Crime

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Comrade Bunmi Ojo, has been shot dead. Unidentified gunmen, Friday evening, shot the politician in the state, barely two months to the inauguration of the Governor-elect Dr. Kayode Fayemi. Details of the assassination are yet to get to the public.

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Ahead of the 2019 elections , Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Seriake Dickson on Monday, called on law enforcement agents to guard against the politicization of security, in order not to undermine the prevailing peace in the state. Governor Dickson made the call, when the new Bayelsa State Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Mrs. Christiana Omanu Abiakam paid …

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 By Amos Okioma A set  of male twin toddlers  have been kidnapped by a middle-aged man at the Ekeki Motor Park area of Yenagoa, the state capital. It was gathered that the kidnapper, who drove in a black jeep, had parked near the corner where Mrs Modupe Joseph, the mother of the victims, Taiwo and Kehinde roasts corn with her …

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From Amos Okioma The management of the Nigeria Police School in Bayelsa state  has expressed worry over the infrastructures decay which is adversely affecting the school conducive learning environment and called on the authorities concerned to come to their aids. The Head Teacher , Nwosu Peter Chigozie stated this in his address on the 7th Graduation / Prize Giving Day …

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…Alleges Plot To Cause Insecurity, Destabilize State From Amos Okioma The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), has raised the alarm over the recent decision of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to post four Commissioners of Police to Bayelsa State in less than two weeks. The Secretary General of the IYC, Mr. Alfred Kemepado, said in a statement on …

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From Amos Okioma The Federal Government must redouble its effort to ensure the national integration of Nigerians, in order to curb some of the challenges faced by the country, the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has said. ‎He spoke in Yenagoa, while delivering a keynote address at the 8thExecutive Committee of the Supreme Council for Non-Indigenes in …

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Chinese police have cracked down on an online pyramid scheme involving 10.2 billion yuan ($1.5bn) and over 220,000 investors, local authorities said Wednesday. Police in Meishan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, caught 82 suspects, who established hundreds of shell companies and 28 fake industrial chains in the fields of construction materials, agriculture, mining, and media to woo investors with the promise of high returns. …

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The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to address the crisis between farmers and herders, warning that if left unchecked, it would exert inflationary pressure on the economy. The committee expressed this concern in a communique issued at the end of its two-day meeting held at the headquarters of the …

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Boko Haram leader,Abubakar Shekau, has appeared in a new video released Sunday afternoon by his group. Journalist with source among the dreaded sect, Ahmad Salkida,revealed this in his Twitter handle, adding that the release was to dispell rumours of ill health of Shekau. Watch this space for more details.

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Four policemen attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad Ikeja, Lagos (SARS) have been dismissed from the Force. Assistant Inspector General in charge of Zone 2 Command, AIG Adamu Ibrahim, upheld the recommendation of police disciplinary body that recommended their dismissal. The four have also been charged to court on offences of Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, Unlawful Detention, Intimidation and Threatening …

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