Drama As Nigerian Govt Sacks Permanent Secretary Who Can’t Calculate Gratuities “Iretired a permanent secretary in the Ebonyi civil service prematurely because the official could not calculate civil servants’ gratuities,’’ Governor David Umahi said on Tuesday in Abakaliki. Mr Umahi made the declaration while swearing in new permanent secretaries and members of the state’s Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission. “The deputy governor asked me to reverse the decision, but I declined, and that will be his first request that I am not granting in the eight years that he has been deputy governor. You can still give me the elements…
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Exclusive: Detained Policeman Dies In Cell, Photo A policeman serving under the Kwara State Police Command, Taiye Atobiloye, has died in a cell at the D Division of the Kogi State Police Command, following his detention for being absent from duty for two days at the Zone 8 Command, Lokoja, Kogi State. It was gathered that Atobiloye, with service number 232980, who was attached to the Oke Onigbin Division in Kwara State, was posted for a special duty called Quick Intervention at the Zone 8 Command for a month. After his resumption in Lokoja, the policeman was said to have…
BREAKING: Peter Obi To Attend Tinubu’s Inauguration As Nigeria’s President On May 29 As Nigeria approaches May 29, 2023, when Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress will be sworn in as President, the Presidential Inaugural Committee has invited Peter Obi to the event. Ibom Focus sighted the invitation letter for Obi of the Labour Party on Tuesday, who came third in the presidential election of February 25 behind Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes, Atiku had 6,984,520, and Obi polled 6,101,533 votes. It was observed…
Labour Party Speaks On Apapa’s Letter Seeking Withdrawal Of Obi’s Cases Against Tinubu, Tells Tribunal What To Do The Labour Party (LP) on Tuesday raised the alarm over an action taken by a self-acclaimed factional chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to dismiss all cases by his party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25, 2023 election. LP acting National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, in a statement on Tuesday, urged the Tribunal in Abuja to disregard the “antics” by Apapa, who…
BREAKING: Tension As Gunmen Kidnap Nigerian Popular Cleric Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have abducted a man, suspected to be a cleric at Nnobi Roundabout in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident happened late on Monday as the victim, who was said to be driving in a Lexus FX 300 jeep with an Anambra State number plate, stopped at Nnobi junction to buy some fruits when his telephone phone rang. According to eyewitnesses at the scene, who did not mention their names for security reasons, the victim was heading towards the Awka-Etiti direction…
Senate Presidency: My Chances Are Very High – Says Akpabio After Meeting With Tinubu A front runner for the Presidency of the 10th Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said his chances of clinging the top position is high because of his wide experience and antecedents. Senator Akpabio made the claim on Tuesday while speaking with newsmen in Abuja shortly after a meeting with the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He had visited the President-elect to welcome him after his vacation abroad. Accosted by Journalists to confirm if his meeting with the President-elect was to get his endorsement for his ambition…
More Trouble Looms As LP Factional Chairman, Moves To Withdraw Peter Obi’s Petition Challenging Tinubu’s Victory The Labour Party on Tuesday raised alarm over moves by its suspended Deputy National Chairman, Lamidi Apapa, to sabotage the petition of the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, at the tribunal. The party also said Apapa has approached all the Election Tribunals wherein the party has pending matters allegedly asking for withdrawal of cases. The Labour Party made this known in a statement signed by Obiora Ifoh, the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party. The party said Lamidi is acting in…
Causalities As Police, ‘Yahoo Boys’ Clash Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Causalities As Police, ‘Yahoo Boys’ Clash Tension gripped the Moniya community in Ibadan on Tuesday following a clash between police officers and suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as “Yahoo Boys.” The incident, which occurred at the Moniya Motor Park, resulted in the death of a police officer while several others sustained injuries. According to eyewitnesses, the confrontation began when police officers mounted a roadblock during a search and stop operation along the Ijaye-Iseyin road. In an attempt to escape, one of the suspected Yahoo Boys allegedly shot at…
BREAKING: FG Buses Arrive To Evacuate Nigerians In Sudan The Federal Government’s buses have arrived the meeting point of International University Of Africa, Khartoum for the evacuation of the stranded Nigerian students in Sudan through Cairo. It was reported that, a set of five 200-seater buses drove into the venue at exactly 7:30pm local time (5:30pm – Nigerian time) with two Hilux trucks of security personnel and a small bus of embassy officials. A student leader who spoke to our newspaper confirmed the development,”the officials have started clearance and verification of students at the venue and some students are ready…
BREAKING: Buhari Unveil Nigerian Army’s New Regimental Colours President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday unveil 81 national and regimental colours for the newly established and operationalised units and retired unit colours of the Nigerian Army. The Army’s Director of Public Relations, Onyema Nwaxhukwu, said this while briefing newsmen on the Trooping and Presentation of Colours Parade on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr Nwachukwu said the last trooping and presentation of Colours Parade for the army units was conducted in 2007. He added that new units had been established and operationalised since then in line with the increasing operational commitments of the…