IGP Disu: Recent figures point to rising Policing
The move placed the IGP at the centre of one of the country's most consequential policing debates, how to bring policing closer to communities while maintaining national standards and accountability.
OKADA BAN: Mixed blessings in Delta
SINCE November 1,2012 when he restriction on commercial motorcycles (Okada) transportation took effect in three prime cities of Delta State, namely Asaba, the state capital, Warri and Effurun, the response has been opinionated, depending on who is speaking and his/her perception of the new development.
Political reforms for good governance, justice and peace (2)
NEBULOUS yardsticks such as school enrolment, terrain, number of hospital beds and developmental efforts should be jettisoned as they constitute avenues for fraud and corruption. Having received its fair share, every state will then be able to conduct its own affairs the way her people want.
KIDNAP THREAT SAGA GOES AWRY: The entrapment of a High Court judge’s orderly
A suspected kidnap syndicate in Delta State, allegedly with police officers as members, is presently the subject of top-secret investigations by security agencies, both in the state and Abuja. The syndicate allegedly specialised in intimidating and collecting ransom from High Court judges and other prominent citizens in the state.
3 dead, 2 missing over oil money, leadership tussle in Ugborodo
UGBORODO, which means “Dry Land in the Sea”, is an oil-rich Itsekiri community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, situated in the Escravos River estuary on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.
Eye witness account of the Kogi flood: ‘Man built hut on the roof of submerged house to escape water’
Stella Agbogun, District Governor of 404B of the Lions Club, with her team, visited the Kogi flood victims and presented food items and materials worth over N3million to them. In this encounter, she shares her team’s experience on the visit.
