BREAKING: Dollar Hits N600 Under Buhari Government Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Dollar Hits N600 Under Buhari Government The dollar exchanged at N600 on Monday at the parallel market, heightening fears of a further devaluation of the nation’s currency. The rate at the Importers and Exporters Window was, however, N415.75 on Monday, widening the exchange rate spread to N184.25. At Zone 4 in Abuja, which is the hub of the parallel market in the Federal Capital Territory, two Bureau de Change Operators, Mohammed Isa, and Abu Abdullahi, said that the rate was N599/$ at 10am and 11.14am respectively. However,…
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BREAKING: INEC Gives APC, PDP, Others Fresh Deadlines Information reaching Ibom Focus says that INEC Gives APC, PDP, Others Fresh Deadlines Ahead of primaries, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given deadlines to political parties on nomination and withdrawal of candidates. The electoral commission also foreclosed the adjustment of election timetable. In line with its guidelines, INEC has directed the parties to submit lists of delegates for elective offices to it, seven days to the date of the primary. Both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) submitted designated centres for their national conventions to…
BREAKING: PDP Fixes New Date For 2023 Primaries The People Democratic Party, PDP National Working Committee have adjusted the proposed dates for all the Primaries. The new dates are as follows: 1. House of Assembly – Saturday 21st of May. 2. House of Representatives – Sunday 22nd of May. 3. Senate – Monday 23rd of May. Please note the above and adjust accordingly. Hillary Otsu State Secretary
VIDEO: Muslims Condemning Act Are Unbelievers Says Nigerian Policeman He Endorses Killing Of Sokoto Student, Deborah Muslims Condemning Act Are Unbelievers Says Nigerian Policeman He Endorses Killing Of Sokoto Student, Deborah A video of a Nigerian policeman supporting the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, by her colleagues over alleged blasphemy. According to the yet-to-be-named officer, those who are not in support of the action of the mobs are Kafiri (unbelievers). “Anyone insulting the prophet should be killed and anyone questioning about that is a Kuffar (unbeliever),” he said in Hausa…
BREAKING: Nigerian Soldiers vows to go on Strike, Accuse Buhari Over Corruption Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Soldiers vows to go on Strike, Accuse Buhari Over Corruption Some aggrieved personnel of the Nigerian Army have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of failing to check corruption and financial mismanagement among some top military officers while soldiers continue to cry on a daily basis. The soldiers in an open letter to the President accused top army officers of corruption and extortion. Copied in the letter titled “Petition Against Nigeria Army Finance Corps” are the Vice President of Nigeria, Senate President, 36…
BREAKING: Deborah Samuel: DSS To Arrest Sheikh Abubakar Jibril Deborah Samuel: DSS To Arrest Sheikh Abubakar Jibril The Department of State Services have been tasked by Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Monday, to arrest the Chief Imam of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Sheikh Abubakar Jibril. HURIWA called for the arrest of Sheikh Abubakar Jibril for allegedly inciting Muslims against the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah. HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, said Jibril was captured in a video that has gone viral allegedly telling his many Muslim followers…
Bauchi Commissioner Finally Reveals Why Sokoto Female Student, Deborah Was Killed Bauchi Commissioner Finally Reveals Why Sokoto Female Student, Deborah Was Killed Bauchi commissioner for education Aliyu Tilde on Sunday ramped up his fanatical and inflammatory statements about Deborah Samuel, saying the murdered Christian student had a “foul mouth” and disrespect for Islamic beliefs in Sokoto, a Muslim-dominated state. Mr Tilde claimed without evidence that Ms Samuel had been issued several warnings by her classmates to desist from making blasphemous statements against Islam, which purportedly went unheeded. “That Deborah’s foul mouth was insensitive to danger and the beliefs of Muslims…
Massive Killings Rocks Kano Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Massive Killings Rocks Kano Not less than Five persons have been killed and a district head abducted by bandits, in coordinated attacks on two communities in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria. It was learnt that the bandits stormed Karfi and Unguwar Tudun Makama communities under the Takai Local Government Area of the state. They reportedly killed five persons and abducted Abdulhayatu Ilu, the district head of Karfi. A family source said the terrorists stormed Karfi around 11:42 pm on Sunday, killing one person before forcibly whisking away the district head. Similarly,…
BREAKING: Fear Grips Anambra Residents As Gunmen Set LG Secretariat, Magistrate Court, Vehicles On Fire Information reaching Ibom Focus says that fear Grips Anambra Residents As Gunmen Set LG Secretariat, Magistrate Court, Vehicles On Fire Gunmen abduct 5 men returning from commissioner relatives wedding on Monday Suspected arsonists have burnt down Idemili North local government secretariat in Ogidi and a magistrate court in the area. Sources said the arsonists entered the premises on Sunday night to perpetuate the act, burning down all files, properties in the secretariat, including the secretariat building. Videos and pictures circulating online showed that the entire…
BREAKING: Gunmen Shoot Policeman Dead On Okada The incident was said to occur around 6:10 pm on Sunday. According to PUNCH, the policeman was said to be on a motorcycle when he was intercepted by the gunmen and shot dead instantly. Aguata, the Local Government Area of Governor Chukwuma Soludo has come under serious attacks by unknown gunmen since the government declared war on them. The state police spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, could not be reached for reaction as at the time of filling this report.