Get Ready To Go To Prison, Owner Of Demolished Abuja Duplex Tells Wike An Abuja developer, Mohammed Kamba, has vowed to commit the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike to prison and sue the Director of the Development Control for exceeding the scope of his powers. Earlier in the week, the Federal Capital Development Authority had demolished a duplex under construction at Plot 226, Cotonou Street, Wuse Zone 6, claimed to be owned by one Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Kamba, citing it was sitting on someone else’s land without valid title. But in a press statement signed by his counsel, Okechukwu C. Uju-Azorji,…
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EXCLUSIVE: Presidential Candidates Of Opposition Parties Secretly Visit APC Chairman, Tinubu, Begs For Political Appointments Some opposition candidates who participated in the 2023 presidential election have made an appeal to President Bola Tinubu to consider them for appointment in his government of unity. The plea was made when the candidates, under the aegis of Forum of Concerned Presidential Candidates, paid a courtesy visit to the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, at the party secretariat in Abuja on Thursday. According to PUNCH, the delegation comprised the presidential candidate of Action Peoples Party, Charles Nnadi; his…
President Tinubu To Sign Peace Corps Bill Information reaching Ibom Focus says that President Tinubu To Sign Peace Corps Bill Nigerians are optimistic that signing the Nigeria Peace Corps bill will remove many unemployed citizens from the streets. This is coming amid controversies over the unemployment rate in the country. The urgency surrounding the Peace Corps Bill is underscored by the disconcerting unemployment statistics recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, the unemployment rate stood at 4.1 percent. Before concluding his tenure on May 29, 2023, President Buhari received a number…
Leaked Birthday Certificate: Ex-Gabonese President Ali Bongo An Igboman President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon is a Nigerian of the ethnic Igbo stock, adopted by a former leader of the country during the Biafran war. This startling revelation is about to be revealed as a court in western France Thursday allowed a family member of Ali Bongo Ondimba to view the birth certificate of the leader after accusations that he lied about where he was born. With next year’s presidential elections approaching, controversy has been brewing over Ali Bongo’s place of birth with critics saying he falsified his birth certificate…
If Peter Obi Was Better Than Tinubu, Nigerians would have voted him – Wike Blows Hot The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has claimed that Nigerians would have voted for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, during the February 25, 2023 general election, if he was a better candidate. Wike spoke on Wednesday while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. The ex-Governor of Rivers State said he supported President Bola Tinubu, the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the expense of Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic…
BREAKING: APC Expels Aregbesola, 83 Other Members, Full List The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has expelled no less than 84 loyalists of the former interior minister, Rauf Aregbesola, for anti-party activities. They were kicked out for consenting to Governor Ademola Adeleke’s political appointments, including those as commissioners and representatives on the Osun State and Local Government Caretaker Committees. Ibom Focus reports that the party may also take disciplinary action against Aregbesola who disclosed in an interview on Tuesday that he deliberately worked against APC’s bid in the state’s 2022 governorship election. The current Osun State Commissioner for…
Nobody Can Expel Me From PDP; Says Wike, Reveals What To Do Next The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, said that nobody in his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can suspend or discipline him. The former Rivers governor, who spoke while featuring on a Channels TV programme, said he was still a member of the PDP despite taking an appointment in the government of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Boasting that no one was capable of expelling him from the PDP, Wike said, “Who will discipline me?” adding, “I should be the…
Edo Deputy Governor Walks Out After Aides Were Denied Entry Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, on Monday, walked out of the venue of a government function after his aides were denied entry by security officials. Governor Godwin Obaseki had hosted a colloquium held at the Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub, Airport Road, in Benin to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Midwest Referendum. Shaibu arrived at the venue alongside some aides during the governor’s opening remarks but some security operatives at the entrance of the hall barred the aides from entering the hall. In a viral video of the incident…
BREAKING: Few Days After Threat, Wike Demolishes Multimillion Naira Duplex In Abuja On Monday, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) dismantled a multimillion-naira duplex that was unapprovedly constructed on plot 226 in Wuse Zone 6. The structure was illegally constructed, according to Director of Development Control Mukhtar Gidado, despite numerous warnings. Mr Gidado said that his team had carried out extensive investigation to ascertain the original owner of the plot, given varying claims that were being put forth by the parties. He added that investigation revealed that the developer was not the owner of the plot, adding,”that is why we…
Peter Obi Will Be Declared President Of Nigeria – Says Abure The embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has said the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will be declared president of Nigeria by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Abure said this while addressing some Nigerians in the United States during a tour of the country. Recall that Obi who came third in the presidential election held on February 25 and his party are challenging the outcome of the poll and the nullification of the election of President Bola Tinubu of the…