Users Experience downtime in Nigeria, worldwide Two of the most popular social media platforms, Instagram and Facebook, experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday evening. Both platforms, owned by the American company Facebook Inc., rely on shared infrastructure. The disruption occurred shortly before 5:00 p.m. Nigerian time, rendering users unable to view posts on refresh. In response to the outage, numerous users turned to X (formerly Twitter), another social networking platform, to express their frustrations and share their experiences. @franchewx tweeted Lol. I tried logging into my FB, but it kept logging me out. I tried the mobile version,…