REMEMBRING LATE. SP BAKO ANGBASHIM IN OGONI ALMOST 3 YEARS AFTER DEATH.   Who was Bako Angbashim? SP Bako Angbashim was a respected Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ahoada Division in Rivers State, Nigeria. Known for his dedication to combating cultism, kidnapping, and violent crime, he had previously served with distinction at Bori Police Divisional Headquarters in Ogoni before being redeployed to tackle criminal elements plaguing Ahoada communities . The Tragic Incident (September 2023) On the evening of September 8, 2023, SP Angbashim led a raid against criminal hideouts in Odumude community, Ahoada East LGA. During the operation, his team was ambushed. Despite being outgunned and running out of ammunition, Angbashim held his ground and was tragically overpowered by cultists, captured, and brutally beheaded . The Inspector-General of Police denounced the murder as "utterly mindless" and vowed that those responsible would face justice . The prime suspect, Gift...

IJAW NATION HOSTS DELTA GOVERNOR, BUT EGBEMA KINGDOM LAGS BEHIND Comr. Possy Okpoye Complains Bitterly Over Neglect of Ijaw Communities in Warri North The Ijaw Nation rolled out the drums few days ago to host Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori over his developmental strides in Ijaw land. From Bomadi to Burutu, traditional rulers and political leaders praised the governor’s M.O.R.E. Agenda, citing roads, schools, health centres, and empowerment programmes that have touched several riverine communities. The governor was even honoured with the title _Izon Ebidowei of Delta_ for his efforts. But while the celebration went on, a painful contrast played out in Egbema Kingdom, particularly in the Ijaw communities of Warri North Local Government Area. There, the story is different. No development. No infrastructural projects. The people still live without proper basic amenities — no motorable roads, no potable water, no functional health facilities, and epileptic electricity. ...

By Daniel Alabrah, The sunny skies over Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Friday, April 10, 2026, exuded more than the usual humid breeze. They were not only friendly and beautifully blue but also doused the fears of most residents about the unpredictability of the weather. For a state in the heart of the rainforest region, the clatter of rainfall could have been a killjoy on this day.  The atmosphere at the state’s airport was carnival-like as a high-spirited crowd, inside and outside the terminal building, anticipated the arrival of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. When the aircraft conveying Mr. President touched down at about 2:40 p.m., the first noticeable, pleasant surprise as he alighted was his sartorial elegance. The country’s number one citizen was not dressed in his usual agbada but in a fitting, colourful Ijaw ‘Don’, complemented by a matching black fedora hat. Looking every inch like Ijaw or Niger Delta royalty, the President was indeed at home. As his con...

Gov. Diri To Bayelsa Businessmen: Emulate Berezi, Eulogises Late Ebonyi, Delta MILAD, Feghabo-Amain By EgbemaVoice, Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has admonished business leaders of the state’s extraction to complement government’s development effort by investing in the state and their communities. Governor Diri contended that government alone cannot be the sole employer of labour as it requires the support and encouragement of the private sector. He stated this on Thursday when he commissioned the Major F.G Berezi Civic Centre, a 1000-seat magnificent civic centre built by young Bayelsa-born businessman and founder of the Preye Patrick Berezi Foundation, Engr. Preye Berezi, in his hometown, Kaiama, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state. An impressed Governor Diri said government had proven not to be a good ‘businessman’ and expressed delight that Berezi heeded his call to Bayelsans to invest at home. Describing the Chief Executive Officer o...

By EgbemaVoice, The Police Service Commission (PSC) has officially set April 28 to 30, 2026, for the Computer-Based Aptitude Test (CBT) across all 36 states and the FCT. The dates of the Computer-Based Aptitude Test for applicants in the ongoing police recruiting process are April 28–30, 2026, according to the Police Service Commission. The test will be administered in all 36 states as well as the Federal Capital Territory after the nationwide physical and credentials screening, which is scheduled to conclude on April 18. Police Public Relations Officer Ahmad Rufa'i stated that the CBT is a crucial step in the hiring process in a statement released by the Sokoto State Police Command on Thursday. He stated, "The Computer-Based Aptitude Test is a crucial stage intended to guarantee that only suitably qualified candidates are recruited into the Nigeria Police Force." Rufa’i explained that the duration of the test in each state would depend on the number of candid...

