BAYELSA POLICE REACTS TO ALARM OF BANDIT ATTACK. (PHOTOS).

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 BAYELSA POLICE REACTS TO ALARM OF BANDIT ATTACK The Bayelsa State Police Command says the pandemonium and panic reported in some parts of the state is false and baseless. Preliminary investigation reveals that it originated from a false alarm arising from a recent Facebook post by a user identified as  Sen Promise Etete JP, which alleged that "Militants Seize Bandits, Demand N50 Million Ransom per Captive in Bayelsa State."  The misleading post caused widespread panic, resulting in parents rushing to schools in Ogbuna, Pulaku, and other parts of the State to pick up their wards. In swift response the Commissioner of Police Bayelsa State Command, CP Iyamah Daniel Edebor,  immediately deployed and led operational assets including the School Protection Squad, Tactical Teams, and the Drone Unit to Ogbuna, Pulaku, and adjoining environs including, Sabagreia and Kaiama for on-the-spot assessment and restoration of order in Ijaw National Academy Kaiama, Gbarainowei Grammar...

39 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILLS SCALE SECOND READING IN REPS. (PHOTO).


 39 constitutional amendment bills scale second reading in Reps


Thirty-nine constitutional amendment bills have scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bills cut across various sectors including judicial reforms, electoral matters security and policing, inclusive governance, legislature, and others.


Some of the proposals include:


A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to provide for the establishment of state police and local government police. 


A bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), to provide that general elections to the office of the president, state governors, National Assembly, state Houses of Assembly, and local government area councils shall be conducted simultaneously on the same date to be determined by the Independent National Electoral Commission in consultation with the National Assembly.


A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to make the Court of Appeal the final appeal court in governorship, national, and state Houses of Assembly election petitions. A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, cap. c23, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1999 (power of proclamation of new Assembly by Clerk or NASS/Clerk of House Assembly) and to make provision for the Chief Justice of Niger to make proclamation on the inauguration of National Assembly.


A bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to establish the FCT House of Assembly. A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as altered), to provide for special seats for the physically challenged persons in Nigeria’s federal, state, and local government areas, and legislative houses.


A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to permit public servants to engage in healthcare education, production, and services beyond farming and related matters.

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