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Police Officer Allegedly Shoots Corps Member Dead And Injures Other After An Argument In Bayelsa (PHOTOS)
A police officer attached to a bank around the Ekeki Are of Yenagoa in Bayelsa State has allegedly shot and killed a serving member of the Nigeria Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday 6th January.
A Peace Mass Transit Bus driver was also shot by the police, leaving him seriously injured.
The policeman serving with a commercial bank in Yenagoa had a misunderstanding with a driver of a commercial bus over parking rights. According to an eyewitness, the Peace Mass Transit bus had parked in front of the bank to drop off passengers, after arriving from Abakaliki. But the officer disapproves of this and it led to an argument.
During the argument, the officer was said to have allegedly fired two shots at the driver. The driver was hit and a corps member was hit.
The corps member died at the scene while Doctors are still battling to save the life of the driver at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa
In a reprisal attack, irate Nigerians attacked the bank and vandalized properties at the bank premises.
However, the Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested the Police Mobile Force (PMF) personnel on suspicion of Discreditable Conduct and Unlawful Use of his firearms. His arrest was on the orders of the state commissioner of police, CP Uche Anozia. The officer is currently at the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department.
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
