Ekpa Petitions UN, US, Says Igbos Are Determined To Exit Nigeria Simon Ekpa, a popular Biafra agitator and separatist, has petitioned the United Nations, the United States of America, the European Union and the International Criminal Court on the expiration of 1914 Nigeria’s amalgamation. In a 7-paged petition made available on Friday, Ekpa, the self-styled Prime Minister of Biafra Republic Government in Exile, BRGIE, detailed reasons Nigeria has to be renegotiated. Accordingly, the Finnish Lawyer, Ekpa, called on the international communities to allow the Southeast region to exit Nigeria peacefully since the union had expired. He lamented the continued political…
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JUST IN: 10 Assembly: Tinubu Finally Reveals His Preferred Candidates For Senate President, Deputy President-elect Bola Tinubu has concluded plans to pair the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, with Senator Jibrin Barau as Senate president and deputy respectively Akpabio and Barau are among the nine contenders for the Senate presidency of the 10th assembly, expected to be inaugurated on June 13. Credible sources told this paper that the president-elect, who returned to the country on Monday after 34 days abroad, communicated his decision to Akpabio and Barau during a meeting held in Abuja. Ibom Focus had…
Labour Speaks On FG’s Suspension Of Fuel Subsidy Removal The Nigerian Labour congress has described the Federal Government’s decision to suspend the removal of fuel subsidy as the “best option”. Mr Benson Upah, Head of Information, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said this to newsmen while reacting to the recent suspension of the subsidy removal by the Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja. It would be recalled that earlier, the National Economic Council (NEC) had planned for the removal of subsidy on petroleum product. According to Upah, we are glad that they have begun to see the light and decided to…
Teenage Girl In Serious Pain After Mother’s Boyfriend Raped Her A woman and her 8-year-old daughter (names withheld) have reportedly tested positive to HIV after the woman’s boyfriend, one Jude Chinedu aka, Ijiegbe, allegedly raped the minor in their house in Delta State. City & Crime gathered that the incident occurred at Alegbor Community, Uvwie LGA of the state Copies of the medical tests showed that the woman and her daughter are infected with the dreaded disease. A source in the know of the incident said, “The suspect who is a married man has fled the area. “The suspect is…
Yul Edochie’s Second Wife, Judy Finally Open Up On Husband’s Son Death Judy Austin, second wife of Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has mourned the demise of her senior wife May’s first son, kambi. Kambi died on March 30 after he developed a seizure in school while playing football with his schoolmates. Judy on her Instagram page on Thursday wrote, “God knows best. Rest in Heaven with God, Great son. Kambi Yul-Edochie.”
Sudan: ‘Stranded Nigerian Students Contributing Transport Fare To Egypt’ One of the Nigerian students trapped in crisis-torn Sudan, Abubakar Sadiq, has said that his colleagues are gathering money to transport themselves to neighbouring Egypt. The student, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, said he does not know the particular date he will be evacuated from Sudan as the Nigerian Embassy has not made any communication to that effect. “There is no date because we didn’t receive any information from the Embassy. And today also, there is zero presence of the embassy, so we don’t know actually. Right…
Real Reason Why FG Moves To Shift Census Ibom Focus brings to you Real Reason Why FG Moves To Shift Census Less than a week to the commencement of the national population and housing census, there are rising indications that it may be shifted due to funding and other logistic barriers. However, the Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Isa-Kwarra, has disclosed that the commission will meet with the Federal Government on Friday to validate the date for the national population and housing census. He said, “The census date is fixed for May 3. We are meeting with the…
BREAKING: Fresh Crisis Rocks APC As Vice Chairman, Drags Adamu, Omisore To Court The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) is enmeshed in a fresh crisis sparked by alleged lack of financial transparency by the Chairman of the party, Abdulahi Adamu. Salihu Lukman, the vice chairman(North-west) of the party, in a letter dated 27 April and addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, said he has filed a case against Mr Adamu and National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, at the Federal High Court Abuja on the matter. The letter was copied to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, the Progressives Governors Forum(PGF) and the National Working…
EFCC Boss, Bawa Begs Journalists To Investigate The Following NGOs To Expose Corruption Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), has asked journalists to investigate the activities of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the north-east. Bawa spoke in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, on Thursday at the EFCC reporting workshop for journalists. He said Aisha Wakili, also known as Mama Boko Haram, was convicted for using her NGO for fraudulent purposes. The EFCC boss who was represented by Oshodi Johnson, Maiduguri zonal commander, said journalists have the responsibility to investigate and unearth such fraudulent activities so…
Real Reason Why PDP Lost 2023 Presidential Election – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Bola Tinubu of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the February 25 presidential election. Buhari maintained that the opposition parties lost the election because of their “overconfidence, complacency and bad tactical moves,” which he maintained also created more problems for them than anyone else. Ibom Focus reports that thePeoples Democratic Party and Labour Party clinched the second and third position in the election. A statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that Buhari stated…