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  A non-verbal 6-year-old Tennessee girl was discovered deceased today aboard a Tennessee Day Care bus after being forgotten and left to suffer through the sweltering afternoon heat. Local business owners nearby described anguished screams from in front of Kids University in Cordova, Tennessee, on Thursday, August 13th. Only moments before, an employee had made a heartbreaking discovery as they prepared to take children home for the day.  Winter Jones was found unresponsive inside of the bus. She had somehow been overlooked as children were unloaded earlier that day. Temps in the Memphis area rose to 100 degrees as Winter slowly succumbed to the effects of the sweltering heat. Paramedics arrived on the scene this afternoon around 3:30 p.m.; Winter was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced deceased upon arrival.  Winter's stunned and grieving loved ones are left behind wondering how this could have happened.  Authorities are hoping to provide those answ...

 ANAMBRA SECURITY: CP NNANNA’S INTELLIGENCE-LED STRATEGY UNCOVERS PLOT TO MURDER CITIZEN AND TAKE OVER LANDED PROPERTIES; FOUR SUSPECTS ARRESTED, TWO FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION RECOVERED IN UKWULU The Anambra State Police Command has uncovered an alleged plot to murder a citizen and unlawfully take over his landed properties in Ukwulu, Dunukofia Local Government Area, following the strategic intelligence emplacement of the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnanna Oji Ama, psc, mnips. The breakthrough was recorded on the evening of 12th August 2026, when operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu, in collaboration with Agunechemba security personnel attached to Amichi, Nnewi, acting on credible intelligence, swiftly moved and disrupted the alleged criminal plot. The operation led to the arrest of four suspects identified as Obiora Nwankwo, male, 38 years; Chiadikobi Okoye, male, 36 years; Emmanuel Mboko, male, 42 years; and Ifeanyi Obi, male, 37 years respectively. The suspects were...

 CDCFIB RECRUITMENT EXERCISE ONGOING; MINISTRY OF INTERIOR DISOWNS PRESS RELEASE OF SUSPENSION AS FAKE REPORT The Ministry of Interior has disowned a fake press release circulating on social media and messaging platforms, purporting to announce the suspension of the ongoing Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board recruitment exercise. In a statement, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Magdalene Ajani, says the document, dated August 11 and titled “CDCFIB Recruitment Update”, was falsely attributed to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and did not originate from the Ministry, the Minister’s office, or the CDCFIB. The Ministry states that the document is fake, unauthorised and fraudulent, stressing that the Minister neither signed nor issued the purported statement. The Ministry also clarifies that no decision has been made to defer the recruitment exercise until after the 2027 general election. The Ministry of Interior confirms that...

 INEC ANNOUNCES 1.9 MILLION PVCs COLLECTED IN OSUN GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION Ahead of the Saturday Osun State Governorship, Election the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that out of the total of 2,339,233 registered voters in the State, 1,906,390 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collected by registered voters across the State. This represents 81.50 per cent. A statement by the National Commissioner / Chairman, Information and Voter education committee Mohammed Kudu Haruna says the figure represents 81.50 per cent of the registered voters and that the remaining 426,842 PVCs, representing 18.50 per cent, have been safely deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in line with the Commission’s established practice. It notes that some persons with damaged, defaced, or lost PVCs applied for replacement of their cards. A total of 6,101 among those who applied printed downloadable copies of their PVCs, adding that the table of the PVCs collected, Polling Unit ...

 STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU VOWS TO REVIVE THE REFINERIES AFTER A RESET, WELCOMES VALIDATION OF REFORMS BY NUPENG   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, said refineries will not be allowed to waste away, given the huge investments made over many years, assuring that in-depth research, restructuring, and leadership will reposition them to deliver value and profit.   President Tinubu stated this when he received the National Executive of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), led by its National President, Comrade Salimon Akanni Oladiti, at the State House.   The President, while responding to a request by NUPENG to revive the nation's oil refineries, explained that the challenges confronting the refineries would be addressed through a systematic, evidence-based approach rather than short-term interventions. According to him, the Federal Government will encourage detailed research and technical assessments to iden...