Nigerian Government To Engage Militants Over Kidnapping, Others Amid the incessant cases of sea piracy and kidnapping at the coastal communities in Oron, Akwa Ibom State, the President General of Oro Development Union, Sir Esang Nsa Bassey in this interview urged Akwa Ibom State government to seek audience with the ex-militants who have expressed willingness to stop their nefarious activities. He also expressed dismay at the delay in the realization of Ibaka deep seaport, among other issues. The Federal government in 2013 proposed to construct a bridge for Oron-Calabar River, what is the update? Actually, the contract for the construction…
Author: Ibom Focus
FG Issues Strong Warning To NLC Over Planned Nationwide Protests The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its proposed nationwide protests. Fagbemi said embarking on any planned protests would amount to contempt of court. On February 16, the NLC announced a nationwide protest scheduled for February 27 and 28, in response to the economic challenges facing the country.This decision followed the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum issued to the federal government regarding the widespread hardship. However, in a letter addressed to a human rights…
Full List Of Women I Have Slept With – Popular Nigerian Musician, Kizz Daniel Exposes Nigerian singer, Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, aka Kizz Daniel, has made a huge revelation about his s3xual history. The ‘Buga’ crooner disclosed during an interactive session with fans on X on Saturday that he has slept with 67 women. A fan asked, “What is your body count?” to which Kizz Daniel simply replied, “67.” The singer also disclosed that ‘Kerewa’ by Zule Zoo was his best song growing up. A fan wrote, “Your best song growing up,” and Kizz Daniel replied, “Kerewa – Zeluzu.” He said…
Leaked Rejection Memo, Tinubu Fixes New Date To Visits Qatar, UAE President Bola Tinubu will be visiting Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on March 2 to 3, the Nigerian government has confirmed amid an official leak that the president’s visitation request was turned down. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave the confirmation on Saturday in its reactions to the document making rounds that Qatari authorities rejected Tinubu’s offer to visit the country. Ibom Focus earlier reported that the Qatari authorities in a letter sent to Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, said that the Middle East country would…
Hardship: Governor Umo Eno Blasts Akpabio Over N30billion Palliative Claim Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has said that Senate President, Godswill Akpabio’s claim that the federal government has given the 36 states of the federation N30billion for palliative to cushion the hardship in the country is a prophecy that he prays will come to pass. Governor Eno, who said while addressing journalists on Saturday said that the federal government only gave state governments N2billion for palliative, and in turn, wrote to state governments that the N2billion was a loan and should be refunded. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo…
‘Exclusion From Federal Cabinet’: El-Rufai Move To Exposes Tinubu’s Government The decision to leave out former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, from federal cabinet, appears to be still raising dust as one of his sons, Mohammed El-Rufa’i , said ‘the mistake’ would be replied at the right time. Naija News House reports that El-Rufa’i was in August 2023 nominated as ministerial nominee by President Bola Tinubu but the Senate failed to approve the former governor as a minister citing petitions against him. But responding to a tweet by one X user, UI Shehu, on the seeming exclusion of El-Rufa’i…
BREAKING: President Tinubu To Sack 25 Ministers The administration of President Bola Tinubu has now been in office for nearly 10 months, and his cabinet ministers have served for around 6 months. As the saying goes, you can judge how well things are going from the early signs. So far, this administration has appointed the largest number of ministers, around 48, but that has not translated into effective governance. The quality of the team is what matters, not the quantity, but unfortunately most of Tinubu’s ministers have failed to impress. To put it bluntly, we have many ghost ministers who…
Suspected Armed Robbers Using Army Uniform Arrested, Recover Weapons, N300,000 Cash The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has said that its operatives arrested two suspected armed robbers in army uniform terrorising parts of the Ekye Development Area in the Doma Local Government Area of the state. The Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who made this known in a statement issued on Saturday said the police arrested the suspects during an operation carried out on Thursday night following a complaint by residents. Nansel, who identified the suspects as Abdullahi Basso and Saidu Isah, said…
Your Nationwide Hunger Protest Is Contempt Of Court – Tinubu’s Govt Tells NLC Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has told the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that its planned nationwide protest against hardship in Nigeria is contempt of court. Recall that the NLC on February 16 announced a nationwide protest scheduled for February 27 and 28, in response to the astronomic rise of cost of living and hardship Nigerians are facing across the country. The labour union had said that its decision was sequel to the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum issued to…
Edo Guber: Fresh Crisis Rocks Labour Party As Apapa’s Faction Unveils Another Candidate Less than 24 hours after Barrister Olumide Akpata emerged as candidate of the Julius Abure-led national leadership of the Labour Party for the September 21 Edo State governorship election, the Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led faction has also unveiled its candidate for the election. Ibom Focus reports that Akpata was declared the party’s candidate in a governorship primary by the Deputy Governor of Abia State, Engr Ikechukwu Emetu, on Friday in Benin City. The immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association was declared candidate with 316 votes to…