The Delta State High Court sitting in Ozoro has delivered a far-reaching judgment against the misuse of police powers, awarding N400 million in damages to three applicants for the violation of their fundamental rights. The applicants were represented by their counsel, Stewart O. Egedegbe, Esq. Justice E.O. Odebala, in a ruling read out on April 1, 2026, held that the arrest and detention of Mr. Ededho O. Godspower, Mr. Ededho Ewoma and Miss Ededho Oghenefejiiro were unlawful, finding that both the police and a private complainant acted outside the bounds of the law in pursuing what was essentially a civil dispute. The suit, marked HCZ/M/29/2025, was filed on August 8, 2025, under Sections 34, 35(6) and 46 of the 1999 Constitution and the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, 2009. The applicants sought declaratory and injunctive reliefs, including N500 million in damages for alleged unlawful arrest, detention and harassment. Named as respondents were the Nigeria Police Forc...

By EgbemaVoice The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Yemi Oyeniyi, has ordered the summary trial of two police officers captured on video allegedly extorting a member of the public inside the C Division police station in Asaba, the state capital. The officers, Inspector Augustine Jeremiah, AP No. 262712, and Corporal Miracle Ehirim, F/No. 519970, were ordered to face an orderly trial on Thursday. The directive followed the viral spread of a secret recording showing a uniformed officer standing beside a man as he completed a forced transfer of N51,500 through a point-of-sale terminal inside the station. State police spokesperson Bright Edafe disclosed the development in a post on X on Thursday, saying the trial would be concluded the same day and its outcome made public. In the video, a man in a white T-shirt standing in a blue-walled room inside the station is seen holding two phones and completing a transfer on one of them while a uniformed officer watches beside him. A ...

Press Release  INC President, Traditional Rulers, Otuaro, Guwor, Solomon, Others Lead Ijaw People To Endorse Tinubu, Oborevwori For Second Terms  The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro and other prominent Ijaw leaders have led the people to endorse President Bola Tinubu and the Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, as their candidates for President and Governor in 2027. The Ijaw leaders and the people in their thousands made the resounding endorsement at a grand reception in honour of the Governor of Delta State, organized by the Delta Ijaw Political Leaders, at Bomadi, the headquarters of the Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, on Wednesday. The motion to endorse the President and the Delta Governor for a second term was moved by a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Julius Pondi, and seconded by state legislator, Hon. Kenneth Oboro, and subjected to a voice vote by the Speaker of the Delta St...

By EgbemaVoice, Newly elected National Treasurer of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) worldwide, Double Chief (Comrade) Mulade Sheriff (PhD), the Ibe-Serimowei of ancient oil-rich Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State has expressed deep appreciation to key stakeholders for their overwhelming support in his emergence at the April 13, 2026 national elections. In a statement, Mulade thanked the outgoing INC President, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, the National Executive Council (NEC), the 2026 National Electoral Commission, led by His Royal Majesty, Justice F.F.Tabai (Rtd), national delegates, as well as the entire Ijaw Nation for the confidence reposed in him. He described his victory as a collective mandate, noting that the trust placed in him serves as a call to greater responsibility and service. Mulade pledged to work collaboratively with other members of the executive council led by High Chief Macdonald Igbadiwei Esq and critical stakeholders to ensure transparency, accountability, and ...

By EgbemaVoice The Ijaw Publishers Forum ,IPF has congratulated the Chief Amb. Sheriff Mulade for emerging as the national Treasurer of the Ijaw National Congress, INC in the April 13, 2026 national elections. In a statement signed by the IPF President, Comrade Ozobo Austin, on Tuesday, the forum described Mulade’s victory in the just-concluded INC national election as well-deserved and a testament to his longstanding commitment to the peace, unity, and development of the Ijaw nation. Chief Mulade, who also serves as the National President of the Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), secured the treasurer position in a keenly contested election that drew significant attention across the Niger Delta region. The forum noted that Mulade’s track record as a respected Ijaw leader and peace advocate has earned him widespread recognition, adding that his emergence comes at a critical time when the INC requires experienced and visionary leadership. IPF expressed confi...

