1. The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB, has requested candidates who reached the oral interview stage of its ongoing recruitment train to test the portal on October 28 to know their standing. It mentioned the portal will stay open till November 13.
2. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has directed businesses underneath his ministry to intensify public training and consciousness campaigns following the affirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease, EVD case within the Federal Capital Territory. The businesses embody the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN and the Voice of Nigeria, VON.
3. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has mentioned that President Bola Tinubu’s financial reforms, together with the devaluation of the naira worsened poverty in Nigeria. He spoke on Wednesday on the Financial Times Africa summit 2026 in London, United Kingdom, UK. According to him, the sharp decline within the naira’s worth had impoverished Nigerians and contributed to the nation’s place because the world’s poverty capital.
4. No fewer than six individuals, together with three members of the identical household, have died in a street accident involving a FishEye Wagon carrying about 9 passengers alongside the Tambuwal-Sokoto street in Sokoto State. A1 wagon, travelling from Tambuwal to Sokoto, collided with a trailer, in accordance to individuals conversant in the incident.
5. Veteran Nollywood actor, Francis Duru, has died on the age of 57 following a short sickness, his household has introduced. The household introduced his demise in an announcement posted on the actor’s official Instagram web page within the early hours of Friday, expressing appreciation to followers and well-wishers for his or her prayers and assist.
6. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has demanded the fast publication of the preliminary voters’ register, warning that the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission to show the checklist on-line might undermine confidence within the 2027 common election. Atiku, in an announcement on Thursday, mentioned Nigerians had been entitled to examine the register, problem questionable entries and proper omissions earlier than the election.
7. The International Criminal Police Organisation has arrested two suspects in Nigeria in separate investigations into cybercrime, together with a world funding fraud scheme linked to greater than $2.4m in suspected legal proceeds. The arrests had been disclosed in an announcement on Operation Serengeti III, a cybercrime enforcement operation.
8. The Edo State Government has demolished buildings allegedly used for ritual actions and cult-related crimes following the arrest of two suspects within the state’s renewed crackdown on criminality. The authorities demolished a bungalow and 4 boys’ quarters at Uwalor-Oke in Uromi, allegedly utilized by a suspected ritualist, Ebhata Eromosele. Another constructing linked to cult-related actions within the Ewatto was additionally pulled down.
9. The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has mentioned his social gathering requested to use the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for its marketing campaign council inauguration as a result of the ruling All Progressives Congress held political occasions on the venue. Sowore, who spoke at an Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria occasion on Thursday, mentioned the AAC needed opposition events to take pleasure in the identical alternative to use the ability because the APC.
10. The National Economic Council, NEC, has endorsed a 90-day emergency financial motion plan geared toward lowering the price of residing, making meals extra inexpensive and accelerating the supply of tasks that can straight enhance the welfare of Nigerians. The Council additionally accepted the institution of a nationwide dashboard to monitor authorities tasks throughout the federation and guarantee transparency and accountability within the utilisation of proceeds from the removing of petrol subsidy.
