Nigerians Resort To Ox-driven Carts, Donkeys, Bicycles To Cut Transport Costs Amidst rising economic costs, occasioned by fuel subsidy removal, Katsina residents are resorting to ancient ways of transporting goods and services. The residents, who are mostly low-income earners, made the swift decisions in order reduce the burden and pressures of rising living costs to navigate through the tough period of economic uncertainties.
Author: Ibom Focus
Twitter Adds New Features To Android Devices The social network X, formerly known as Twitter, now allows users to make audio and video calls directly from the app to Android devices. Android users will be able to access the functionality following an app update, according to a post by one of the X engineers involved in the project. X CEO, Linda Yaccarino, originally planned to offer video conversations to the platform in August 2023, and in October, she eventually made the functionality available to iOS users. Notably, calls can be placed by any user, but only by paying users. It’s…
You Can Wake Up And Become Minister Or Governor –Amaechi Tells Nigerians Rotimi Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation has said Nigerians deserve the leaders they get. The former Rivers State governor while being featured on Arise News programme on Saturday said he always discouraged Nigerians from moving abroad because of the “many opportunities in Nigeria”. He said, “I’ve always discouraged those who want to leave this country; 9 – 5, yes, you can always get 9 – 5 jobs when you leave the country but you can never get the opportunity you would get in Nigeria. “You can just…
‘85% Women Want To Leave Their Marriages’ – Says Actress Jaiye Kuti, Gives Reason Nollywood actress, Jaiye Kuti has claimed that 85 percent of married women want to leave their marriages. Speaking in an interview with Gistzlife, the thespian disclosed that she attempted to exit her marriage thrice but ended up finding herself stuck in it. She revealed that after marriage, couples tend to know each other better compared to their dating stage. Kuti added that men’s egocentric urge to cheat is also another factor that makes women contemplate divorce. “If you ask a hundred women, 85% want to exit…
We Considered Assassination Of Nnamdi Kanu; But ….. Buhari A former Special Adviser to former President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says Buhari’s government did a favour to the leader of the outlawed and cessationist group – Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by extraditing him to Nigeria. Kanu, formerly a fugitive was extradited to Nigeria in June 2021 after serially breaching bail conditions by a Federal High Court on 11-count charges bordering terrorism, treasonable felony, managing unlawful society and others. Adesina stated this in his book titled ‘Reflections of a Special Adviser, Media and Publicity…
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2023: Real Reason APC Lost 2 Senatorial Seats In Akwa Ibom, Akpabio Reveals President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost two senatorial districts in the 2023 National Assembly elections because the APC leaders in the affected zones did not invite him to their campaigns. He said there was no way he would have gone there to campaign that the people would not vote for the party. Akpabio, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Media (Print), Jackson Udom, stated this yesterday while addressing a stakeholders’ meeting in Uyo. He vowed to…
BREAKING: 16 Terrorising Abuja Arrested The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Saturday, January 20, paraded sixteen suspects terrorizing Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and other parts of the country. Parading the suspects in Abuja, the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the arrest of the suspects comes in response to the pressing need for enhanced security measures in the nation’s capital. Recall that since late last year, several cases of kidnapping and killings have been recorded in the FCT, especially in the Bwari community. Adejobi said the launch of the Special Intervention Squad (SIS)…
BREAKING: Terrorists Attack Checkpoint, Kill Mobile Police Officers Two mobile police officers were killed on Thursday night in an attack on a police checkpoint in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The attack came barely a week after a group of terrorists attacked a military camp in the same area. The police checkpoint affected on Thursday lies a few kilometres from the Batsari main town on the road to the Katsina metropolis. “As usual, the attackers were in large numbers and on motorcycles. On sighting the terrorists, our people stationed at the checkpoint opened fire but the terrorists had…
Desperate Asylum Seeker Begs Nigerian Police To Declare Him Wanted The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Saturday, said a desperate Nigerian seeking asylum abroad once begged him to declare him wanted. Hundeyin disclosed this in a tweet he shared on his X handle (formerly Twitter) on Saturday. The tweet, which was a conversation between the police spokesman and the unnamed man read, “Please, declare me wanted! Please, I want you to declare me wanted,’ he repeated. “Why do you want to be declared wanted,’ I inquired, amused. “Actually, I am applying for asylum at xyz…