JUST IN: Journalists, Media Houses To Gets Licence Information reaching Ibom Focus that Journalists, media houses To Gets Licence The Nigerian Press Council (NPC) has asked the house of representatives to enact laws to empower the council licence journalists. The executive secretary of NPC, Francis Nwosu,made the demand on Wednesday when he appeared before the house of representatives committee on information, national orientation, ethics and values. Nwosu said this will also enable the council to generate revenue for the federal government and curb unprofessionalism in the industry. Media Houses To Gets Licence “We appreciate the effort of this committee to…
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Teenager Jailed For Stealing Plastic Chairs From Church Information reaching Ibom Focus that Teenager Jailed For Stealing Plastic Chairs From Church An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court Wednesday sentenced a 19-year-old man, Lekan Alaka, to three months imprisonment for stealing plastic chairs worth N91,200 from Mount Zion Anglican Church. The police charged Alaka, whose address was not given with theft. Magistrate Olajumoke Somefun held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Somefun sentenced Alaka to three months imprisonment with an option of N100,000 fine. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, ASP Olakunle Shonibare told the court that the convict committed the offence…
Herdsman Bags Life Imprisonment For Shooting Farmers, Grazing On Farms Information reaching Ibom Focus that Herdsman Bags Life Imprisonment For Shooting Farmers, Grazing On Farms A 32-year-old herdsman, Muhammadu Abubakar, found guilty of an attempted murder, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday. According to Punch, Abubakar was prosecuted and found guilty on two counts of attempted murder and unlawful possession of firearms. The charge read in part, “On April 9, 2019, at Aba Cotonou, Omu Ekiti, in the Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State, the defendant did…
Man Land In Trouble As Police File Criminal Charges Against Him For Calling Married Woman ‘Babe’ On WhatsApp, See The Chat Information reaching Ibom Focus that Man Land In Trouble As Police File Criminal Charges Against Him For Calling Married Woman ‘Babe’ On WhatsApp The police command in Ogun has filed criminal charges against a man, Sikiru Jamiu, at the Ijebu Ode magisterial district for addressing a married woman, Opeyemi Adegbesan as “babe” in a WhatsApp chat. According to the case filed on October 20, Mr Jamiu, a resident of Ijebu Ode, committed the offence at 08:02 a.m. on September…
Kogi Residents On The Run As Gunmen Kill Many, Raze Houses Again Information reaching Ibom Focus that Kogi Residents On The Run As Gunmen Kill Many, Raze Houses Again No fewer than six persons were confirmed killed and houses razed in a sustained and coordinated attack by gunmen, in the early hours of Monday, in Bagana village, Omala Local Government Areaof Kogi State. It was recalled that a similar attack occurred barely a month ago leading to the death of about nine persons and property worth millions of naira destroyed. The attack it was gathered forced hundreds of inhabitants to…
Panic As Siblings Refuse To Bury Their Brother Who Abandoned Them And Squandered Wealth With Woman Information reaching Ibom Focus that there was serious Panic As Siblings Refuse To Bury Their Brother Who Abandoned Them And Squandered Wealth With Woman Seven siblings from Kenya have refused to bury their brother who died two years ago because he abandoned them when he was alive and squandered wealth. According to The Standard, Clement Kariuki Kiraihira died in 2019 at the age of 69 and since then his body has been lying at the Consolata Mathari Hospital mortuary in Nyeri after his brothers…
REVEALED: Police IG Set To Be Poisoned, Popular Prophet, Give Date Information reaching Ibom Focus that Police IG Set To Be Poisoned, Popular Prophet Exposes, Give Date Ghanaian Prophet has caused a stir on social media after he was spotted in a video dropping some doom prophecies on Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare. The Ghana Police Service has sent a strong warning to prophets who publicly spell doom on people especially celebrities in the country without evidence. According to Alexander Kweku Obeng, Director of Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Service, such acts are against the…
Catholic Church Moves To Close Adoration Ministries Information reaching Ibom Focus that Catholic Church Moves To Close Adoration Ministries The Catholic Church has called for an end to private prayer ministries within the mother church, warning priests to desist from it for the unity of purpose. The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos Most Rev. Alfred Adewale-Martinson, yesterday, at the unveiling of the 33rd Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests’ Association annual general meeting, said the prayer ministries distract the congregation. “The proliferation of prayer ministries in the church is wrong and should be checked for unity of purpose. The church has ways of…
Fear Grips Sokoto Residents As Bandits Impose Levies On Them, Issue Ultimatum For Payment Information reaching Ibom Focus that Fear Grips Sokoto Residents As Bandits Impose Levies On Them, Issue Ultimatum For Payment Bandits operating in the eastern part of Sokoto State have imposed levies on the locals to pay before next Friday or risk attack, Daily Trust can report. A resident of the area revealed that locals are also barred from their farms by the bandits pending payment of the prescribed levies. Daily Trust reliably gathered that some of the communities had settled the bandits while others were working…
BREAKING: Soludo To Be Arrested Over N2billion Fraud, Full Details Information reaching Ibom Focus that Soludo To Be Arrested Over N2billion Fraud …As group submit petition to EFCC Below is the petition: October 20, 2021 The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Corporate Head Quarters. Plot 301/302, Research and Institutions District: Abuja: Nigeria Dear Sir, PETITION AGAINST PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO OVER THE MISMANAGEMENT OF ABOUT N2BILLION ISUOFIA HOSPITAL PROJECT Mr. Chairman, Sir, 13 years ago(2008), Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo then Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, called for public donation for a hospital project at Isuofia in Aguata…