The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has disclosed that the Federal Government has not directed it to refund the N1000 it collected from about 693,000 applicants that entered for the NIS job. Public Relations Officer of the NIS, Emeka Obua, informed Punch that such a directive can only come from the FG to the Minister of…
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Boko Haram Bombs Borno Market, 17 Killed
Members of the dreaded Islamic group called Boko Haram have murdered not less than 17 persons in an attack in Borno, AFP reports. The latest blast occurred on Thursday at a market in Nguro-Soye, Borno State. A local police chief, Lawan Tanko, told the agency on Sunday that the blast affected telecom towers, which caused…
Ekiti 2014: Fayose Emerges PDP Flag-Bearer
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, will now have another chance to return to the Ako-Ekiti Government House later in 2014. The politician, on Saturday, emerged winner of the primary conducted by the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for all its aspirants, following difficulty in persuading its 16 aspirants in picking…
National Confab: 2000 NSCDC Personnel Provide Security
No fewer than 2000 officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have been deployed to venue of the ongoing National Conference holding in Abuja. The conference was declared opened by President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday and the venue and its environs was also declared as a no-go-area for criminal, hoodlums or any…
Minister Blames Victims For Recruitment Tragedy
Nigeria’s Interior Minister, Abba Moro, on Saturday, said that those who died in Saturday’s stampede across the country during the Nigeria Immigration Service aptitude test should be blamed for their untimely death because of their “impatience”. Moro made this disclosure in Jos, Plateau State, while reacting to the unfortunate incident, which claimed the lives of…
Sanusi Responds To Financial Recklessness Allegations
Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has reacted to allegations of financial recklessness levied against him by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRCN, which led to his removal from office in February 2014 by President Goodluck Jonathan. In a lengthy letter made available to the media, Sanusi carefully…
Army Picks 7 Terrorists, Weapons From Boko Haram Camps
The Nigerian Army said that it has captured a large collection of arms and ammunition as well as some money from the camps of Boko Haram group after the military engaged the terrorists in gun battles on Friday night. This information was contained in a statement signed on Saturday in Abuja by the Director of…
NIS Recruitment: 3 Pregnant Women, 4 Others Perish In Edo, Rivers
Three pregnant women were on Saturday killed in Benin City, Edo State in a stampede that occurred during the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, recruitment exercise which held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. Over 20,000 applicants stormed the stadium to write an aptitude test put together by the immigration authorities. Trouble reportedly started at the stadium…
12 Immigration Job-Seekers Die In Abuja Stampede
Reports reaching Aproko247 indicates that no fewer than 12 persons have been feared dead in a stampede that occurred at the National Stadium in Abuja on Saturday morning. The deceased and several others had gone to the stadium to write an aptitude test organised by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, for those seeking employment into…
Northern Elders Want Probe Of Alleged Service Chiefs' Insubordination
The Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF, has urged the National Assembly to look into the alleged insubordination by the nation’s Service Chiefs to the Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gusau, earlier this week. The appeal was made by the group’s Deputy Leader, Paul Unongo, while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Friday. NEF noted that the purported…