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The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 5, Rasheed Akintunde, says only 20 per cent of policemen are engaged in protecting lives and ensuring peace in the country.

“The remaining 80 per cent are just busy providing personal security to some `prominent people’ on guard duties.

Mr. Akintunde said this on Thursday while addressing officers and men of the Police Headquarters in Bayelsa, during his tour.

He decried the situation where some prominent people in the society seek more than 30 policemen to protect them, while the bulk of work for the members of the force rest on protecting the masses.

“Every big man wants personal security, they want a number of policemen to come and secure them and their family members, instead of supporting the police to work and ensure a safer environment.

“Honourable members want police security, even Reverend Fathers, Bishops now want police security, so the remaining 20 per cent police the whole country.

“If we can redistribute policemen from some government formations and deploy them to work on their core duty, it will yield positive result,’’ he noted.

The AIG, however, urged all the officers in the command to be on their toes and be committed to their duties.

He also reminded them of the need to do their jobs with integrity and exhibit high level of professionalism in order to create good image for the force.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Don Awunah, while welcoming the AIG, promised to ensure that the officers and men of the command remained focus on their duty of protecting lives and maintaining law and order in the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that zone 5 comprises Bayelsa, Delta and Edo States.

(NAN)

Everything In Nigeria Is Going To Kill You.

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As threats go, it wasn't very subtle. Kenya's top newspaper published an obituary ad paying tribute to a major opposition figure. The only problem is, Jimmy Wanjigi is still very much alive. Wanjigi, a top supporter of the opposition party in Kenya, says he was left with no doubt about the meaning of the message.

Read more on: http://www.newtribeng.com/news/kenyan-newspaper-publishes-obituary-for-opposition-figure-who-isnt-dead/

Qatar Airways won 2017's awards for best airline and best business class.
The airline flies from 10 US cities — plus Las Vegas, later this year — and operates an extensive network throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, with connections through Doha, Qatar. The airline's new business class is a fantastic product, but even economy class stands out from the competition, offering a comfortable option for long-haul flights.

Read more and see some exciting photos on: http://www.newtribeng.com/lifestyle/photos-a-tour-of-qatar-airways-plane-and-see-why-the-airline-was-ranked-the-worlds-best/

''She had the most beautiful legs I ever saw in my life'': Quincy Jones 84 says he dated Ivanka Trump 36, 12 years ago

Read more and see the full interview here: http://www.newtribeng.com/lifestyle/she-had-the-most-beautiful-legs-music-legend-quincy-jones-84-claims-he-used-to-date-ivanka-trump-36/

"It is better I die and go to rest in paradise” Shekau says in new video"

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The discovery shows that the genes for lighter skin became widespread in European populations far later than originally thought.....The results pointed to a Middle Eastern origin for Cheddar Man, suggesting that his ancestors would have left Africa, moved into the Middle East and later headed west into Europe, before eventually crossing the ancient land bridge called Doggerland which connected Britain to continental Europe.

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Her company is estimated to run at $386million and is projected to be worth $1billion by the year 2022.

She said: ‘I think truly, I put a lot of hard work into this. It’s not like I am doing this to make money. I don’t even think about that part.’

Read more on: http://www.newtribeng.com/lifestyle/new-mum-kylie-jenner-20-is-declared-the-richest-of-her-siblings-with-386m-beauty-empire-and-earnings-are-on-course-to-hit-1billion-by-2022/

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http://www.newtribeng.com/lifestyle/video-dubais-smart-trees-have-wifi-and-can-charge-your-phone/

''My superstar daughter and her sister Solange wouldn't be as famous if they had darker skin.

Talking to Ebony, he said the biggest black female stars all had lighter skin.

'When it comes to Black females, who are the people who get their music played on pop radio? Mariah Carey, Rihanna, the female rapper Nicki Minaj, my kids [Beyonce and Solange],' he told Ebony magazine.

