Drama As Former Minister Amaechi, Releases Song Former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi and his wife Judith have recently unveiled a new song as part of their ongoing series of responsorial psalms, with a particular focus on Psalm 104. This release comes shortly after the former minister of transportation’s noticeable absence from the inauguration of Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State, as president on May 29th. Amaechi was seen attending the inauguration of Alex Otti from the Labour Party as the governor of Abia State, held at Umuahia Township Stadium. It is worth noting that Amaechi’s absence…
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BREAKING: CBN Devalues Naira The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has devalued the Naira to N631 to the dollar from N461.6 it sold at the Importers and Exporters (I&E) window the previous day. The devaluation came 48 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the plans of the federal government to unify the country’s exchange rate to stimulate the economy. In his inaugural speech, minutes after he was inaugurated as the 16th president of the country, Tinubu said, “Monetary policy needs a thorough house cleaning. The Central Bank must work towards a unified exchange rate. This will direct funds away…
Hardship Looms, Nigerians In Tears Over Tinubu’s Fuel Subsidy Removal Bauchi residents groan over fuel price hike, demand urgent intervention The news of adjustment in the official pump price of PMS from N199 per liter to an undisclosed price by the management of the NNPC, on Wednesday, was greeted with condemnation and displeasure from residents of Bauchi. Those who spoke to Ibom Focus expressed divergent views berating the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led APC Federal Government as insensitive to the sufferings Nigerians went through in the last 8 years of Muhammadu Buhari. In all the NNPC Mega stations in Bauchi…
Tinubu’s 2nd Day In Office Naira Falls Massively Against Dollar The Naira depreciated at the Investors and Exporters window on Wednesday, exchanging at N464.67 to the dollar. This comes barely three days after Bola Tinubu was sworn-in as Nigeria’s 16th President. The local currency showed a 0.04 per cent decrease when compared with the N464.50 to the dollar, it traded on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N464.10 to the dollar on Wednesday. An exchange rate of N467 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within Wednesday’s trading before it settled at N464.67. The Naira sold for as…
Nigerian Police Officer Kill Lawyer Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Police Officer Kill Lawyer A trigger-happy Assistant Superintendent of Police, (ASP) Drambi Vandi, who is being prosecuted for killing a pregnant Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs. Bolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day in 2022 has closed his defence at the Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island. Following Vandi’s closure of his defence, the trial judge, Justice Ibironke Harrison ordered lawyers in the case to file their written addresses in the trial before the next adjourned date. Vandi was the only witness who testified in his…
Subsidy: FG, NLC Meeting Ends In Deadlock The meeting between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, over the fuel subsidy removal has ended without a consensus. Dele Alake, the spokesman to President Bola Tinubu disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the outcome of the meeting between the federal government and the NLC. Aleke said talks between the Labour union and the government would continue at a later date. Recall that the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, on Wednesday, confirmed the increase in the pump price of premium motor spirit, PMS, widely known as petrol,…
Driver Crushes Okada Rider, Passenger To Death Three persons were on Tuesday crushed to death by a reckless driver at Agbeloba area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi said the driver of the Ford Mondeo car, coming from Quarry Road, lost control, ran over the roundabout at the Agbeloba junction and rammed into two motorcycle riders discharging passengers. He added that the car, later rammed into a container shop used for betting. Akinbiyi said, “Okada riders and a female passenger were killed instantly, due…
Tears Among Farmers In Enugu As Nnamani Moves To Clear Their Farmland To Create Space For Wife’s Funeral There is palpable anxiety among peasant farmers in Amechi-Uwani in the Enugu South local government area of Enugu State as former senate president Ken Nnamani has concluded plans to destroy crops on their farmland to create enough space to give his late wife, Jane a befitting burial. It was earlier reported in May that Nnamani’s wife, Jane, died at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, where she had gone for minor surgery which she did not survive. Her burial has reportedly been fixed…
Seun Kuti Blasts David Hundeyin; ‘Obidients’ For Mocking Him Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has lambasted journalist David Hundeyin and supporters of Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, popularly known as ‘Obidients’ for condemning him after he was caught on video slapping a policeman. The video generated mixed reactions, leading to his arrest following his visit to the state police command to see the commissioner. On May 13, Seun was charged before a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates Court in Lagos presided over by Adeola Olatubosun, for allegedly assaulting a police officer on Third Mainland…
Don’t Dare Nigerians By Removing Fuel Subsidy, Same Move You Rejected During Jonathan’s Government, NLC Warns Tinubu The Nigeria Labour Congress has expressed outrage at the declaration made by President Bola Tinubu during his inaugural speech that the government would no longer subsidise fuel. The NLC lamented that Tinubu’s declaration had returned queues to fuel stations, with petrol prices increased by as high as 300 per cent in some places in the country. A statement issued by the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, on Tuesday, recalled Tinubu was one of those who vehemently kicked against the government removal of fuel…