Putin Places Russia’s Nuclear Weapons Squad On High Alert Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Putin Places Russia’s Nuclear Weapons Squad On High Alert Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his country’s nuclear weapons squad to be on high alert. Mr Putin, in a televised address Sunday, said Western countries have imposed harsh economic sanctions on Russia that were “illegitimate.” “Western countries aren’t only taking unfriendly economic actions against our country,but leaders of major Nato countries are making aggressive statements about our country. So I order to move Russia’s deterrence forces to a special regime of duty,” Mr Putin said…
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Nigerian Army Organises Dance Competition Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Army Organises Dance Competition The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Plateau has organised a cultural dance competition to promote peaceful co-existence among the various ethnic groups in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau. Ishaku Takwa, the spokesperson for the taskforce, in a statement on Sunday in Jos, said that the maiden event was held on Saturday in Barkin Ladi. Speaking at the event, Ibrahim Ali, the commander of the operation, said that the competition was part of its non-kinetic approach toward achieving peace in…
Russian Delegates Arrive In Belarus For Peace Talks, Ukraine Rejects Choice, Lists Conditions Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Russian Delegates Arrive In Belarus For Peace Talks, Ukraine Rejects Choice, Lists Conditions President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready for peace talks with Russia but not in neighbouring Belarus, an ally of Moscow which used it as a staging ground for its multipronged invasion. Zelenskyy gave Russia a list of other options where the talks could hold, Al Jazeera reports. Speaking in Russian in a video message on Sunday, Zelenskyy left the door open for negotiations elsewhere and listed the…
Crisis Rocks Jos As PDP Wins North/Bassa Constituency By-Election Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Crisis Rocks Jos As PDP Wins North/Bassa Constituency By-Election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Aga Avia, winner of the Jos North/Bassa by-election. Announcing the results at the collation centre, in Jos, Dr Yinka Oyerinde, from the Department of Computer Science, University of Jos, said the candidate of the PDP scored 40,343 votes to defeat his closest rival, Adamu Muhammad Alkali, of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), who polled 37,757. Dr Oyerinde said the…
BREAKING: Panic As Nigerians Freeze At Ukrainian Border, Denied Exit Out Of Troubled Country Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Panic As Nigerians Freeze At Ukrainian Border, Denied Exit Out Of Troubled Country Hundreds of Nigerians and other nationals are currently freezing at locations around the Ukraine border after security officials refused to allow them entry into the neighboruing countries. The Nigerian government had on Saturday listed four borders in Ukraine where its citizens seeking to leave the country could be evacuated. It was told on Sunday that people could not move out and Nigerians were already freezing at the…
Salary Crisis Looms Information reaching Ibom Focus says that there is Salary Crisis Some states are set to face fresh economic challenges as the Federal Allocation has dropped to a four-year low. In January, the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee shared the sum of N574.66bn to the Federal Government, states and local government councils. The amount shared in January is lower than the N699.82bn disbursed in December 2021. This fall in FAAC allocations follows the Federal Government’s announcement of its plans to deduct N950bn for the payment of fuel subsidy from allocations due to states in 2022, PUNCH reports. Salary Crisis…
7 Years After, N8 Billion A’Ibom Coconut Factory Yet To Start Operation Information reaching Ibom Focus says that 7 Years After, N8 Billion A’Ibom Coconut Factory Yet To Start Operation Indigenes of Ikot Akpan Okop, the host community where St. Gabriel’s Coconut Refinery is located in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have expressed disappointment at the siting of the factory in their domain without its requisite benefits. The refinery, which has so far gulped N8.48 billion out of the N36.7 billion budgeted for it in the past seven years, is yet to yield dividends for the…
Teenage Girl Arrested, Attempting To Sell Boy To Ritualists Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Teenage Girl Arrested, Attempting To Sell Boy To Ritualists The police in Adamawa State have arrested an 18-year-old girl, Blessing John, while she was searching for a ritualist to buy a boy she kidnapped. She lured the boy (name withheld) from her neighbourhood in Michika and took him to Mubi in search of a buyer. The police public relations officer in the state, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, said the suspect was arrested following a tipoff. Nguroje said the teenager told police investigators that she abducted the…
VIDEO: Africans Being Refused Entry Into A Train Taking People From Ukraine To Poland. Africans were forced to wait for Ukrainians to go first in several trains, and had to wait until all Ukrainians had boarded trains before they would be allowed to get into one. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CaeJawzA40i/?utm_medium=copy_link
BREAKING: Heavy Gunshots, Many Feared Dead, Churches Burnt As Boko Haram, ISWAP Attack Chibok Community Again Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Heavy Gunshots, Many Feared Dead As Boko Haram, ISWAP Attack Chibok Community Again A traditional ruler’s son and two internally displaced persons in Kautikari Village of Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State have been killed during an invasion of the village by fighters of the Islamic State for West African Province on Friday. Locals, who fled the village, gave the name of the traditional ruler’s son as Mr Bulama Wadir. P Recall that Kautikari was attacked in…