BREAKING: Igbo Leaders In Lagos Invites IPOB To Protect Them BREAKING: Igbo Leaders In Lagos Invites IPOB To Protect Them The Eze Igbo, Ajao Estate, Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, has vowed to invite members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people in the state. Nwajagu, in a 49-second video, shared on Twitter on Friday by @DeeOneAyekooto, said the move became necessary in the wake of attacks on some Igbo people in the state. The Igbo leader said he stood by his words, insisting that his people must have a stand in Lagos.…
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VIDEO: I Didn’t Know Those I Was Fighting In My Bar Were Officers – Says Portable At Police Station I Didn’t Know People Who Came To My Bar Were Officers – Says Portable At Police Station Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly called Portable, has made a fresh revelation on why he resisted arrest by operatives of the Nigeria Police on Tuesday. Recall that the Zazoo crooner was handed a 72-hour ultimatum by the Ogun State police command to report himself to the nearest police station after he was captured in a viral video resisting arrest by policemen. Following the expiration…
Fresh Crisis Rocks Labour As Party Fires National Chairman Fresh Crisis Rocks Labour As Party Fires National Chairman The Labour Party on Friday dismissed the purported suspension of its national chairman, Julius Abure, by its Ward Executive in Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State, saying the masterminds were being sponsored by opposition parties. The LP said no reasonable party member would be thinking of suspension when they are pursuing their presidential mandate in the Election Petition Tribunal and all other mandates including the Governorship, Senate and House of Representatives that were brazenly stolen. The National Secretary of…
BREAKING: Many Causalities As Traditionalists Attack Muslim Worshippers, Imam Inside Mosque Many Causalities As Traditionalists Attack Muslim Worshippers, Imam Inside Mosque Four people were reportedly injured when traditional religion worshippers attacked worshippers at a mosque in Ile-Ile, Osun State. According to reports, Muslim worshippers were inside a mosque on Thursday evening preparing for the 4pm (Asr) prayer when traditionalists performing the pro-ritual attacked the mosque. Traditionalists in the town had announced on Wednesday that the Oro cult would be observed in some parts of Ife between 2pm and 7pm, advising residents to avoid the areas, Vanguard learnt. According to one…
Nigerian Army, Police Kill Many Alleged IPOB Members During Protest Against Detention Of Nnamdi Kanu Nigerian Army, Police Kill Many Alleged IPOB Members During Protest Against Detention Of Nnamdi Kanu There was pandemonium in Aba, the Abia State commercial nerve centre, as combined security agencies made up of army and police shot dead five members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, who were peacefully protesting against the release of their detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Ibom Focus reports that Kanu, who was renditioned to Nigeria from Kenya after his arrest and alleged torture had been in solitary confinement at the…
Enugu Govt Seals Office Where INEC Issued Certificates Of Return To Candidates Enugu Govt Seals Office Where INEC Issued Certificates Of Return To Candidates The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, has sealed the hall of Bon Platinum hotel where the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, issued certificates of return to the Enugu state Governor-Elect, Peter Mbah; his deputy, Ifeanyi Ossai and 17 elected House of Assembly members-elect in the state. The Development followed an alleged structural defect of the double decker hall which caused a big bang during the issuance of the certificates of return to the election winners…
BREAKING: Nigeria Launch Two More Satellites Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigeria Launch Two More Satellites The Chief of Defence Space Administration, Air Vice Marshall Ayo Jolasinmi, has disclosed that Nigeria will launch Satellite II and III into space soon. Jolasinmi made this known on Friday during a courtesy call on the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd), in Abuja, noting that the agency was better placed to use the space products that the first satellite offered. Jolasinmi in a statement by the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media and Publicity, Mohammad Abdulkadri on Friday also…
BREAKING: Singer Portable Finally Arrested Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Singer Portable Finally Arrested Following the expiration of a 72-hour ultimatum given to the famous singer, Habeeb Okikiola, commonly called Portable, to turn himself in, the Ogun State police command has arrested the singer for refusing to honour the invitation. Early on Tuesday, two videos of the musician raining curses and rough-handling some men of the Nigeria police surfaced on the internet. Displeased by the conduct of Mr Okikiola toward the officers, the police gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the singer, a request that should elapse today, Friday. The…
Nnamani Blasts Peter Obi Again, Says ‘His Politics Based On Tribe, Religion’ Nnamani Blasts Peter Obi Again, Says ‘His Politics Based On Tribe, Religion’ Former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani said the politics of Labour party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi portends danger to Nigeria as a country. “Peter Giringory Obi’s political forte portends danger to Nigeria. Obi has deflowered the virgin innocence of political patriotism and nationalism in Nigeria,” Nnamani tweeted on Friday. Nnamani accused Obi of deploying religion and tribalism as a brand of politics, a claim Obi has previously dispelled. “The religious politics he mastered in…
BREAKING: Timipre Sylva Resigns As Buhari’s Minister Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Timipre Sylva Resigns As Buhari’s Minister Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has reportedly tendered his resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), undisclosed sources said the minister submitted his resignation to President Buhari last week. However, the Senior Adviser to Sylva on media and communications, Horatius Egua, reportedly said that he could not deny or confirm the minister’s resignation. Egua said Sylva had not officially informed him of his resignation nor had he seen the letter.…