Author: Ibom Focus

EXPOSED: How INEC Used 3rd Party Device To Switch Results For Tinubu How INEC Used 3rd Party Device To Switch Results For Tinubu Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of installing a third-party device he said was used to intercept and switch results of the presidential election that was held on February 25 in favour of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate, Bola Tinubu. Atiku, in a 66-page petition lodged before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, further alleged…

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BREAKING: Bandits Kill Soldier, Burn Truck Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Bandits Kill Soldier, Burn Truck Bandits have shot dead a soldier during exchange of gun fire in Akoti village near Kagarko town in Kaduna State. City & Crime learnt that three other soldiers and a civilian were injured in the incident. A resident, Yahaya Ubaidu, who confirmed the incident through telephone on Wednesday, said it happened around 5pm on Tuesday when some soldiers engaged bandits in Akoti, one kilometre from Kagarko town. He said the soldiers were alerted after the bandits rustled over 100 cows from neighbouring Kasangwai…

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Man Steals 5-year-old Child, Sells To Couple Man Steals 5-year-old Child, Sells To Couple A High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced one Promise Thompson to death by hanging for armed robbery and child theft. Thompson and his accomplice, Beatrice Ogbunka, stood trial on a three-count of armed robbery, kidnapping and child theft. They were accused of shooting one Chidiebere Ogbugu and stealing his five-year-old child. The incident was said to have occurred on October 25, 2018, in Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. Ogbunka was however said to have fled after she was granted bail by the…

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Fear Grips CBN, Moves To Flood Banks With Old Naira Notes, Cancel Withdrawal Limits Fear Grips CBN, Moves To Flood Banks With Old Naira Notes, Cancel Withdrawal Limits The Central Bank of Nigeria has finally concluded plans to release all N1,000, N500 and N200 notes in its custody to Deposit Money Banks. This decision is expected to end months of hardships and pains Nigerians have been going through following a controversial CBN naira redesign policy that has caused a severe shortage of old and new naira notes across the country. The CBN’s latest decision came several weeks after the Supreme…

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BREAKING: APC Sacks SGF From Party Information reaching Ibom Focus says that APC Sacks SGF From Party The All Progressives Congress in Adamawa State has suspended the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, for losing his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party during the presidential and governorship polls. The party disclosed that the SGF did not contribute to the victory of its presidential and governorship candidates. Announcing the suspension at a press conference in Yola, the Chairman of Gwadabawa Ward said Mustapha was not committed to APC victory at the presidential election. He stated that the…

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BREAKING: Popular Businessman Caught Transporting Military Weapons, Ammunition To Nigeria Popular Businessman Caught Transporting Military Weapons, Ammunition To Nigeria Maryland Resident Sentenced to Over Five Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Transporting Firearms with Obliterated Serial Numbers and Smuggling Firearms to Nigeria Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Eric Fru Nji, age 42, of Fort Washington, Maryland, to 63 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for conspiracy, for transporting firearms with obliterated serial numbers, and for smuggling firearms and ammunition from the United States to Nigeria. Judge Bennett also ordered…

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I’m Going, Buhari Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Buhari says I’m going President Muhammadu Buhari has once again expressed his desire to leave power. On several occasions in the past, Buhari had said he was counting down to the May 29 handover date. While speaking at a farewell meeting with the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday, the Nigerian leader said, “I am eager to go,”. He was responding to a question posed by Leonard He added that he planned to be “a big landlord” working on his farms and…

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BREAKING: Hoodlums Burns Down High Court Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Hoodlums Burns Down High Court Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs have set ablaze a state High Court in Owutu Edda community in Ebonyi State. The development came barely 24 hours after the conclusion of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Registrar of the court, Mrs Oluchi Uduma, who spoke to newsmen, said that the hoodlums invaded the court in the early hours of Tuesday, chanting war songs, and set ablaze the building. She noted that the hoodlums had earlier, some times ago,…

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Peter Obi Trying To Give Tinubu Same Treatment IBB Gave Abiola, Says Bayo Onanuga Peter Obi Trying To Give Tinubu Same Treatment IBB Gave Abiola, Says Bayo Onanuga Bayo Onanuga has accused Peter Obi of trying to deal President-elect Bola Tinubu the same hand retired military dictator, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB), dealt MKO Abiola, whose presidential election victory got annulled thirty years ago. The media aide to the president-elect, claimed that Mr Obi’s move to challenge the outcome of the 2023 presidential election, could be viewed in the same way that the 1993 election of MKO Abiola was invalidated by…

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TENSION: Popular Nigerian Millionaire Engineer, Wife Murdered Popular Nigerian Millionaire Engineer, Wife Murdered The Lagos State police force has launched an investigation into the assassination of a couple in the Allen Avenue area. Engineer Femi Matthew Egbeoluwa and his wife, Funmi were reportedly killed by unidentified gunmen who broke into their home at 1 Adefolu drive, Allen Avenue between last Friday night and early Saturday. The couple’s household was also attacked by the assailants, who left the wife in a pool of blood. The police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident and stated that the investigation is ongoing, although no…

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