Report reaching Aproko247 has it that former militants in Rivers State have unleashed terror on law abiding residents of the state. An eyewitness claimed the ex-militants have also taken over Mbiama junction, barricading the area and leaving many to run to safety. Some parts of Rivers State were not left out by the militants. Aproko247 gathered…
Following the unfortunate death of a Police officer, ASP Mathew Akpos, allegedly killed by operatives of the State Command Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, earlier this month, and ensuing protests by aggrieved citizens, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has called for calm as the Police authorities has waded into the matter to ensure that justice…
An alleged leader of some militants in Bayelsa State has been apprehended by operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. The suspect identified as Suoyo Nathan, was said to be the man who led others to the bombing of the Tebidaba-Brass pipelines in the state recently. According to reports, operatives are still…
Aproko247 has learnt that the absence of the judge handling the trial of alleged abductor of 14-year-old Ese Oruru, Yunusa Dahiru, also known as Yellow, stalled it on Thursday, June 2, 2016. The matter is presently before Justice Aliya Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Ese was allegedly kidnapped by Yunusa…
Workers in Bayelsa State have been assured by the state government that backlog of their salaries would be paid. This assurance was given after a meeting between top government officials and labour leaders in the state, which was presided over by the Deputy Governor, Gboribiogha John Jonah. Jonah disclosed that the state government was working…
Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Bayelsa State, Jonathan Obuebite, has appealed to journalists in the state to support the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson, disclosed that the government will operate an open door policy in the dissemination of information to the media and the general public. Obuebite, while addressing newsmen in Yenagoa on Monday,…
There are currently ripples in Bayelsa State over the letter purportedly written by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Peter Ogunyanwo to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson on threats of security breach due to the refusal of the House of Assembly to swear-in three opposition elected lawmakers. Ogunyanwo had received a letter from the three…
The abductor of 14-year-old girl, Ese Oruru, Yunusa Dahiru, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court judge in Bayelsa. Yunusa, fondly called Yellow, was taken to court on Monday on a five-count charge. He is being accused of abduction, illicit $ex and unlawful canal knowledge among others of a minor at the court sitting…
Following public criticisms that trailed the abduction of a 14-year-old girl from Bayelsa State allegedly by a Kano-based man, the Emir of Kano, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, has ordered the girl to be returned to her parents. The girl, Ese Oruru, was allegedly kidnapped by one Yunusa of Kura local government area of Kano State about…
Gunmen have abducted one Madam Ebifeghe Dikoro on Thursday in Bayelsa State, Aproko247 has learnt. The victim is the mother of Wilberforce Igiri, who is the running mate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the state, Timipre Sylva. She was reportedly kidnapped by some unknown hoodlums and whisked away to an undisclosed…