Author: Ibom Focus

CHECK: Nigerian Polytechnic Releases Uniform For Students, Bans Coloured Hair, 8 Others Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Polytechnic Releases Uniform For Students, Bans Coloured Hair, Others The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has released a new dress code that may render the wardrobes of some of their students obsolete. In a banner placed in front of the school gate, the management banned a wide range of fashion choices common amongst its students. It warned that the listed items and forms of behaviour would no longer be condoned. The school listed a number of fashion statements that include coloured hair,…

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BREAKING: Letter: NSCDC Boss Withdraws All Personnel Attached To Lawmaker For Sponsoring Bill Seeking To Scrap Security Agency Information reaching Ibom Focus says that NSCDC Boss Withdraws All Personnel Attached To Lawmaker For Sponsoring Bill Seeking To Scrap Security Agency The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant-General, Ahmed Audi, has withdrawn all officers attached to the lawmaker representing lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo State at the House of Representatives, Shina Peller. The directive by Audi was in a letter dated February 02, 2021, addressed to the lawmaker. “Following the directive of the Commandant General on the necessity…

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BREAKING: Panic As Drunk Policeman Shoots Dead Nigerian Army Information reaching Ibom Focus says that there was Panic As Drunk Policeman Shoots Dead Nigerian Army A yet-to-be-identified policeman has shot dead a staff sergeant of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Hadin Kai, identified only as Donatus. Sources said the policeman was drunk. The incident reportedly happened at the Shehu of Borno palace general area in Maiduguri. A twitter user, @Zagazola who confirmed the incident described the deceased as a celebrated army officer who saved the Shehu of Borno from suicide bomb attack in 2012. “The MOPOL returned for Sintiri…

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BREAKING: Senate Confirms 7 As INEC Commissioners, Full List Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Senate Confirms 7 As INEC Commissioners The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of six nominees as National Commissioners, and one other as Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The confirmation followed the consideration of a report by its committee on INEC, chaired by Senator Kabiru Gaya (APC, Kano). President Muhammadu Buhari had, in a letter dated December 10, 2021, requested the Red Chamber to confirm the nominees. Buhari explained that the request was made pursuant to paragraph 14 of Part…

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BREAKING: Nigerian Soldiers Shoot Prison Officer Dead Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Nigerian Soldiers Shoot Prison Officer dead A correctional services officer, identified as O.O Bawa, has been shot dead by Nigerian Army personnel, who mounted a checkpoint at Goni Gora, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis. Witnesses said the deceased was shot dead following his refusal to stop for a search earlier at an army barricade along the Kaduna/Abuja Expressway. “He was coming with a friend from Abuja. The deceased was with one other civilian who was driving the car which they were in, a Toyota Venza. “The duo…

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How Akwa Ibom Governor Spent Tax Payers’ Money To Get Endorsement For ‘Anointed Successor’ Information reaching Ibom Focus How Akwa Ibom Governor Spent Tax Payers’ Money To Get Endorsement For ‘Anointed Successor’ Following the controversial unveiling of Pastor Umo Eno as the “preferred successor” by the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, there is currently disquiet in the state as more facts emerged on how the endorsement deal was brokered and sealed. Governor Emmanuel on Sunday, unveiled his successor in a meeting which had former Governor, Victor Attah, few National Assembly members, party leaders and some religious leaders in the…

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I killed Over 20, But I’ve Repented Now — 21-years-old Arrested Bandit Confesses 21-years-old Arrested Bandit Confesses says I killed Over 20, But I’ve Repented Now The 21-year-old suspected terrorist, Naziru Sani, working under the camp of Bello Turji, a notorious terrorist, on the police wanted list for acts of terrorism has confessed to killing over 20 persons in several attacks across Nigeria’s northwest. Sani, a resident of Makera Village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State was arrested along Jabiri Quarters in Funtua LGA, Katsina based on credible intelligence report, SP Gambo disclosed According to the suspect, “I…

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BREAKING: Terrorists Invade ASUU Chairman’s Residence, Abduct 6 Family Members Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Terrorists Invade ASUU Chairman’s Residence, Abduct 6 Family Members Not less than six persons have been kidnapped by suspected terrorists during an invasion of the residence of the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Federal University of Gusau (FUGUS), Abdurrahman Adamu. The gunmen launched an attack on the ASUU chairman’s home in Damba Quarters, an outskirt of Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, in the early hours of Wednesday. According to a staff of the institution and close relative of the…

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PHOTOS: Teacher Marries Student She Was Accused Of Having S*x With Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Teacher Marries Student She Was Accused Of Having S*x With Prosecutors in the US have dropped charges against a Missouri high school teacher, Baylee A Turner, 26, after she married the student she was accused of having s*x with. Turner, who used to teach at Sarcoxie High School was charged with having s*xual contact with one of her male students following an investigation by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department in February 2019, the Joplin Globe reports. The allegations against Turner, then 23, had…

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BREAKING: School Bus Catches Fire In Abuja Information reaching Ibom Focus says that School Bus Catches Fire In Abuja A school bus belonging to Peacemark International School has gone up in flames with the driver escaping by the whiskers. There were no students on board. The incident occurred at 6:30 p.m. It was an 18-seater bus. The driver of the school bus said he just drove off from the school located at Apo Resettlement Zone E Extension in Abuja, to pick up students. “I went to the school to pick the bus. It was empty. As I drove out, I…

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