AFCON Final: Super Eagles’ Jersey Shortage Hits Nigeria Supporters of the Super Eagles of Nigeria in Kano are in a state of confusion as the team’s official jersey has become scarce and expensive. It was reported that the jersey can hardly be found in the open market as many have already bought it in anticipation of celebration. As of Saturday, a jersey which for N5,000 went as high as N15,000 and was hardly available. Speaking on the development, a fan identified as Usman Muhammad, said, “As I am talking to you now, I can’t find it in Kano. Someone connected…
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Nigerian Govt Busts Warehouses Hoarding Food Items Worth Billions Of Naira The Kano Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, PCACC, has confiscated warehouses containing hundreds of millions of naira worth of hoarded commodities in the state. Several warehouses in and around Dawanau International Grains Market, Singer Market, and Kwari Textiles Market were sealed by the commission on Sunday. Owners of such warehouses were nowhere to be found during the operation, but those opened were stacked full of commodities, including spaghetti, rice, pasta, sugar, and other food items. The warehouse owners have been issued notice to report to the anti-graft commission in…
BREAKING: Wigwe’s Death : Access Bank Plc Name Acting CEO Abubakar Jimoh, Chairman of Access Holdings Plc, says the organisation has begun moves to appoint acting Group Chief Executive Officer following the demise of Hebert Wigwe. This is contained in a statement signed on Sunday by Mr Sunday Ekwochi, Group Company Secretary, Access Holdings, which confirmed the passing of Wigwe, along with his wife and son, in a helicopter crash in the U.S. Jimoh said the decision to immediately name Wigwe’s replacement was in line with the company’s policy. He expressed hope that “the Access Group will build further on…
Crashed Helicopter That Killed Wigwe, Others Caught Fire On Impact With Terrain – NTSB The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has revealed that the helicopter in which Herbert Wigwe was travelling caught fire after it crashed. A board member, Michael Graham, who disclosed this during a media briefing on the ill-fated helicopter crash on Sunday, confirmed that six persons, including two crew members, died in the crash. Ibom Focus reported on Saturday that the Co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe; his wife, Chizoba, son, Chizi and Bimbo Ogunbanjo, a former chairman of…
AFCON final : See Super Eagles Starting XI Against Côte d’Ivoire Head coach of the Super Eagles, Jose Peseiro, has unveiled the 11 players that will start Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final against Côte d’Ivoire. They are as follows : Stanley Nwabali Semi Ajayi William Troost-Ekong (c) Calvin Bassey Zaidu Sanusi Ola Aina Alex Iwobi Frank Onyeka Adesina Lookman Samuel Chukwueze Victor Osimhen
Hisbah Seizes 8,600 Bottles Of Beer, Arrests 15 For Pr0stitution The Kano State Hisbah Board has confiscated no fewer than 8,600 bottles of beer loaded in a van that came from Kaduna to the state. The board’s officer in charge of intoxicants, Idris Ibrahim, disclosed this to journalists on Saturday, Ibrahim said the alcoholic drinks were seized last Thursday at Kwanar Dangora village along Kano-Kaduna Expressway. He added that operatives of the command had been tracking the vehicle from Kaduna until it came into Kano territory. “We stopped the vehicle at Kwanar Dangora village and the driver attempted to escape…
Weeks Before His Death, Access Bank CEO, Wigwe Opened Multi-Billion Naira Mansion Herbert Wigwe, the late Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, opened a multi-billion-naira mansion in Ikoyi, Lagos, weeks before his death. Wigwe died alongside five others including his wife, Chizoba, son, Chizi and Mr. Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former Group Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc in a helicopter crash in California, US on Friday. “Many aides described the house as one of a kind in the area of Ikoyi known as Queen’s Drive,’ a source said. “The house was described as state-of-the-art, with full automation.”…
Family At War As Mother Insists To Name A Child Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Family At War As Mother Insists To Name A Child A young Nigerian lady argues the decision of a man or other family members deciding the names of babies other than mothers who carried the child for nine months. In a video making the rounds on social media, a lady insisted on how inappropriate it is for relatives to have a voice on a newborn baby’s name. “Why will I carry a child for nine months and someone else gets to name it” -…
How Access Bank CEO, Wigwe’s Aide, Escaped Death In Helicopter Crash Faleye Olushola, the Special Assistant to the Co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe miraculously escaped death on Friday night in the ill-fated helicopter crash that claimed the lives of his boss, wife and son. Ibom Focus reported on Saturday that Wigwe; his wife, Chizoba, and son died in a helicopter crash, which occurred on Friday night in the United States. But somehow, Olushola whose name was in the manifest, escaped death as he did not board the ill-fated flight after opting to travel…
If Nigerian Judges Are So Poorly Paid, Why Are They Fixing Their Children Into Judiciary? It is widely said that Nigerian judges are overworked and grossly underpaid. Senior lawyers have described the conditions of service of judges in the country as “a disgrace”. So poor indeed is their remuneration that in October 2023, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) doorstepped the federal government asking that the salaries of judges in the country be increased by at least 300%. But some lawyers think this is even too low. Judicial salaries, it is said, have depreciated to nothing since they were last reviewed…