Bible Sells For $38 Million Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Bible Sells For $38 Million A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New York on Wednesday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction. The Codex Sassoon – which dates to the late ninth to early 10th century – is the earliest near-complete Hebrew Bible known to still exist. It was sold by Sotheby’s following a four-minute bidding battle between two bidders, the auction house said in a statement. The Bible was bought by former US diplomat Alfred Moses…
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Abducted Woman Found Dead Without Head, Bre@sts An abducted woman, Mrs Maimuna Mohammed, who is suspected to have escaped from her abductors’ den has been found dead with her head and breasts missing inside a forest in Kogi State. City & Crime reports that the woman was among 29 villagers that were abducted on April 24, 2023, after gunmen invaded Yewuti village, hometown of a former vice chairman of Kwali Area Council of the FCT, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti. Most of the victims were rescued on May 5, 2023, through the joint effort of the police anti-kidnap squad of the…
2023 Presidential Elections: How Obi Defeated Tinubu Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi defeated Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25 poll, according to British Broadcast Corporation (BBC) report. Confirming that some results of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election were altered, the report detailed how anomalies in Rivers contributed to the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu as president-elect. Accessing results amassed by Tinubu and Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) in the State, the BBC found that results obtained from polling units across the state differed from what was announced by…
I Still Love My Wife, Please Don’t Dissolve My Marriage – Nigerian Pastor Begs court A pastor in a divorce suit, Lucky Omoha, has appealed to a Customary Court in Nyanya not to dissolve his marriage as he still loves his wife. The respondent said this when giving evidence in a divorce petition filed by his wife on grounds of the couple’s childlessness and ill-treatment by her parents-in-law. “I still love my wife; I will always love her; even in our childlessness. “I have told my wife not to worry that God will bless us with a child that will…
Please Pray For Me, Says Akpabio Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, has asked a group of former senators to pray for him and Jibrin Barau, senator representing Kano north. The All Progressives Congress (APC) had nominated Akpabio and Barau for the positions of senate president and deputy in the incoming 10th national assembly. But the party’s decision has stirred controversies as contenders for the positions have expressed displeasure about the choices. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at a meeting with 76 former senators – including Ameh Ebute, an ex-senate president – Akpabio expressed dismay that first-term…
REVEALED: What Kwankwaso Told Tinubu In France Meeting The president-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu has met with the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party ( NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in Paris, capital of France. Kwankwaso, placed fourth in the February 25 presidential poll, winning only Kano State, which is the stronghold of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a source who pleaded anonymity, said the duo met for hours in Paris on Monday. The source hinted that Tinubu reportedly told Kwankwaso to reach out to his political associates on the need to work together. He added…
FULL LIST: Buhari’s Government created 12M New Jobs For Nigerians – Presidency Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, says President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration created 12 million new jobs in agriculture alone. Shehu, in an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily said the administration did well in many sectors including security, power, fighting corruption among others. “In agriculture alone, the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) is talking about 12 million new jobs, look at what we did in agriculture, this administration inherited just four functional fertilizer processing companies, we have 52 that are…
How INEC, Government Officials Changed Tinubu, Peter Obi’s Scores During Presidential Election – BBC Exposed Although, the opposition parties especially the PDP and LP have rejected and are challenging the outcome in election petition Tribunal, the “president-elect” Bola Tinubu is due to be inaugurated on 29 May. An investigation by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on the February 25 Nigeria’s presidential election has found evidence suggesting a lot of results may have been manipulated. Ibom Focus reported that on March 1, 2023 the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Mahmood Yakubu declared the presidential candidate of the…
Real Reason Why Seun Kuti Was Handcuffed — Nigerian Police The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has stated that handcuffing any suspect before detention is standard procedure. He said this in response to an inquiry via his Twitter handle on Monday. A tweep, Omo David, questioned the police for handcuffing singer Seun Kuti after he walked in saying, “Was the handcuff necessary, and why collect his shoe? NPF sha.” The musician was accompanied by his lawyer, Mr. Olumide-Fusika, SAN, and another lawyer, Mr. Femi Akinyemi from Falana and Falana Chambers, the law firm of popular human rights…
Security Personnels Beats Teenager To Death Over N500 A 14-year-old boy, Ayomide Adeghalu, has allegedly been tortured to death by the operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo. Ayomide, it was gathered, was handed over to the local security outfit by his stepmother for “punishment” after he was accused of stealing the sum of N500 from sales. The teenager who was staying with his stepmother, at the Ogbonkowo Area of Odojomu in Ondo town, was sent to hawk cooked food (rice), and could not account for the fund when he returned home. According to a source, who spoke to our…