By EgbemaVoice The Ijaw Publishers' Forum (IPF) has congratulated High Chief Barr. MacDonald Ebi Igbadiwei followed his emergence as President-Elect of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) on April 13, 2026 election held in Ijaw House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. In a statement issued on Monday, April 13, 2026, IPF's National president, Amb. Comrade Ozobo Austin described Igbadiwei’s victory as a defining moment for the Ijaw people. The Forum said the result represents “more than victory at the polls” and called it the mandate of a people who have entrusted their aspirations to a leader who understands the pain, the history of the pain, and the remedies that will heal it. “Igbadiwei rises from the soul, the bone, and the spirit of our land,” the statement read. “Today the creeks echo with affirmation: the right captain now stands at the helm.” The IPF emphasised the President-Elect’s tested background, eloquence, and depth of knowledge, saying these qualities mark him as a...

By EgbemaVoice The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, has congratulated the Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly called Tompolo, on his 55th birthday anniversary. Otuaro, in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Igoniko Oduma, described Tompolo as a foremost Niger Delta freedom fighter, a patriot and a distinguished son of Nigeria, the region and the Ijaw nation. According to him, Tompolo’s contributions to peace, security, stability and development of the region and Nigeria are remarkable and impactful. The PAP helmsman said Tompolo is not only a community builder, but a compassionate and humane leader whose philanthropic gestures have touched lives and communities across the region and the nation. He noted that through his company, TSSNL, Tompolo has empowered over 45,000 Niger Delta youths with jobs, with many other indigent youths on his scholarship to at...

PROTOCOLS. We are here today, holding the 8th African Democratic Congress (ADC) National Convention despite the desperate attempts of the ruling party and anti-democratic forces including the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to emasculate our party. Just as no power can stop the sun from rising, so can the ADC not be stopped. At no other time in our history has the county’s moral compass been so shamelessly bent as it is now. People who deliberately split the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP and the Labour Party, LP, are today, being falsely robed as “political strategists” Since when has criminality become a strategy? The ADC does not and, will never owe its existence to any individual or group including an electoral body masquerading as a neutral umpire with its leadership raggedly robed in the attire of political partisanship. The ADC derives its existence from the aspirations and will of the Nigerian people who are tired of the deceit and colossal mismanageme...

INEC TASKS YOUTHS ON ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN CVR, WARNS AGAINST APATHY  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has intensified stakeholder engagement with Nigerian youths, urging them to take full advantage of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise as a critical step toward strengthening democratic participation and national development. The event, convened by NYSC corps member and INEC advocate, Magaji Ndagi, focused on enhancing youth participation in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) process under the theme “Enhancing Youth Engagement in Continuous Voter Registration.” The forum had in attendance representatives of the Commission, the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), as well as students and corps members. Speaking on behalf of the Chairman of the Commission, the National Commissioner, Mallam Mohammad Kudu Haruna, who also chaired the occasion, underscored the constitutional and legal foundations...

NIGERIA POLICE FORCE | OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE | FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA CONFIDENTIAL    FOR COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE ONLY   NIGERIA POLICE FORCE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja   CIRCULAR REF: IGP/CIRCULAR/VCRU/001/2026 DATE: April 2026   CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL   DISTRIBUTION: All 36 State Commissioners of Police and FCT Commissioner of Police   SUBJECT: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VIOLENT CRIME RESPONSE UNIT (VCRU) IN ALL STATES OF THE FEDERATION AND THE FCT     1. PREAMBLE   I write to you as the Inspector General of Police with a clear sense of mission, urgency, and personal commitment to the transformation of the Nigeria Police Force into an institution that Nigerians can trust, respect, and rely upon for their safety.   As a former Commander of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, I write with the authority of someone who has seen this mandate fr...