VIDEO: Suspected Ritualist Arrested While Attempting To Run After Dropping Lady Who Ran Mad On The Spot Angry mob had pounced on a suspected ritualist in Auchi who tried to run away after allegedly dropping a lady from his car who exhibited some level of insanity. The suspected yahoo boy drove to a spot where he opened passenger’s door of his car to let out a lady who immediately undressed herself while exhibiting signs of insanity. Unknown to the young man, his suspicious move had the mobs keeping an eye on him which triggered an attack the very moment their…
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PHOTO: 20-Year-Old Man Hacks Popular Footballer Bank Account, Steals Over N20 Million Information reaching Ibom Focus says that 20-Year-Old Man Hacks Popular Footballer Bank Account, Steals Over N20 Million Brazilian police have arrested a man they believe hacked into Neymar’s bank accounts and repeatedly stole small sums of money amounting to more than $40,000, officials in São Paulo said. Police said the alleged hacker worked at an unnamed bank where the Paris St Germain and Brazil player and his business manager father had accounts, the18.com reports. They arrested the 20-year-old on Wednesday “for defrauding bank clients,” a police statement said.…
Electoral Bill: INEC, Stakeholders Decry Delayed Assent, Reveals Next Action Following the Electoral Bill, INEC, Stakeholders Decry Delayed Assent There are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari is in a dilemma over whether to assent to the just re – amended 2010 Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2022 11 days after receiving the bill from the National Assembly. The Presidency disclosed yesterday that President Buhari is in a last minute consultation with critical stakeholders as he races against time to take a decision on the bill. The House of Representatives also said yesterday there was no selfish interest in the passage…
Value-Added Tax: Facebook Gives Nigerian Users Deadline Following the Value-Added Tax, Ibom Focus reports that Facebook Gives Nigerian Users Deadline Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has asked Nigerian advertisers to update their Value-Added Tax identification numbers by February 25. Failure to do so, the social media giant said Nigeria customers risk not having their adverts displayed on the platform. This is after the Federal Government announced plans to tax foreign-based social media platforms earning money from Nigerian advertisers. The social media platform’s parent company, Meta, in an apparent bid to comply with the government regulation also requested its Nigerian…
Electoral Bill: NASS Blasts Malami Over Self-interest Comment Following the Electoral Bill, information reaching Ibom Focus says that NASS Blasts Malami Over Self-interest Comment The National Assembly on Thursday dismissed a threat by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), that he would oppose the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill if it was based on selfish interest. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, specifically dismissed Malami as a political appointee, who could not speak for the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on institutional matters like the bill.…
Nigeria Has Become Something Else, Says Aisha Buhari Aisha Buhari says Nigeria Has Become Something Else First Lady Aisha Buhari Thursday says “situation where children are not safe in their schools in the country means the society has become something else.” Mrs Buhari made this statement in Kano while speaking about recent murder of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil who was murdered by her school teacher and buried in a shallow grave. Mrs Buhari said the offender must be punished inorder to appease Nigerians enraged by the dastardly act. “I think the punishment should be done in order to satisfy…
BREAKING: Buhari Desirous Of Signing Electoral Bill Information reaching Naija News House says that Buhari Desirous Of Signing Electoral Bill President Muhammadu Buhari is desirous of assenting the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021, his Senior Special Assistant National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Babajide Omoworare has said. Omoworare stated this on Thursday in Abuja during a discussion organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in collaboration with Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD). The policy dialogue centred on “Electoral Bill 2021 and Quest for Presidential Assent: Matters Arising”. The National Assembly had on Monday, Jan. 31, transmitted the…
BREAKING: Bus, Passengers Burnt To Death Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Bus, Passengers Burnt To Death An eighteen seater Hiace bus conveying passengers and passing through Lokoja today got burnt in Nataco. The destination of the bus and where it is traveling to is yet to be ascertained as at time of this report. Some of the passengers were narrowly rescued and have been rushed to the Federal Medical Centre Lokoja. The number of casualty is yet to be ascertained as many of the passengers were burnt in the incident. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained,…
BREAKING: Posting S*x Tapes On Social Media Attracts 3-year Jail Posting S*x Tapes On Social Media Attracts 3-year Jail An Abuja-based lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, says posting s*x tapes on social media attracts up to three-year jail term and up to N7m fine. He made this known in a statement on Thursday while reacting to the leaked s*x tape of singer Ikuforiji Abdulrahman, aka Oxlade, and another s*x tape involving singer Tiwa Savage. The lawyer said the obscene display of nudes and the sharing of s*x tapes on the internet is capable of causing damage to public decency and national morality.…
JUST IN: Popular Nigerian Journalist Arrested At Airport Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Popular Nigerian Journalist Arrested At Airport The State Security Service, notorious for unprovoked intimidation and assassination of journalists and dissidents since the military era, has held another Nigerian journalist over yet undisclosed reasons at the airport in Lagos. Lanre Arogundade said in a social media update on Thursday afternoon that he was detained by the secret police as he arrived in Lagos from Banjul, where he had gone to train some reporters on conflict coverage. “I am being held or detained against my wish. I have…