Since parting ways with Beyonce professionally in 2011, African-American Knowles has reinvented himself as a college professor, and is promoting a new book about race relations, titled Racism: From the Eyes of a Child.

In his interview the 66-year-old also addressed his own deep-rooted attitudes to skin color, saying that when he first met Beyonce's mother, his ex-wife of 31 years, he assumed she was white.''

Read more on: http://www.newtribeng.com/lifestyle/beyonces-father-mathew-knowles-says-she-and-sister-solange-wouldnt-be-as-famous-if-they-had-darker-skin-and-says-many-black-men-with-eroticized-rage-prefer-lighter-skinned-women/

The shootings happened just days after a Nigerian migrant was arrested in connection with the death of an 18-year-old Italian woman, whose dismembered body was discovered stuffed into two suitcases.

The teenager had run away from a drug rehabilitation centre on Monday and met a Nigerian asylum seeker, Innocent Oseghale, the next day, her body was found on Wednesday.

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Botswana lawmakers have placed an embargo on the importation of sex dolls for men.

This is as contained in a section of their law that disavows men from copulating with sex dolls.

According to Section 178 of the Botswana Penal Code, bringing intimacy gadgets in Botswana is an offence.

The law further abolishes the right to “possess, lend, trade in, export, import, and or exhibit obscene objects or any objects tending to corrupt morals in Botswana,” which includes sex dolls.

Women have continued to express their continued hate and disapproval for sex dolls as they believe that the potential competition will cause a surge in the rise of divorce rates and tamper human relationships as well.

Some questioned the ability of sex dolls to bear children, support the man and the home emotionally and do the house chores.

A social worker with expertise in complicated marriages, mental health and addiction is less positive about the sudden demand for sex dolls.

She fears men will eventually prefer sex with robots over human love making.

Making reactions have continued to make the rounds over this new development of the Botswana Government, as some described the treatment to men as unfair since women still get to keep other items like vibrators to aid their sexual desires.

Read more on: http://www.newtribeng.com/lifestyle/2624/

You may not have had a big blowup in ages, but just because you and your guy are not having knock-down-drag-out arguments all the time doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re happily married. In fact, most marriages don’t fall apart because of big things, like cheating. “Often, it’s the buildup of years of resentment over lots of little annoyances that suck the love out of a marriage,” says Melissa Cohen, LCSW, a relationship therapist.

And while it’s totally normal for the excitement, newness, and passion to fade a bit as your relationship wears on, your marriage still needs to be nourished if you want to see it succeed. Some of the following behaviours might not seem like a big deal, but they can be insidious—and your marriage might be a little worse-for-the-wear. “These signs speak loud and clear. You and your partner have to start putting more effort and engagement into your relationship to get it back on track.” And while the happiness quotient in your marriage won’t change overnight if you just ditch these habits, the transition to a lasting and loving marriage will come in time if you start prioritising your relationship.

Your spouse is not your go-to person anymore.
Got big news? Something stressing you out that you really need to get off your chest? If you don’t think to share it with your spouse first, then there is something amiss in your connection. Couples obviously need to share the minutiae of day-to-day life to keep their home functioning; but what really strengthens the relationship is the deeper conversations about what’s happening in their lives. Couples in thriving relationships engage in emotional self-disclosure and want to remain intimately connected to each other’s inner worlds.

You’re overly focused on yourself.
A marriage starts to weaken when both people start to become so centrally focused on just their family, home, and work life. When we couple up with someone, we typically combine our individual, interesting worlds to create a whole other, potentially more interesting world that helps us grow. As we get deeper into marriage and into our families, those extras can start to dwindle due to lack of time, energy, and obligations.

As a result of years of self-neglect, we begin to over compensate: You might start to exercise a lot, work longer hours, or spend more time with your friends—which becomes the priority and takes away time from the relationship. Try to take the focus off of yourself and support your partner in also doing things that help them grow. Even better: Find some activities that you can share outside of being parents or spouses. If we allow our partners time to do the things that help them grow, then they will allow the same for us. And you won’t feel the need to be greedy with your me-time.

