BREAKING: Soldiers Kill Many ISWAP/Boko Haram Terrorists In Sambisa Forest, Destroy Gunboats Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Soldiers Kill Many ISWAP/Boko Haram Terrorists In Sambisa Forest, Destroy Gunboats Several members of the Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP) and Boko Haram have been killed in an encounter with troops of Operation Hadin Kai, Nigeria’s counter-terrorism operation in the North-East. Army spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, a Brigadier General, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According to him, the terrorists were killed in two different operations. The statement read, “Joint troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have continued to intensify their onslaught…
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Real Reason Why Presidency Ordered Raid On Home Of Justice Mary Odili Ibom Focus brings to you Real Reason Why Presidency Ordered Raid On Home Of Justice Mary Odili Less than three years after assuming office as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Ibrahim Muhammad may be removed. Meanwhile, the plot by some Presidency cabal members who are dissatisfied with Muhammad’s style of leadership in the judiciary is connected to the current travails of Justice Mary Odili, wife of a former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, sources said. It was also learnt that the plot to remove Muhammad…
BREAKING: Police, NSCDC In Serious Fight Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Police, NSCDC In Serious Fight The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has disputed the Zamfara State Police Command’s claim that its joint security team overpowered some bandits who attacked security operatives in the state. The spokesperson for the police command, Muhammad Shehu, had said that on October 28, a joint police and civil defence team deployed along Kaura Namoda–Shinkafi Road were ambushed by suspected bandits who came in a large number. According to the police, which had sought to downplay the bandits’ attack, after several hours…
Nigeria Has Never Been This Bad, Atiku Blasts Buhari Atiku Blasts Buhari says Nigeria Has Never Been This Bad Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Saturday, slammed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government for what he termed its poor management of the nation’s economy. Atiku who stated this at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP national elective convention in Abuja, scored the All Progressives Congress, APC government low on virtually all development indices said President Buhari simply failed to make the most of the opportunity Nigerians availed him of when he was first elected in 2015 and again in 2019. Atiku Blasts Buhari…
Reinstate Worker Sacked In 2008 With Immediate Effect, Senate Tells Mint Senate Tells Mint to Reinstate Worker Sacked In 2008 With Immediate Effect The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has directed the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc to reinstate a worker sacked in 2008, Philip Kemdel, and pay him all his salaries and other entitlements over the years within two weeks. The panel said NSPM had no moral justification to sack the innocent Nigerian. Senate Tells Mint The decision of the Senate panel was sequel to a petition laid on the floor of the red chamber…
BREAKING: Soyinka Arrested, Full Details Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Soyinka Arrested Ibom Focus reports that two men, who claimed to be herbalists, Ajisafe Toheeb and Ogundayo Usman were on Friday, arrested by operatives of the Ibadan zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over their alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud, popularly known as “Yahoo Yahoo.” The two self acclaimed herbalists The duo was arrested alongside twenty twenty-four others, four of whom claimed to be students of Lead City University. A statement issued by EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said already twenty two of…
DOCUMENTS: How Ex-Nigerian Navy Director On Wanted List For Corruption Illegally Renewed International Passport, Sneaked Into Nigeria Ibom Focus brings to you How Ex-Nigerian Navy Director On Wanted List For Corruption Illegally Renewed International Passport, Sneaked Into Nigeria A former Director of Nigerian Navy Accounts, Rear Admiral Tahir Yusuf (retd.), on the wanted list of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sneaked back into the country using an illegally obtained international passport, SaharaReporters has gathered. The EFCC had accused Yusuf of stealing N2billion belonging to the Nigerian government while serving as Director of Nigerian Navy Accounts. Navy Director…
Past Governments To Blame For The Followings Not Buhari – Adesina Femi Adesina says Past Governments To Blame For The Followings Not Buhari The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says the going of Nigerian economy into recession in 2016 was “inevitable” and past governments, not the Muhammadu Buhari-led government, should be blamed for it. Adesina stated this on Friday in a post, adding that the former governments did not have a will to save the country’s resources. He said, “At the economic front, of course, it came in 2015 when things were on a…
Commissioner Resigns To Protest Govt Sacking Civil Servants Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Commissioner Resigns To Protest Govt Sacking Civil Servants Enugu State Commissioner of Land and Urban Development Victor Nnam has relinquished his position two years into his appointment as commissioner. The commissioner in the resignation letter addressed to state governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Friday said his resignation was in response to the harsh sack of the professional heads of departments in his ministry. Mr Nnam also claimed that the governor refused to assent to his proposal for a Geometric Information System, GIS, land administration, an initiative he…
Buhari’s Day Of Reckoning Has Come – Obasanjo Blows Hot, Exposes Top Secret Obsanjo says Buhari’s Day Of Reckoning Has Come Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has taken a swipe at the Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency, saying its day of reckoning has come because it failed to listen to the people. Obasanjo also called for the creation of state police as a measure to tackle the ravaging insecurity in the country. The former president made the call while delivering his speech at a lecture titled, “Social responsibility in nation building,” to mark the 78th anniversary of Island Club in Lagos on Friday.…