Author: nationalpoint

The international day of the girl child is marked yearly on October 11. The year 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of this commemoration. The essence of the commemoration is to create awareness and draw the attention of the government to issues concerning the girl child. The theme for this year’s international day of the girl child, 2022 is *Our time is now – Our right, Our future.* Indeed the time, right and future for the girl child is now. The question yet to be answered is: Will the society, culture, beliefs, traditions, etc allow the girl child take advantage…

Governor Douye Diri has assured Bayelsans not to fret as he is sure to deliver within the limits of available resources, on his mandate as governor of the oil-rich state. The governor gave this assurance on a state-wide broadcast on October 1, marking the 26th Anniversary of Bayelsa State creation and Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day Celebration. Governor Diri appreciated Bayelsans for the overwhelming support and confidence towards his administration in their two years and eight months in office, as he called for a shared prosperity with the people in other to take the state to a higher pedestal of developments.…

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, says the 62nd Independence Anniversary of Nigeria may be more meaningful if the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) reach a truce to end the industrial action in public universities. In a statement signed by his chief press secretary, OsaigbovoIguobaro, the Oba said Federal Government and ASUU should, as a matter of urgency, find amicable solutions so as to put an end to disruption in academic calendars of public universities. The Oba said though “the independence celebration may not offer much pageantry to some citizens, the mere fact that…

Executive Director Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center, Emem Okon (sitting 3rd from right and members of the newly formed Niger Delta Journalists for Environmental Justice and Climate Change. A team of Niger Delta media practitioners in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states have pledged commitment to the protection of the environment and pursuit of environmental justice in the region. At a media parley conveyed by a nongovernmental organisation. Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center in Port Harcourt which highlighted the devastation of communities and the attendant challenges which are not being given attention by government and the oil and gas…

Why did you decide to establish a girls-only secondary school when you already had a secondary school for both boys and girls? What really happened was that there was a study that we did and found out that there are so many out-of-school girls. When we interviewed them to find out why they are not going back to school, because all the schools in Eleme Local Government Area are all mixed schools, we found out that some of them were very shy in the class. If you asked questions and while answering questions they had a problem and did not…

With lots of funfare and excitement, the maiden edition of Engr. Victor ObuzorOrashi Unity Cup Competition has kicked off. Speaking during the opening ceremony over the weekend, at Western Ahoada High School, Ahoada in Ahoada Local Government Area, chairman of Ahoada LGA, Chief Ben Eke said that in order to promote and develop the beautiful round leather game known as football, individuals and organizations must collaborate with private sponsors like Victor Obuzor Orashi. “I want to charge other individuals and other well-meaning Nigerians as well as organizations or corporate sponsors to collaborate and team up with such a man like…

I think it is a welcome development but it is still a “policy initiative” as yet. In my view, it requires a lot of structured institutional management support, to consolidate the new law. Failure to do so, could leave the policy as existing on paper only but totally stranded in real life. First, appropriate efforts should be made to embed the new law in a functional and preventive phase in every part of the state. The government should direct an appropriate agency to coordinate Civil Society and Community Based Organizations to be involved in a sustained campaign to achieve compliance.…

A team of Niger Delta media practitioners in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states have pledged commitment to the protection of the environment and pursuit of environmental justice in the region. At a media parley convened by a nongovernmental organisation. Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center in Port Harcourt which highlighted the devastation of communities and the attendant challenges which are not being given attention by government and the oil and gas extractors, because of very marginal media mention, the journalists promised to help change the narrative. They resolved therein to form a unified body, Niger Delta Journalists for Environmental Justice…

Recent news has highlighted further concerns about the credibility and quality of Nigeria’s largest oil spill clean-up, including poor implementation of remediation techniques and mishandling of contracts. This time, the concerns come from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – the very body which has been working closely to support the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to implement the clean-up, and which is now sadly preparing to withdraw from the project at the end of 2022. SDN’s own reporting, which focuses on on-the-ground clean-up activities, raises a number of similar concerns – and recent laboratory analysis for an upcoming report…

Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has declared vacant the seats of Esit Eket and Ikono State Constituencies. The seats were occupied by Rt. Hon. Usoro Akpanusoh and Hon. Asuquo Nana Udo, who recently defected from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to the Young Progressive Party (YPP). Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey, who made the announcement during plenary, cited Section 109 (1) (a-g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) which guarantees the tenure of House of Assembly Members. According to the Section, “Being a person whose election to the House of Assembly…