Category: News
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733 FIREFIGHTERS PROMOTED IN FCT: MORALE SKYROCKETS FOR FASTER RESCUES
Picture 733 firefighters stepping up ranks in one massive ceremony—FCT Fire Service boss Suleiman Anas says this unprecedented boost will ignite supercharged emergency responses across Abuja. At Thursday’s Kubwa HQ decoration, Anas hailed the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Board’s December 2025 promotions as the command’s biggest ever: 3 Chief Superintendents to Assistant Controllers,…
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NIGERIAN PASTOR FREED FROM BENIN JAIL HORROR AFTER 2+ YEARS IN CHAINS
Ever seen a chained cleric wasting away in a foreign hospital bed go viral and spark diplomatic fury? Pastor Benjamin Egbaji, Cross River businessman, just walked free Thursday thanks to Benin President Patrice Talon’s pardon—Nigeria’s relentless pressure paid off. Minister of State Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu confirmed the Dec. 17 amnesty followed her August 2025 Cotonou hospital…
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TINUBU MOURNS CHIMAMANDA’S HEARTBREAK: SHARED GRIEF OVER SON’S SUDDEN LOSS
No parent should endure burying their child—President Bola Tinubu, speaking from personal sorrow, extended deep sympathies Thursday to literary powerhouse Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, her husband Dr. Ivara Esege, and family after the devastating death of their son, Nkanu Nnamdi. Tinubu called the loss “incomparable pain,” drawing from his own tragedies: “As a parent myself who…
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FMC ABUJA IN TEARS: NURSE STAR SLAIN, DUMPED BY ROADSIDE
Heartbreak at Federal Medical Centre Abuja—a shining 28-year-old nurse vanished after her Saturday shift, only to turn up dead Sunday near Bolingo Hotel Junction, sparking hospital-wide grief and safety fears. Chinemerem Chuwumeziem, 2025’s Best Nurse from Imo State, clocked out at 6:13 p.m. per CCTV—last seen alive. Family panic led frantic searches; police found her…
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ICE OFFICER SHOOTS POET MOM DEAD IN MINNESOTA ICE RAID CHAOS
Picture this: a Minneapolis mom and award-winning poet blocking an ICE roadblock during a Trump deportation sweep—next thing, shots ring out, she’s dead from a head wound, sparking citywide fury and protests. The 37-year-old white U.S. citizen mother of three (ages 6,12,15) was in her vehicle when an ICE officer approached on foot; car moved,…
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FMC ABEOKUTA DOCTORS’ TOTAL STRIKE LOOMS MONDAY OVER FG’S BROKEN PROMISES
Hospitals turning ghost towns again? Abeokuta’s resident doctors just issued an ultimatum—total shutdown Monday unless Federal Government pays up on welfare deals, with “No Implementation, No Going Back” their battle cry. ARD President Dr. Quadri Olanipekun dropped the bombshell Thursday after Wednesday’s emergency huddle reviewed NARD’s stalled MoU on 19 demands: promotion/salary arrears delays, skipped…
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GERMAN PRESIDENT BLASTS TRUMP: U.S. SMASHING GLOBAL ORDER
Imagine a top European leader openly slamming the U.S. as turning the world into a “den of robbers”—German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier just did exactly that, torching Donald Trump’s foreign policy in a fiery Berlin speech. Steinmeier likened U.S. moves—like Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro’s recent ousting—to Russia’s Crimea grab and Ukraine invasion, calling it a “second…
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CHINESE SCIENTISTS UNLEASH ALLERGY CELLS AGAINST CANCER
Ever thought your allergy-triggering mast cells could become cancer’s worst nightmare? Chinese researchers just flipped the script, engineering these immune warriors to spark inflammation right inside tumors, waking up the body’s defenses. Zhejiang University and First Hospital of China Medical University teams modified mast cells with cancer-targeting antibodies, turning them into tumor-seeking missiles that unleash…
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EBONYI POLICE HEROES SNATCH 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM KIDNAPPERS’ CLAWS
Imagine heartless thugs posing as customers, snatching a little girl from her mum’s shop and demanding N50 million—Ebonyi cops just turned nightmare into triumph, rescuing her unhurt Tuesday. Mrs. Obasi Daberechi reported her 6-year-old daughter missing January 6 from Onuebonyi, Abakaliki shop. Rapid Response Squad tracked the monsters to Agogboriga Layout hideout through relentless detective…
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ONDO POLICE HEROES RESCUE DISABLED DAD KIDNAPPED ON BIKE WITH FAMILY
Picture a family cruising on a motorcycle when armed bandits strike, snatching a physically challenged father—heart-stopping drama turned triumph as Ondo cops swooped in for a bush-chasing rescue. Jimoh Isah (25) got ambushed Wednesday at 4:10 p.m. on Ifira-Isua Akoko Road, Akoko South-East LGA, while riding with wife Esther (22) and son. Isua Divisional Police…