You’re comparing your partner to others—and not in a good way.
Do you ever think, “I wish my husband was more like Susie’s husband” or “I deserve someone who would bring me flowers every day?” “When you start comparing your partner or relationship to others, you’ve got one foot out the door,”. Maybe you won’t actually act on it and leave, but it’s a sign that you’re mentally checked out. The pop culture supports this negative thinking—drinking wine every night and complaining about what’s not great in your life is a common thread on social media and reality TV shows. But it’s a hidden marriage killer. If you’re annoyed all the time, you are sour on the inside and just swimming in negativity; amp up the positivity, quit complaining, and do a self-check on whether your contrary feelings toward your partner are actually valid.

You’re not fighting, but you’re not loving either.
Remember how we said that just because you’re not arguing doesn’t mean you’re actually happy? This usually means the person is so disengaged that they won’t even fight anymore. Arguing is a good indicator of investment in the relationship (in fact, here are 6 fights every happy couple should have). Ask yourself: Is a happy marriage worth fighting for?

Hopefully, the answer is yes, and all you have to do is up the positivity factor—immensely. “Start by being grateful and noticing how great your life is with your partner. Take a step back and look at the routine things that you’ve taken for advantage. And start creating a culture of gratitude by saying thank you for everything. Thank your partner for taking out the trash, for looking hot on date night, or even for folding the laundry. It feeds their ego—and they will probably start being more appreciative of you.

You’re leading separate lives.
Do you go to bed at separate times? Watch TV in different rooms? Go out with your friends without each other? If so, you’re lacking in intimacy, and not just the physical kind. “Intimacy is a strongly knit personal bond that exists in the bedroom and beyond, and it affects nearly every aspect of our lives. The more you isolate yourself from one another, the more you will feel a sense of disconnection.

Love suggests taking the time to have a monthly check-in with your partner to purposely reconnect and establish a balance of where you are in your relationship and in life. It’s vital to take the time to set goals and develop action plans as a couple for your emotional lives just as you would planning a vacation or purchasing a house. Choosing to spend time with your partner instead of isolating yourself will go a long way in deepening your intimacy and communication with your partner—and preventing the end of your relationship.

This article is originally published in Prevention

Just few hours after he celebrated his son’s birthday, YBNL Boss, Olamide has been bereaved as he lost his mother to the cold hands of death.

Recall that the “science student” crooner, had earlier penned a birthday message to his son, which reads; “Happy birthday Batifèori Maximiliano Adedeji more life young King from Dad,your best pal.” And about 4 hours after, he took to his Instagram page to mourn his mom’s death. It is still unknown what caused the mother’s death.

''Big-brained adults start out life as big-brained babies, so evolution came into conflict with itself. On the one hand, female hominins had to maintain a narrow pelvis with a constricted birth canal in order to walk efficiently on two legs. But at the same time the foetuses they carried were evolving to have larger heads, which were a tighter and tighter fit through those narrow pelvises.

Childbirth became a distressingly painful and potentially lethal business, and it remains so to this day.''

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''Big-brained adults start out life as big-brained babies, so evolution came into conflict with itself. On the one hand, female hominins had to maintain a narrow pelvis with a constricted birth canal in order to walk efficiently on two legs. But at the same time the foetuses they carried were evolving to have larger heads, which were a tighter and tighter fit through those narrow pelvises.

Childbirth became a distressingly painful and potentially lethal business, and it remains so to this day.''


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By now Nigerians are used to seeing political godsons turn against their godfathers.

Since 1999, every powerful Nigerian politician who anointed another person as a state governor or as president lived to regret it, with a few exceptions. I have counted nearly thirty Nigerian godfathers that were repudiated by their anointed godsons soon after they won elections.

(1) The most notorious case was in Anambra State in 2003 when Governor Chris Ngige was abducted by his godfather, Chris Ubah. Ngige had even been made to write a post-dated resignation letter in case he failed to toe the line.

