BREAKING: Again, Many Feared Dead In Abia Explosion Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Many Feared Dead In Abia Explosion Not less than ten persons are feared dead in an explosion that occurred at an illegal refinery situated in Uzuaku Community in the Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. The explosion happened barely two weeks after a fire explosion killed over 100 persons at an illegal crude oil refining site in Imo State.
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Blood Sisters: Invest In Nigeria Or Face Sanctions, Lai Mohammed Tells Netflix, Others Blood Sisters: Invest In Nigeria Or Face Sanctions, Lai Mohammed Tells Netflix, Others Information minister Lai Mohammed on Sunday said streaming platforms should expand their business in Nigeria if they want to remain in the country. Mr Mohammed’s statement comes as Nigeria’s new series ‘Blood Sisters’ draws widespread acclaim on the Netflix platform. Netflix, Amazon and other streaming services have gained increased popularity among Nigeria’s roughly 200 million people, although the companies have yet to grow their business activities to the government’s satisfaction. A spokesperson for Netflix…
Airlines Reject FG’s Plea, Fixes New Date For Shutdown Of Operations Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Airlines Reject FG’s Plea, Fixes Date For Shutdown Of Operations The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Sunday insisted that they would go ahead with the withdrawal of flight services on Monday over the astronomical rise in aviation fuel. In a statement, Yunusa Abdulmunaf, president of AON, said that the association unequivocally stood firmly by its decision to withdraw flight services from May 9. “In the light of frantic developments within the last 24 hours, since informing the general public of our decision…
BREAKING: 2023 Presidency: INEC Chairman, Yakubu, Finally Speaks On Joining Presidential Race 2023 Presidency: INEC Chairman, Yakubu, Finally Speaks On Joining Presidential Race The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that he will not contest the 2023 Presidency. He said this while reacting to insinuations in some quarters that he may soon join the race. “Our attention has been drawn to innuendoes in certain quarters that Nigerians should not be surprised if the INEC Chairman joins the Presidential race or urging him to do so. “It is a preposterous proposition. It will not…
BREAKING: Tears As Trailer Load Of Cows Set Ablaze In Anambra, Video A trailer load of cows was reportedly set ablaze earlier today at Ezinifite, a town in Governor Soludo’s L.G.A. A trailer of cow that belongs to an Igbo man. Watch Video here: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CdTC2yqgGrL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
JUST IN: Another Crisis Rocks APC As Party Issues Fresh Order To Osinbajo, Tinubu, Amaechi, others Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Another Crisis Rocks APC As Party Issues Fresh Order To Osinbajo, Tinubu, Amaechi, others As a precondition for submitting their expression of interest and nomination forms, presidential aspirants on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress are to submit with the forms the signatures of 10 statutory delegates from each state and the Federal Capital Territory. One of our correspondents, who sighted the forms, observed that each aspirant was required to get the signatures of 370 statutory…
BREAKING: APC To Throw Presidential Contest Open Information reaching Ibom Focus says that APC To Throw Presidential Contest Open Ahead of the scheduled Presidential Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, there is now intense lobby by certain elements in the party to get its hierarchy to jettison zoning and throw open, the presidential contest. Critical stakeholders of the party had, in the run-up to the last National Convention, reached an understanding that the presidential ticket should be ceded to the South while the North would take the national chairmanship of the party. Although the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National…
Like Other Airlines, Ibom Air Backs Down Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Ibom Air Backs Down From Planned Strike In what appears like a crack among airline operators, one of the domestic airlines, Ibom Air, has distanced itself from the plan to shut down operation on Monday, saying it will continue normal operations. The airline had been included by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) in its joint statement announcing flight cessation on Monday over increasing cost of Jet A1. In a statement, Ibom Air said it had been inundated with inquiries over the plan to ground the aviation…
BREAKING: INEC Chair To Joins 2023 Presidential Race Information reaching Ibom Focus says that INEC Chair To Joins 2023 Presidential Race Farooq Kperogi wrote: The CBN governor, who manages Nigeria’s money and who should be apolitical, is running for president without resigning his position. I honestly won’t be surprised if I hear the INEC chairman say that a group of concerned Nigerians have contributed N100m to buy the APC presidential nomination for him. APC has normalized absurdity, indecency, and outrageousness to a degree we’ve never seen since Nigeria’s independence. Dino Melaye Also wrote: The way things are going, INEC Chairman…
Real Reason God Made Me Vice President Of Nigeria — Osinbajo Blows Hot Real Reason God Made Me Vice President Of Nigeria — Osinbajo Blows Hot Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Friday in Anambra, said having served as Vice President in the past seven years with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), he was convinced that God made it possible so he would better serve Nigerians as the next President. He also noted that the security efforts by the Buhari regime would soon manifest in the coming years. Osinbajo was speaking on Friday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, while…