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Jul

2025

Job Alert! FG Announces Recruitment Into Four Paramilitary Agencies From July 14

NEWS#HarmonizedSchemeofService, #NigeriaImmigrationService, #NigerianCorrectionalService, #NSCDC, #Paramilitary

Job Alert! FG Announces Recruitment Into Four Paramilitary Agencies From 14 The Federal Government has announced July 14, 2025, as the official date for the commencement of recruitment into the four paramilitary agencies under the Federal Ministry of Interior. The Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the disclosure through the Board Secretary, Major General Abdulmalik Jibrin (Rtd), in a communiqué released in Abuja. According to the statement, the recruitment portal will open on Monday, July 14, 2025, for applications into the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Nigeria…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

5-year-old boy dies in hot car as mother thought she took him to day care

METRO#ChiefWilliamMcManus, #Daycare, #LipFiller, #PinnacleKidsAcademy, #SanAntonioPolice

5-year-old boy dies in hot car as mother thought she took him to day care A 5-year-old boy was confirmed dead strapped at the back seat of his mother's car, after his mother thought she dropped him off at day care. According to the San Antonio Police Department, a 5-year-old boy died after being abandoned in a hot car, and his mother “fully” thought the child was in day care, but oblivious that he was still in the back seat. The 22-years-old young mum, says she usually leaves her 5-year-old son off at Pinnacle Kids’ Academy in San Antonio for…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

UNIZIK Law student dies as hostel mistress refuses her access to insulin over N120,000 fee

METRO#Insulin, #NnamdiAzikiweUniversity, #NnamdiAzikiweUniversityTeachingHospital’s, #Unizik

UNIZIK Law student dies as hostel mistress denied her access to insulin over N120,000 fee The hostel mistress of Nnamdi Aziz University has taken to her heels, to a yet to be identified destination, after bluntly refusing to allow some students access to their dying colleague's insulin, a Law student, over unpaid fees of the sum of one hundred and twenty thousand naira (N120,000), which eventually led to the death of the latter. Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, are demanding justice following the tragic death of Ajana Isabella, a law student who reportedly died after being denied urgent…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

JUST IN: NELFUND Resumes Disbursement Of Students’ Upkeep Allowance

NEWS#Nelfund, #NigerianEducationLoanFund

JUST IN: NELFUND Resumes Disbursement Of Students’ Upkeep Allowance*Clears 3,600 Unpaid Students The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has resumed disbursement of upkeep allowances to student beneficiaries who recently updated their bank details from digital wallet platforms to conventional commercial bank accounts. This move follows previous delays attributed to compatibility issues with digital only banking servicesThe body describes the development as a major breakthrough in addressing the backlog of unpaid allowances, noting that over 3,600 affected students have now received their outstanding payments after completing the required update on the NELFUND portal. Students experiencing similar issues have been advised to…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

David Mark’s NWC reacts to alleged plot to hijack ADC

POLITICS#ADC, #ADCNWC, #DavidMark

David Mark’s NWC reacts to alleged plot to hijack ADC David Mark’s National Working Committee (NWC) says it is not planning to hijack the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The National Working Committee of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), led by Interim National Chairman David Mark, has pledged to the state chairmen that they will be fully involved in the opposition coalition aiming to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election. The Committee gave the assurance at a strategic meeting held on Thursday between the ADC NWC, state chairmen, and selected stakeholders at the Abuja residence of the interim chairman.…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Did Tinubu secretly send Shettima to visit Buhari in London hospital? Find out

NEWS#BolaAhmedTinubu, #MohammaduBuhari, #PresidentBuhari'sillness, #ShettimaKashim

Did Tinubu secretly send Shettima to visit Buhari in London hospital? Find out It has been alleged that President Bola Tinubu deployed his deputy, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, to visit former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London hospital on Monday. This was disclosed by sources privy to the surreptitious trip. According to reports, the former president has been ill for a while, as first reported by Empowered Newswire, but is believed to be recuperating. Shettima had been in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the invitation of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, to attend the official launch of the East African country’s…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Customs intercept container of donkey genitals on Kaduna–Abuja road

METRO#Donkeygenitals, #Interception, #NigeriaCustomsService

Customs intercept container of donkey genitals on Kaduna–Abuja road Nigeria Customs Service agents, yesterday, halted a 40-foot container conveying donkey parts on the Kaduna–Abuja Motorway. This was disclosed to newsmen during a press conference, yesterday, Thursday, 10, in Abuja, by Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CG). After a coordinated surveillance operation by personnel from the Special Wildlife Office and Customs Intelligence Unit, the contents of the container—which were suspected of being headed for illegal export—were discovered on Friday, June 5, 2025, at approximately 9 p.m. The CG, who was accompanied by Abdullahi Maiwada, the Service’s National Public Relations…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Goosebumps , As Man, 63 rapes 14-year-old boy, gifts him $50 bill compensation

CRIME, METRO#Arraignment, #QueensCriminalCourt, #Rape, #VirgilioTaveras

Goosebumps , As Man, 63 rapes 14-year-old boy, gifts him $50 bill compensation Authorities have expressed worries over a sad incident involving a sick man who may have victimised more minors after he allegedly raped a 14-year-old boy and gave him a $50 cash as a compensation for the upsetting encounter. According to the criminal complaint, Virgilio Taveras, 63, enticed the adolescent into his car and $•£•×•ually att@cked him near the intersection of 175th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, at approximately 1 p.m…. The sick man who was identified as Virgilio Taveras, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

How I lost my leg doing pedicure, Nigerian man wails *A must read

METRO#Amputation, #Himalayansalt, #King’sHospitalLondon, #OlubiyiJibowu, #Pedicure, #Selfmedication

How I lost my leg doing pedicure, Nigerian man wails*A must read A Nigerian man has narrated how hw lost one of his legs after a home pedicure went wrong. A Nigerian man who gave himself a pedicure at home had to have his leg amputated when the treatment went wrong. Olubiyi Jibowu said he ran a bath, added Himalayan salt and soaked his feet, but the 57-year-old didn’t realise how hot the water was until he pulled his feet out and saw angry blisters all over them. Instead of seeing a doctor, he treated the burns himself with Dettol,…

Jul

2025

By Famous Reporters

Senate approves N200m compensation for Family of 2 year old killed by stray bullet fired by NDLEA official in Delta

NATIONAL NEWS#Compensation, #IGPKayodeAdeoluEgbetokun, #IvanOnoseOmhonrina, #NationalDrugLawEnforcementAgency, #NDLEA, #SenateCommitteeonEthics, #SenatorNedaImaseun, #Straybullet

Senate approves N200m compensation for Family of 2 year old killed by stray bullet fired by NDLEA official in Delta The sum of N200 million has been approved for the family of the 2-years-old baby, Ivan Onose Omhonrina, who was accidentally shot de@d during a raid on a notorious drug joint by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Delta State on July 13, 2023. The Senate gave the approval during the plenary today, when the matter came up following a petition submitted by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Senator Neda Imaseun. Part of…