Nigerian Police Fire Spokesman After Harassing Journalist The Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba has ordered the transfer of the police public relations officer of Katsina command, Gambo Isah, days after allegedly assaulting TTV journalist, Rukayyah Jibia. In a move seen by insiders as punishment, Mr Isah, a chief superintendent of police, was was transferred to Zone 14 police headquarters in the same Katsina State. The latest transfer/posting, dated May 25, 2023 and referenced CH.5360/FS/FHQ/ABJ/V.TIl/210, affects 15 police officers, with Mr Isa topping the list. A Katsina-based journalist, Rukayyah Jibia, recently raised an alarm over alleged threats to her life by…
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Presidency Breaks Silence After Buhari Govt Deceived Nigerians, Unveils ‘Nigerian Air’ Plane Which Belongs To Ethiopian Airlines President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad has said Ethiopian Airlines is one of the major shareholders of Nigeria Air. Ahmad said Nigerians should expect to see more Ethiopian Airlines aircraft in Nigeria Air. Since the news of Nigeria Air aircraft arriving the country, there has been claims that it was leased from Ethiopian airlines. The Minister of Aviation, Haji Serika was accused of using the Nigeria Air project to commit fraud. Dismissing such claims, Ahmad tweeted: “It is never…
After May 29, What I’ll Do If Buhari Fails To Release Nnamdi Kanu – Soludo Blows Hot The governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, says he will shift attention to the incoming government of Bola Tinubu if his appeal for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is not granted by President Muhammadu Buhari. Soludo has repeatedly appealed to President Buhari to release Kanu, who has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since his arrest in July 2021, with his latest appeal coming in a letter to the…
BREAKING: PDP Chairman Is Dead Information reaching Ibom Focus says that PDP Chairman Is Dead Former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State chapter, Ibrahim Suleiman, is dead. He died after a protracted illness. The PDP, in a condolence message by Abraham Alberah Catoh, State Publicity Secretary, sympathised with the family, saying that the state Chairman of the party, Felix HHyat, and the entire State Executive Committee, also extend their condolences to “the immediate family of its first Chairman in the State, Hon Ibrahim Yaro Suleiman, who passed away after a protracted illness.” According to the statement, the…
BREAKING: Many Causalities As Passenger Opens Plane Door During Flight South Korean authorities have detained a passenger after he opened a door of an Asiana Airlines plane shortly before the aircraft landed, the country’s transportation ministry said on Friday. The ministry said police had taken the passenger into custody and were investigating a possible violation of aviation safety laws. The plane left Jeju Island and was carrying 194 people when the incident happened at around 12:45 p.m. local time, CGTN reports. The aircraft was about 250 metres above the ground when the passenger opened the door opened. The flight attendants…
Tension As Gunmen Set Traditional Ruler Ablaze The incessant attacks in Imo have continued unabated as a traditional ruler of Orsu Obodo in Oguta Local Government Area of the State, HRH Eze Victor Ijioma was reportedly murdered by unknown gunmen on Thursday. The gunmen, Ibom Focus gathered, also shot dead a traditional prime minister Mgbele Community in Oguta LGA of the State. According to eye witness accounts, the monarch was waylaid and his car stopped around the Umuamaka Junction in Izombe town, where he was killed inside the car. The killers, it was learned, went ahead to set his corpse…
BREAKING: Photos: Popular Music Producer Arrested For Snatching Car To Please Girlfriend A popular Ebonyi Music Producer who hails from Izzi Local Government Area of the State has been arrested by security operatives in Enugu State while trying to snatch a car from a woman. According to report, the producer identified as Kas D told his girlfriend that he wanted to go and buy a new car only for him to double cross a woman and snatched her Toyota spider. The singer was paraded half naked by the security operatives that caught him.
VIDEO: Real Reason I Rejected N5m To Perform At Tinubu’s Inauguration Concert — Portable Blows Hot Again, Says Them Dön Rip Me oooh Fast-rising singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, on Friday, lamented that organisers of the Tinubu inauguration concert wanted to offer him N5 million instead of N10m for his performance. According to him, that was the reason why he failed to perform at the concert held to celebrate the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, in Abuja on Thursday night. Sharing videos on his Instagram page, the Zazuu crooner wrote, “ZAzuu Them Dön Rip Me oooh Na…
BREAKING: Teenage Girl Burns Down School, Kills 19 Students Over Seized Phone A dormitory blaze that killed 19 children in Guyana was set by a teenage student who was upset that her cell phone had been taken away, officials say. The fire broke out at the Mahdia Secondary School in the South American country late on Sunday. A statement from the Guyana Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze was “maliciously set.” National Security Adviser Gerald Gouveia told the Associated Press that the suspect in the incident, a pupil at the school, was accused of setting the dorm on fire…
Hours After Regaining Freedom, Popular Musician, Seun Kuti Departs Nigeria Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, has left Nigeria for Switzerland where he will be commencing a summer tour in Europe. This comes the same day he regained his freedom from the custody of the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State command following his arrest and detention for allegedly assaulting a policeman. It was learnt that Seun left Lagos for Zurich for a summer tour and that his fans there were already awaiting his arrival for a show on Thursday. It was earlier reported last weekend that Kuti was unable to attend his…