(2) This experience did not stop Governor Willie Obiano from repudiating his godfather, former governor Peter Obi, as soon as he took over in 2014.

Read more on: http://www.newtribeng.com/news/perils-of-kwankwasiyya-gandujiyya-square-off/

We’ve known for years that breastfeeding lowers the risk of cot death, but a new study from America has given us a better idea of just how ­powerful breastfeeding is as a ­protection against SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome).

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The Osun Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) as announced all the 389 candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as winners of the just concluded councillorship election in the state.

Chairman of OSIEC, Mr Segun Oladitan, who announced the official results on Sunday in Osogbo, the state capital said 318 out of the candidates were returned unopposed.

He added that 128 of the unopposed returned candidates are from Osun Central senatorial district, while 177 came from Osun West and the remaining 73 from Osun East senatorial district of the state.

Oladitan said the remaining 71 other candidates that added up the total councillorship seat figure were the ones voted for at the poll which held on Saturday.

He informed reporters that 52 of the voted candidates came from Osun East and 13 from the west, while the remaining six came from Osun Central senatorial district.

The OSIEC chairman further declared all the APC candidates who participated in the election as winners and returned as councillors of the state.

Consequent to the announcement and declaration, certificates of return were issued to all the councillors – both elected and unopposed.

OSIEC had earlier announced that 318 candidates of the APC were contesting unopposed, leaving only 71 wards to be contested for by the remaining candidates.

The commission also stated that elected councillors would be running a parliamentary administrative system at the local government, where they would elect a chairman from amongst themselves.

Read more on: http://www.newtribeng.com/news/governor-bello-seeks-the-creation-of-rehabilitation-centre-for-looters/


This is ludicrous to say the least. The only rehabilitation centre for looters is Prison.

”And I had a dream recently where I saw Yahaya Bello’s prison uniform specially decorated with embroidery, so I’Ii be shocked that Yahaya is already threatening people not to come back because,he is not a voter in Kogi state.
”Secondly, he cannot contest elections in Kogi state come 2019.”

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Philippine President, Duterte laughs at #ISIS recruitment propaganda.

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For some years now, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been on the forefront in the struggle for the creation of a sovereign state.

With the absence of Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, during the time of Operation Python Dance, as well as the branding of the group as a terrorist organization, many believe the end is near for the group.

But in this email interview with TheCable, Emma Powerful, spokesman of IPOB, said contrary to such belief, the group is more formidable now than it has ever been.

He also spoke on a variety of issues including what has become of IPOB in Kanu’s absence, if the group would accept an option to dialogue with the federal government, the newly launched Hausa radio service as well as what a sovereign state of Biafra will look like.

Read more on: http://www.newtribeng.com/news/interview-well-forget-biafra-on-one-condition-says-ipob-spokesman/

It is gathered as Bayelsa State Government says it has embarked on many power projects that will ensure steady power supply to the residents by 2018.

Mr Ogbolo Jim, the state Commissioner for Power, gave the assurance at the ongoing inter-ministerial and agencies’ briefing on Friday in Yenagoa.

The briefing was organised by the state Ministry of Information as part of activities to mark Gov. Seriake Dickson’s six years in the office on Feb. 14.

The briefing tagged, “Restoration Government at Six: Our Score Card in Focus”, started on Jan. 22 and will end on Feb. 9.

The commissioner said that the government had so far spent over N2 billion to construct and rehabilitate 48 power projects within the last six years.

“The state government has connected almost all the local governments to the National Grid, including Kolokuma/Opukuma, Ogbia and Yenagoa, among others,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Managing Director of the state’s Electricity Company, Olice Kemenanabo, said that the state government would soon complete a 3KVA sub-station at Agbede/Oboni.

Income accruing to the country from rising oil prices in the international market will be spent on infrastructural development, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged.

Read more on: http://www.newtribeng.com/news/how-we-will-spend-extra-income-from-rising-oil-prices-buhari/