Month: August 2021

Kogi Security operatives kill kidnap kingpin ,arrests kidnap agents

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The Kogi state security operatives in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State on Saturday killed a Kidnap kingpin in a gun duel. He was once reported to have kidnapped his own farther and collected a Ransom of 4 million naira The deceased criminal was known for his numerous ventures of kidnapping and armed robbery and had always being in the eyes of the law enforcement agency but unfortunately met his waterloo when encountered by security operatives in the area Similarly, a combined operation led by Olamaboro Local Government Chairman,…

Mala Buni and those the gods want to destroy By Festus Adedayo

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Sometimes, the writer could wear the apparel of Nostradamus. In a May 2, 2021 piece I entitled, Buni and APC’S 40 years in power grandstanding, I sounded a note of warning that unless Yobe State Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC’s) Interim National Chairman, Mai Mala Buni, excused himself from the atypical dual office he holds, his party could be digging its own grave. Since he came on board the party in June, 2020, riding on the crest of a welter of condemnations against erstwhile party chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, whose…

JUST IN: IGP orders suspension of DCP Abba Kyari … as 4-Man Special Investigation panel begins probe

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Sequel to FBI indictment ,the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has recommended the immediate suspension of DCP Abba Kyari, the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), from the Service of the Nigeria Police Force, pending the outcome of an ongoing internal investigations touching on him. The IGP, in his letter to the Police Service Commission, dated 31st July, 2021, noted that the recommendation for the suspension of the officer, was in line with the internal disciplinary processes of the Force. The IGP further noted that the…

Not So Super! By Olaleye Olawale

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It’s fine that some people are disposed to giving DCP Abba Kyari some benefit of the doubt. I do too, just that some things are not adding up for me. Besides, I also believe the FBI wouldn’t pick on him if it had not concluded findings beyond all doubts. But, let’s play the Devil’s Advocate, perhaps for debate purposes. I want to assume for this fleeting moment that Kyari’s response was the truth as far as his involvement with Hushpuppi was concerned. Of course, that too has thrown up concerns.…

Abba Kyari and His Red Flags of Vulgar Exhibitionism By Farooq A. Kperogi

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Twitter: @farooqkperogi Although there is no art to decipher the cunning of crooked cops, DCP Abba Kyari gave us many red flags to cause us to be suspicious of his policing, but many people ignored it. I, for one, have an abiding suspicion of people who are given to gratuitous self-congratulation and ostentation, who are aggressively self-promotional, and who perpetually have a need to invite the public to witness their good deeds. I think excessive showiness often betrays an inner emptiness at best and an artful concealment of untoward impulses…

APC Congress: Stakeholders affirm new ward excos in Gudi, as Nasarawa adopts consensus

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Stakeholders in Gudi ward of Akwanga Local Government Area, have affirmed newly elected ward executives under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), signalling the commencement of the party’s ward congresses in the state. Chairman of the State Ward Congress Committee, Abdullahi Garba Abbas, supervised the affirmation of the Gudi electoral ward new executives, on Saturday. Abbas commended the unity among members and supporters of the ruling APC, for adopting the consensus mode for the ward congress, stressing that, Nasarawa State is setting the trend for other states across…

Ward Congress :Gov Bello lauds peaceful process, hails party members

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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has commended All Progressive Congress members across the 239 wards of the state over what he described as a peaceful and orderly conducted party ward congress The Governor also described the exercise as transparent, democratic and wholly the expression of the party faithfuls all across the state Governor Bello disclosed that the party membership in the state has increased significantly after the 2019 Governorship election adding that the people believe in the APC led administration in the state He noted that the party in Kogi…