JUST IN: APC Fixes New Date For National Convention Information reaching Ibom Focus says that APC Fixes New Date For National Convention The All Progressives Congress (APC) may shift its convention to March as a result of some pressing issues. The convention was scheduled for Saturday this week, but sources at the APC national secretariat confided that there is a plan to shift it to March. This may be as a result of the crisis rocking the ruling party. Of late, APC has been affected by zoning and intra-party crisis in some state chapters. A new date for the convention…
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REVEALED: Report Exposes Illegal Process, Fraud In Appointment Of Terror-linked, Pantami As Professor Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Report Exposes Illegal Process, Fraud In Appointment Of Terror-linked, Pantami As Professor A damning report has revealed how the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Imo State, followed an illegal and fraudulent process in the appointment of terror-linked Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, as a professor of cyber security. The report, conducted by a six-man committee of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and obtained by SaharaReporters on Monday, exposed how three deputy vice-chancellors intimidated ASUU…
BREAKING: Banks Release More Names Of Customers Allegedly Involved In Forex Malpractices Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Banks Release More Names Of Customers Allegedly Involved In Forex Malpractices, No fewer than 1,226 names of forex defaulters have been published by commercial banks in compliance with the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The apex bank had directed banks to publish the names of individuals looking to trick the system to access foreign currencies. The information that was made available on the websites of 10 commercial banks as of Friday, February 18, 2022, shows that UBA has the…
We’re Still Looking For Solutions To Petrol Scarcity, FG Begs Nigerians FG Begs Nigerians says We’re Still Looking For Solutions To Petrol Scarcity The federal government has sympathised with Nigerians over unforeseen hardship occasioned by scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and called for patience in finding lasting solutions to the problem. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, made the appeal on Sunday in a statement by his Senior Adviser (Media & Communications), Horatius Egua. “In the last weeks, Nigerians have grappled with fuel scarcity not because of the absence of supply of products but due to…
UniAbuja To Refund N603 Million To FG Information reaching Ibom Focus says that UniAbuja To Refund N603 Million To FG The Senate Public Accounts Committee has asked the University of Abuja to refund N603m of its internally-generated revenue to the federation account. The Auditor-General for the Federation had, in a 2017 report, said the university generated N2.4bn in 2016 and 2017, but failed to remit 25% of its IGR, amounting to N603m, to the Consolidated Revenue Fund. The Vice Chancellor of UniAbuja, Prof. AbdulRasheed Na’Allah, while responding to the query before the committee, said the revenue generated was not enough…
VIDEO: ”Witch” Caught Landing On A High Tension Cable Residents of Depor pipeline in Benin city, Edo state, took to the streets on Sunday morning , February 20, to watch a suspected ”witch” that landed on a high tension cable. According to the man who filmed the incident, the “winsh” missed its road while returning home this morning, then landed on the cable, and wasn’t able to come down. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CaMxibdAxrK/?utm_medium=copy_link
Drama As Kidnappers Sleep Off, Abducted Escapes Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Kidnappers Sleep Off, Abducted Escapes A community leader in Igasi Akoko in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Chief Ojo Ajaguna, who was reportedly kidnapped by gunmen on Friday, has regained his freedom. PUNCH Metro gathered that Ajaguna fled the kidnappers’ den after the hoodlums slept off. A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said people in the community were sad when Ajaguna was abducted. He noted that there was celebration in the town after news filtered in that he escaped. “The victim…
Nigerian Doctor Arrested For Slapping Patient, Mocking, Accusing Her Of Faking Seizure Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Doctor Arrested For Slapping Patient Repeatedly, Mocking, Accusing Her Of Faking Seizure An emergency room doctor in Florida was arrested this week after police say he repeatedly struck a semi-unconscious female patient using the patient’s own hand because he believed she was faking a seizure. A Nigerian doctor in the US, Dr. Onyekachi Nwabuko, 44, was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with three counts of battery, court records cited by Law&Crime show, Nigeria Abroad reports. According to a probable cause…
2023: You Will Be President But After Me, Tinubu Tells Youths The All Progressive Congress, APC Leader, Presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu has stated that Nigerian youths will become president, however, it will be after he has become one. He said this during a visit to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi on Sunday. Speaking in Yoruba, he said, “You won’t give room for the elderly to pass and you haven’t become president. What if you become president, you will chase us out of town?” “You will grow old, you will become president but I will become president first.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CaNdm9pgMf1/?utm_medium=copy_link…
BREAKING: Gunmen kill NDLEA Officer, Set Patrol Truck Ablaze Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Gunmen kill NDLEA Officer, Set Patrol Truck Ablaze The attack is coming barely six days after three police officers were shot dead by gunmen at the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway in Ebonyi. ByJames Eze February 20, 2022 1 min read An operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has been shot dead in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s South-east, by gunmen. The operative was killed, Sunday morning, during an attack on NDLEA team on duty along the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway. Another officer of the agency reportedly sustained serious…