Author: Ibom Focus

OPM Reportedly Given 7 Days Ultimatum To Shut Down Free School OPM Reportedly Given 7 Days Ultimatum To Shut Down Free School Omega Power Ministry has stated that their school in Okrika local government, Rivers state which gives free education to students has reportedly been given 7 days ultimatum to shut down. The school was commissioned in March by Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere. On the Church’s Facebook page, it was reported that they sadly have to close down the school, stop future university scholarship in the community and cease work at the ongoing free specialist hospital. OPM added that the…

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Housewife Sues Man For Failing To Take Her To Saudi Arabia Housewife Sues Man For Failing To Take Her To Saudi Arabia A45-year-old woman, Karima Nuhu, has dragged her husband, Musa Falalu, to a Shari’a court in Rigasa, Kaduna, for allegedly failing to take her to Saudi Arabia. The complainant, who resides in the Rigasa area of Kaduna, told the court that she had been married to Mr Falalu for four years, during which he provided her with food for only two months. “He told me that he had lost his job as a driver but had secured another one…

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BREAKING: Soldiers Shots Policeman For Intercepting Colleague With Indian Hemp A police sergeant, identified as Ahmed Ali, has been shot dead by some soldiers in Benisheikh town, Borno State after his team intercepted a military man in a vehicle conveying Indian hemp. Locals and security sources told Daily Trust that the incident happened at the town’s entry checkpoint around 10 am on Monday. A security source told our correspondent that the soldier, driving in an ash-coloured Acura sport utility vehicle with the registration number FKJ 761 AR, beat a security checkpoint and refused to stop despite a warning from the…

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BREAKING: IGP Baba Withdraw Adamawa CP Information reaching Ibom Focus says that IGP Baba Withdraw Adamawa CP The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered that the Commissioner of Police on election duty in Adamawa State, Mohammed Barde withdraw from the state with immediate effect. The IGP also ordered that the Commissioner of Police in charge of Gombe State, CP Etim Equa immediately proceed to Adamawa State for election security of the yet-to-be concluded supplementary governorship poll. Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, while addressing pressmen on Tuesday in Abuja, said the IGP is committed to a free…

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BREAKING: Tight Security As INEC Officials Reconvene At Collation Centre Tight Security As INEC Officials Reconvene At Collation Centre Security has been beefed up at the Adamawa State collation centre as officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reconvene days after the commission suspended the exercise. The Administrative Secretary of the commission in Adamawa, Adamu Gujungu, who has been mandated to replace the erring Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa Ari, was seen at the collation centre. According to Channels Television, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, is expected at the…

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Nigerians React As INEC Asks IGP Baba To Prosecute Adamawa REC Nigerians have reacted to the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) asking the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to investigate and prosecute the Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, for declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate winner of the state’s governorship election. The commission had, at a meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, discussed matters arising from the Adamawa governorship election. The commission said it is also requesting the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to draw the attention of the appointing authority…

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Police List Out Charges Against Corps Member Who Exposed Command, Set To Arraign Him For Alleged Theft, Money Laundering The Nigeria Police Force, Anambra State command, which has been under public scrutiny over the detention of 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Nnamdi Daniel Emeh, is finally set to arraign him for alleged theft, money laundering and other offences. This came after SaharaReporters exclusively revealed that there was a grand plot at the force to kill Nnamdi Daniel Emeh while claiming that he was attempting to escape from his cell. Top sources said in March that some…

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Adamawa: APC Candidate, Binani Loses Bid To Stop Governorship Election Result A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday declined the request to hear an ex-parte motion filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed (Benani). Instead, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered her lawyer, Mohammed Sheriff, to address the court on whether it possesses the jurisdiction hear the motion relating to the happenings in Adamawa State Justice Ekwo, who ordered the lawyer to file a written address, adjourned till April 26 for the hearing of the ex-parte motion and the applicant’s address…

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INEC Writes IGP To Prosecute Adamawa REC INEC Writes IGP To Prosecute Adamawa REC The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has written the inspector general of police, Usman Baba, to investigate and prosecute the Adamawa resident electoral commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari for illegally declaring APC gubernatorial flag bearer Aishatu Dahiru, winner in Saturday’s supplementary elections. INEC disclosed this on Tuesday via its official Twitter handle. “At its meeting today, 18th April 2023, the Commission discussed matters arising from the Adamawa Governorship election and decided to: Write to the Inspector General of Police for the immediate investigation and possible prosecution…

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Dead stowaway found on KLM plane from Lagos Dead stowaway found on KLM plane from Lagos A dead stowaway was found in the wheel well of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777 (registered PH-BQM) from Lagos, Nigeria. The tragic incident which raised questions about how and when the man was able to climb into the aircraft happened on Monday. An investigation has been launched to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident. According to Aviation24, a spokesperson from the Royal Dutch Marechaussee said stowaways in wheel wells of aircraft face extreme temperatures that can drop to as low as minus…

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