BREAKING: Nigerian Female Soldier Kills Captain A female soldier enforcing the Adamawa government’s curfew killed a senior comrade at a roadblock in Yola, the state capital. Governor Ahmadu Fintiri issued the curfew after hoodlums broke into a government warehouse and looted many things, including palliatives supposed to mitigate the effects of gasoline subsidies. Sources told this newspaper that the female soldier simply identified as Lance Corporal Nkiru shot a captain who tried to intervene in her altercation with civilians at Fire Service Round About in the state capital. This newspaper learnt that the female soldier had insisted that motorists returning…
Author: Ibom Focus
Money Sit-at-Home Is Dead, Buried – Nnamdi Kanu Blows Hot The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has said the Monday sit-at-home is “dead and buried.” Kanu made the remark while urging people of the Southeast to welcome the canceling of the sit-at-home order. Speaking through his lead Counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Kanu charged residents of the Southeast to reject those using his name to dupe people. IPOB had initiated the sit-at-home order to push for Kanu’s release. But the initiative was hijacked by criminal elements using the measure to cause havoc. In a bid to find…
President Tinubu To Create Revenue Generation Ministry, Others Senator representing Ondo South in the National Assembly, Jimoh Ibrahim, has urged President Bola Tinubu to create a Ministry of Revenue Generation toward improved revenue generation in the country. Ibrahim, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Ibrahim said the ministry would serve as coordinating platform for all revenue generating agencies in the country. He said the ministry was indispensable for the nation to liberate itself from the current socio-economic challenges. ” There are many revenue generating agencies in Nigeria today without…
Court Sentence Teacher To 600 Years Jail Term For Raping Teenage Student A 74-year-old former teacher, Anne N. Nelson-Koch, faces 600 years in prison after she repeatedly sxxually abused a teenage boy at a private school in Wisconsin reports The Daily Mail. Monroe County Court convicted Nelson-Koch on 25 counts linked to the attacks which took place in the 2016-2017 school year. She would take the boy down to the unnamed school’s basement to abuse him. Nelson-Koch was 67 at the time and the boy was 14. Prosecutors asked that Nelson-Koch be immediately remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on…
Tinubu Prepares for War In Niger Republic Coup leader snubs Abdulsalami’s team, cuts ties with Nigeria, mediators leave Niamey President Bola Tinubu yesterday, in a letter to the Senate and read at plenary by President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, sought the support of the National Assembly on the proposed military action and other sanctions planned by Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) against the military officers who recently seized power in Niger Republic. Soldiers from the Presidential Guard had last Wednesday deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, thus truncating the constitutional political leadership in the West African country. Two days…
Nigerian Govt Calls On World Powers For ‘Solidarity’ To Kick Out Niger’s Military The Nigerian government has said it is requesting the international community to stand in solidarity with it and by extension, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and support the regional body to kick out the coup leaders in Niger Republic. Speaking for the Nigerian government and extending it to ECOWAS, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adamu Lamuwa, made the appeal on Friday at a briefing session on the current political situation in Niger Republic and the ECOWAS sub-region, organised by the Ministry for…
Ministerial Screening: Senate To Disqualify El-Rufai Ministerial Screening: Senate To Disqualify El-Rufai The Southern Kaduna Youth and Students Forum has written to the Nigerian Senate, requesting the National Assembly not to confirm President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominee, and former Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The Forum described the former governor as divisive and an extremist who did not have the interest of the unity of the country at heart. In the petition addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, which was signed by the National President of the Forum, Shedrack Danladi, the forum asked the nation’s upper legislative chamber not to allow…
Niger Republic To Withdraw Ambassadors To Nigeria, 3 Others The Republic of Niger’s coup leaders have announced they would end the mandates of ambassadors to four countries as they face international pressure to restore the democratically elected leader they ousted last week. According to France24, the West African defence chiefs were set to wrap up discussions about possible intervention in Niger on Friday, as mediators from the regional bloc push coup leaders in Niamey to restore constitutional order before an approaching deadline. However, the newly installed junta said it would respond immediately to any “aggression or attempted aggression” against it…
BREAKING: Mass Employment Looms As Canada Seeks Carpenters, Welders, Plumbers From Nigeria, Others Canada has extend invitation to skilled workers, including carpenters, plumbers and welders from Nigeria and a few other countries. In a statement, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), said the country has opened a immigration pathway for skilled workers with specific expertise in carpentry, plumbing and welding. Canadian authorities said by prioritising the invitation of skilled newcomers with experience in the trades, the country aims to meet the increasing demand for talent and fill key positions that contribute to the nation’s economic growth and advancement. Marc…
JUST IN: Despite Meeting With Tinubu, NLC, TUC Fixes Date For Nationwide Strike The Organised Labour in Nigeria says the National industrial Court has served summons on the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. According to NLC and TUC, the summons bordered on contempt of court charges following the recent constitutional-allowed protest embarked by organised labour despite the provisions of the constitution. In a communique issued at the end of its emergency national executive council meeting on Thursday, the organised labour resolved to go on strike across the country any day labour leaders are summoned to…