Cash Out: CBN Director Escape Lynching Cash Out: CBN Director Escape Lynching By Angry Youths The staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Wednesday, escaped, by the whiskers, lynching from youths at the volatile Ogbe-Ijoh community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. Our correspondent gathered that the CBN crew, led by Mr Sunny Daibo, Deputy Director of Finance, was at the community in continuation of the ‘cash out’ exercise for folks in the creeks of the state. The CBN officials, it was learnt, were, earlier at Ode-Itsekiri, the ancestral home of the Itsekiri, where…
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BREAKING: Gunmen Storm Abuja Kill Many, Abduct Others Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Gunmen Storm Abuja Kill Many, Abduct Others Gunmen on Tuesday night attacked Munu, a community under Abaji area council in the Federal Capital Territory-Abuja, killing two residents and abducting many others. A source who lives in the community said that the gunmen sneaked into the community around 11 pm. The resident, who made this known on Wednesday, said a provision shop as well as a drink joint were also looted by the gunmen during the operation that lasted in about an hour. “Some mobile policemen deployed…
EXCLUSIVE: LEAKED MEMO: Tension In Abuja As Boko Haram Set To Attack Abuja-Kaduna Train Service, Others Tension In Abuja As Boko Haram Set To Attack Abuja-Kaduna Train Service Again The Department of State Services has written to the Federal Ministry of Transportation confirming that its intelligence revealed that the Boko Haram terrorists are planning to launch a fresh attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train service. The Ministry of Transportation, in an internal memo obtained by SaharaReporters on Thursday, therefore wrote to the Federal Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Magashi, asking for security reinforcement to forestall the terrorists attack. The letter…
NHRC Releases Poll Survey, Reveals Who Will Win 2023 Presidential Election NHRC Releases Poll Survey, Reveals Who Will Win 2023 Presidential Election A new opinion poll conducted by the Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHRC), comprising 134 civil liberty and community-based organisations, has tipped the Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to win the February 25, 2023, Presidential Election. The coalition made this known on Thursday in Lagos at a press conference addressed by its Secretary-General, Taiwo Adeleye, saying that the APC standard bearer, based on the analysis of the preferences of 19,365 persons that its…
Jonathan Paid Israeli Contractors To Hack Lai Mohammed’s Phones Jonathan Paid Israeli Contractors To Hack Lai Mohammed’s Phones Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign contracted an Israeli dark group that hacked into the phones of then-opposition leader Lai Mohammed in 2015, a new report said on Wednesday citing leaked documents. Hacking contractor Tal Hanan bragged about how his group of election manipulators was responsible for wreaking “havoc during African election day” in Nigeria. He subsequently listed some of his dark exploits during the March 2015 presidential election, claiming responsibility for an attack that rendered Mr Mohammed’s phone useless, according to the…
JUST IN: Pastor Dies Attempting 40-day Fast Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Pastor Dies Attempting 40-day Fast A Mozambican pastor has died after fasting for 40 days, in an attempt to copy what Jesus Christ is said to have done in the Bible. The death of Francisco Barajah, the pastor and founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church in the central province of Manica, was confirmed on Wednesday. He died while being treated at hospital in Beira where he was evacuated in critical condition. After 25 days of fasting, he had lost a lot of weight to a point…
BREAKING: US To Return ex-Bayelsa Governor’s Loot Information reaching Ibom Focus says that US To Return ex-Bayelsa Governor’s Loot The United States (US) and the Federal Government have signed an agreement to repatriate $954,000 allegedly stolen by Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former governor of Bayelsa state. The agreement was signed on Thursday in Abuja by Mary Leonard, US ambassador to Nigeria, and Beatrice Jedy-Agba, solicitor-general of the federation and permanent secretary of the ministry of justice. Ibom Focus reports that Alamieyeseigha, who was the first first civilian governor of Bayelsa but booted out of office following his impeachment, died a few years…
JUST IN: Wike Finally Dumps Atiku, Pick Tinubu JUST IN: Wike Finally Dumps Atiku, Pick Tinubu Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has ruled out a last-minute deal between the G5 which he leads and the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The G5 is made up of Wike, Samuel Ortom (Benue), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu). The aggrieved PDP governor had pulled out of the campaign of Atiku, giving the resignation of Senator Iyioricha Ayu as National Chairman as condition for them to return. But the PDP carried on its…
Enough Is Enough: Bishop Oyedepo Finally Tells Nigerians Presidential Candidate To Vote For Bishop Oyedepo Finally Tells Nigerians Presidential Candidate To Vote For The founder of Living Faith Church WorldwideFor (Winners), Bishop David Oyedepo, has urged Nigerians to vote wisely in the 2023 general elections to enthrone credible leadership. Mr Oyedepo made the call in Ota on Thursday while speaking at a three-day fasting and prayer programme for a hitch-free general election in the country. The clergyman urged Nigerians to scrutinise the character and capacity of those seeking their votes before making decisions. Mr Oyedepo, also the chancellor of the…
REVEALED: How Policeman Killed Newly Married Soldier REVEALED: How Policeman Killed Newly Married Soldier The soldier killed following an altercation with some police officers in Lagos state recently got married. The deceased is identified as Corporal Saheed and was attached to the 174 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Odongunyan in Ikorodu. Ibom Focus earlier reported how the soldier in question was stabbed to death on Wednesday. Subsequently, his colleagues decided to retaliate, launching an attack on Ogijo Police Station where the mobile police officer allegedly responsible for killing the soldier was stationed. It was gathered that the soldiers burnt…