BREAKING: Open Letter: Pay Us Or Face Attacks, Bandits Write Zamfara Communities Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Bandits Write Zamfara Communities says Pay Us Or Face Attacks Bandits operating in Gando forest in Bukkuyum local government area of Zamfara State have written to nine communities asking them to pay their levies or face deadly attacks. This is coming a few weeks after bandits massacred at least 200 people in Bukkuyum and Anka local government areas. In that carnage, he bandits burnt down five villages, killed many residents and mutilated their bodies. Residents said that the bandits, who attacked the…
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Ritual Killings: Music Producer Blames Nollywood Movies Following the Ritual Killings in the country, information reaching Naija News House says that Music Producer Blames Nollywood Movies Music producer, Samuel Oguachuba, popularly known as Samklef, has blamed the movie industry for the rise in cases of ritual killings in the country. The producer on Twitter said the industry keeps promoting fetish lifestyle in all their movies, thereby influencing a lot of young people negatively. Samklef wrote, “Igbo Nolly wood, English and Yoruba movies are the reasons why a lot of young boys are doing rituals. They keep promoting fetish stuffs in…
Bandits Kill 50 Civilians, Soldiers For Failing To Pay Tax Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Bandits Kill 50 Civilians, Soldiers For Failing To Pay Tax Over 50 people have been killed in Kebbi following raids and attacks by armed bandits. Reuters reports that the bandits on motorbikes ransacked a village and killed more than 50 people. Local elder Abdullahi Karman Unashi told Reuters that the gunmen entered Dankade village on Friday night and exchanged gunfire with soldiers and policemen. “They killed two soldiers, one police officer and 50 villagers. (They) kidnapped the community leader of Dankade and many villagers,…
2023: Gov. Emmanuel’s Campaign Posters Surface In Kano, Others, Photos Fowing the 2023 presidency, Ibom Focus reports that Gov. Emmanuel’s Campaign Posters Surface In Kano, Others Ahead of the 2023 general elections, presidential campaign posters of the Akwa Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel, have surfaced in different parts of Kano State. Ibom Focus Learnt that a group of Northern elders and youths had initiated an advocacy for presidential power shift to the Southern part of the country with particular call on Governor Emmanuel to throw his hat into the ring and vie for the nation’s number one office. The posters…
20-year-old Kidnapper Kills Cousin Over Family’s Failure To Pay Ransom Information reaching Ibom Focus says that 20-year-old Kidnapper Kills Cousin Over Family’s Failure To Pay Ransom A suspected kidnapper, Suleiman Ibrahim, has confessed to conniving with members of a group to kill his cousin, Najahid Abdullahi because the family refused to pay the required amount as ransom. The suspect made the confession when he was paraded at the headquarters of the Plateau State Police Command, on Thursday. The 20-year-old kidnapper, Suleiman said the victim was kidnapped on a motorcycle and taken to their hideout while they waited for the family…
2023: Drama As Tinubu Angry Over Osinbajo’s Perceived Growing Popularity, Buhari’s Silence Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Tinubu Angry Over Osinbajo’s Perceived Growing Popularity, Buhari’s Silence The camp of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has shown its displeasure over the growing popularity of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for the 2023 Presidential race which, it claimed, may have been endorsed by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Vanguard, sources in the Tinubu camp are concerned about the APC Chieftain’s chances in 2023 as Osinbajo may be the preferred candidate Buhari mentioned during his Channels Television interview.…
BREAKING: Notorious Bandits’ Leader, Turji With 150 Groups Flees To South-West Forest Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Notorious Bandits’ Leader, Turji With 150 Groups Flees To South-West Forest A federal lawmaker representing Gummi/Bukkuyum Federal Constituency in Zamfara State in the House of Representatives, Suleiman Abubakar Gumi, has said that a notorious bandits’ leader, Bello Turji, who controlled over 150 groups in the north, has fled to a forest in Kwara State. Gumi added that though Turji’s relocation was still unconfirmed, it was a sign that the military had dislodged him from his stronghold in the Shinkafi Local Government Area…
Zenith Bank Staff Commits Suicide, Leaves Note Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Zenith Bank Staff Commits Suicide, Leaves Note A Zenith Bank Staff identified as Nwokorie Nnamdi Godson has reportedly committed suicide in Sapele, Delta State. Ibom Focus learnt that his remains body was found dangling from the scaffold of the water tank where he allegedly hanged himself at the Ugbeyiyi area of the town. According to reports, the deceased made a post on his Facebook account but no one knew that it was a suicide note. The post read; “I no longer have a mind of my own.…
BREAKING: 4-Day Lockdown Looms In South East Nigeria Information reaching Ibom Focus says that 4-Day Lockdown Looms In South East Nigeria There are indications that South-east residents may be forced to observe a four-day lockdown from Monday, as the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s treason trial is set to resume at a Federal High Court, Abuja. Mr Kanu is scheduled to appear in court from January 18 to January 20. IPOB, an outlawed group leading the agitation for the creation of an independent state, Biafra, from Nigeria’s South-east and part of South-south, had suspended its earlier Monday’s sit-at-home order, in preference…
Igbos Digs Out The ‘Sin’ Tinubu Committed Against Nigerians Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Igbos Digs Out The ‘Sin’ Tinubu Committed Against Nigerians The Deputy National Chairman of the Igbo socio- political group, Chuks Ibegbu, has accused Bola Tinubu of committing a political sin against the country. It would be recalled that Tinubu had earlier declared his ambition for running for president of Nigeria in the upcoming 2023 general election. Ibegbu, who served as the immediate past Deputy Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, claimed that Tinubu sinned by inflicting hardship on Nigerians in 2015. According to the allegations he made…