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Nigerian Police Dismiss  A Sergeant For  Allegedly Killing Undergraduate In Bayelsa According to Punch reports, the Police Command in Bayelsa State has dismissed a sergeant Timadi Emmanuel, who allegedly shot and killed Tariela Nikadae, a 20-year-old undergraduate of Petro-Chemical Engineering, Niger Delta University, Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that on Nov. 23, Sgt. Emmanuel, attached to a patrol team in Akenfa Division, while on patrol on Tenacious Road, Edepie, Yenagoa, allegedly shot Nikadae dead. DSP Asinim Butswat, Spokesman for the command, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa on Wednesday that the policeman would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded. “The Bayelsa Police Command regrets the unfortunate incident involving a police officer and a resident of Tenacious Road, Edepie, Yenagoa. “The policeman has been dismissed after preliminary investigations into the incident as he would be prosecuted as soon as i

JUST IN: President Buhari Reduces UTME And SSCE Forms Cost                                                                                      President Muhammadu Buhari Accord to reports coming from Punch,  President Muhammadu Buhari has reduced the cost of forms for some terminal examinations like the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, organised by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Examination Council, as well as the Basic Education Certificate Examination. This was revealed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, after the Federal Executive Council meeting in State House, Abuja. According to Tolu Ogunlesi, the Head of Digital Communications for President Buhari, on his Twitter handle, @toluogunlesi, who shared the news, the reduction will take effect from January 2019. He tweeted, “President Buhari has approved the reduction in the cost of Forms for JAMB UTME, NECO SSCE and the

A Guard  Hangs Self On The Railing At Ekiti State Secretariat Over Dept     A 49-year-old night guard with Ekiti State Scholarship Board, Abolarin Olaoye, hanged himself inside the State Secretariat in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. The dangling body of the father of five and native of Igogo Ekiti in Moba Local Government area of the state was discovered on Wednesday morning when workers at the state secretariat resumed work. Civil servants gather around the spot of the incident and talked about  the horrible twist of event for the man they described as jovial and amiable while alive.   While speaking to a correspondent, the deceased's sister-in-law, Mrs Elizabeth Babalola, said Olaoye, a native of Igogo Ekiti, Moba Local Government area of the state, came to her around 4.30pm on Tuesday and lamented the acute financial problems he had been encountering of recent.   She said: “He came to me around 4.30pm on Tuesday and started lamenting that his house rent

President Buhari Arrives Maiduguri For COAS Conference                                                                      Buhari arrives Borno for COAS conference. President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Maiduguri to declare open the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference holding in Borno State. It was originally scheduled to hold in Edo State, but was moved to Borno state, in the wake of the attack on three military bases in Metele by Boko Haram terrorists. Bashir Ahmad, Buhari’s New Media aide shared photos of the president’s arrival at the Maiduguri International Airport.