Author: Clifford Christopher Solomon

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Rivers State Command, said it has uncovered an illegal crude oil bunkering site at Curton Channel I in Degema local Government Area of the state. The Public Relation Officer (PRO) of the corps, Mr. Olufemi Ayodele, also told National Point in an exclusive interview that the 10 people arrested for illegal bunkering activities have been charged to court. Ayodele said the command would not rest until they have stamped out illegal bunkering in the state. He said, “The state commandant of the NSCDC, Basil Okebueze, is a man full of determination and…

Citizens of Kingdoms and City States (COKACS) marked her 2023 end-of-year on December 19, 2023 at her National Headquarters in Port Harcourt with many prominent Ijaw activists in attendance. The event had as its theme, Ijaw Nation: The Journey So Far In Nigeria with Prof. Tamunonimim Ngerebo-a, a lecturer at Rivers State University as guest speaker. Speaking to National Point at the event, the head of the organization, Shepherd Kalada Jene, said after he went back to the drawing board to think about the method of the Ijaw struggle, they came up with the fact that the Ijaw struggle had…

Okrika ethnic nationality in Rivers State went agog as they laid to rest the mortal body of the Amanyanabo of Okrika and Clan Head of Okrika Clan, His Gracious Majesty King (Dr.) Alfred Semenitari Abam, on Saturday December 16, 2023 at Abam-Ama in Okrika Local Government Area. The King who was officially recognized by the Rivers State government in 2019 after a legal battle that lasted for 19 years, died in 2021. King Abam, was an author par excellence, worked in the Federal Civil Service and rose to the rank of a Permanent Secretary. After his career as a civil…

Four young girls from Ebonyi State; Divine Sunday, 11, Victory Sunday, 8, Anointing Sunday, 5 and Salvation Sunday, 4 had been abandoned in Degema headquarters of Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, with the whereabouts of their parents unknown. Speaking to National Point, the eldest child, Divine Sunday, said that their father’s name is Sunday Agu while their mother’s name is Blessed Ugo. “We are from Afikpo in Ebonyi State. Our mother and father left us and travelled. Our parents had issues and our dropped us with our dad and travelled for some months now. And now, our father…

The leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujaheed Asari Dokubo, has broken his silence on the recent political crisis in Rivers State. The outspoken Niger Delta activist in a chat with National Point newspaper during the funeral of the Amanyanabo of Kalabari Kingdom, King (Prof.) T.J.T. Princewill, Amachree XI in Buguma, said whatever the current governor Sir Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Chief Nyesom Wike (current minister of Federal Capital Territory) agreed on was private to them. “Politics in Nigeria is not the way it should be. If the process of election in Nigeria is free and…

The month long funeral rites for His Serene Majesty, King Prof. T.J.T Princewill, Amachree XI. the Amanyanabo and Natural Ruler of Kalabari kingdom of Rivers State came to its crest on Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30th November, 2023. The corpse of the revered king took off from Abonnema Wharf with lavishly furnished boats, multitude of people, cultural dances and regattas enroute Abonnema Wharf to Buguma City the traditional headquarters of Kalabari kingdom. The burial had a lecture in honour of the late king on Saturday November 25th 2023 at the King Amachree Memorial Hall Buguma with the topic “Identity Constructs…

As preparations to give the Amanyanabo of Kalabari Kingdom His Serene Majesty, King Prof.T.J.T. Princewill, Amachree XI, a befitting burial gather steam, Buguma, the traditional headquarters of Kalabari Kingdom is agog with preparatory festivities including dances, songs and traditional rallies. Renovation is ongoing at the late king’s palace and King Abbi Memorial Hall. The Kalabari monarch died over 3 years ago. The month-long passage rites which, have commenced in earnest saw the traditional Sekiapu display of Kalabari on Wednesday 15 November, 2023. National Point was on ground to interact with the people and capture moments on camera. The son of…