Author: Emmanuel Obe

A new Commissioner of Police has been appointed to head the Rivers State Police Command. He is Mr. Olugbenga Adewole. He took over from Mr. Mustapha Bala, who was recently promoted Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 6, Calabar.Adewole who assumed duties on Friday in Port Harcourt was until his appointment in charge of the Department of Operations, Rivers State Police Command. He is the 47th Rivers State Commissioner of Police, and the third to be appointed in the last 14 months.According to a press release issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Grace…

Latest reports said the police have moved one Miss Nnena, who allegedly clubbed her boyfriend, one Mr. Rogers to death on Monday at Oyorokoto, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State has been moved into the custody of the State Command Headquarters in Port Harcourt.Nnena had allegedly hit Rogers with a club moments after they had a heated argument over who bought her a phone.Andoni Connect, an online publication about Andoni relayed an eye witness’s account of what happened between Nnena and Rogers, both from Andoni.”Trouble started when Mr Rogers (25) saw a new mobile phone with the girlfriend, Miss…

The Chairman of Eleme Local Government, Chief Brain Gokpa, has vowed to identify and bring to justice those responsible for the fire that ravaged several shops in Onne market, Onne Eleme.During his assessment of the damaged shops, Chairman Gokpa commiserated with the affected traders and instructed Hon. Stanley Egbe, Councillor representing Onne, to work with the victims and provide support from the council to alleviate their situation. Some traders, who spoke with the chairman, said they suspect that the fire was a deliberate act, citing previous fire outbreaks in their shops that they were able to extinguish promptly. One trader…

After many years of waiting and push and push, the Port Harcourt refinery on Tuesday began the evacuation of refined products.It was all jubilation among petroleum products marketers and consumers as trucks filed in to receive fuel at the loading bay attached to the refinery.An engineer working on the rehabilitation project confirmed to National Point that evacuation of fuel has resumed under the supervision of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Melee Kyari.However it could not be confirmed what quantity of products would be evacuated daily or how much the products will begin to…

Over 3,000 people from Uzu Development Project Communities in Bayelsa State have benefited from a three-day free medical outreach organised by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC. The programme, which was implemented in collaboration with Kolmarg Eyesight Foundation and Bayelsa State Ministry of Health, was codenamed: Vision First Plus Programme and was held at Zarama Health Centre. The SPDC Head of Corporate Relations, Igo Weli said the company, which is the operator of the NNPC/SPDC/TotalEnergies/NAOC Joint Venture, was committed to supporting the healthcare of their host communities. Weli was represented by the Corporate Relations Head Projects and Opportunities SPDC, Mr. Alex…

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has denied harbouring an ambition to run for the governorship of Bayelsa State 2027. Ogbuku who made the denial in a radio programme on Rhythm 94.7, Yenagoa advised people campaigning and mobilizing support for the alleged governorship ambition to stop further action. “I don’t have any ticket to contest the governorship of Bayelsa State in 2027. I want all those people who are forming groups and causing confusion through unsolicited solidarity to desist from that because the only ambition I have is to serve the people of…

Rivers State Government has offered automatic employment to all the 76 people that recently graduated from the Pamo University of Medical Sciences, PUMS, founded by former Rivers State Governor, Dr. Peter Odili. Odili, who is also the Pro-Chancellor of the university, disclosed this at the Fourth Convocation of the university held in Port Harcourt. He said the university has so far 223people. He thanked the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, for offering employment to the 76 graduands and urged the graduands to be good ambassadors of the institution. The Chancellor of the university, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, commended Governor Fubara…

A fire incident and some technical hitches have led to the shutting down of the Old Port Harcourt Refinery, which was long due to resume production of petroleum products. Technical completion of the old refinery was achieved in December 2023 after which a plan was enrolled for it to begin production of petroleum products within the first quarter of 2024. But that never occurred. Investigations by National Point indicated that after the technical completion of the old refinery, the plant was started for test running but it was brought down after a section of it caught fire. Engineers working on…

Leaders and coordinators of the Phase One Ex-agitators have condemned an alleged plot to link the Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Dr Dennis Otuaro to a purportedly leaked confidential document about former President Goodluck Jonathan. The leaders, who rose from their meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, at the weekend, warned against blackmails and attacks on Otuaro by some detractors in the Niger Delta. In a communique, the leaders took exceptions to a video circulated a few weeks ago in the social media by one Jude Gbaboyor, who claimed that Otuaro leaked a confidential document in the custody of the…

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has clarified the smooth approval given by the National Assembly to the commission’s 2024 budget of N1.9 trillion was because the assembly was impressed with the performance of the commission in its project executions. The Director of Corporate Affairs of the Commission, Seledi Thompson-Wakama, gave the clarification in response to an open petition to President Bola Tinubu and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Budget by the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for the Advancement of the Niger Delta Development that NDDC ran an anti-people budget in 2024 The NDDC Director said the…