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The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has struck out the suit instituted by Dr Godwin UyiOjo, former executive director of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) against erstwhile chairman of the organization, Nnimmo Bassey, and the Board of Trustees of the Environmental Rights Development Foundation challenging his removal as secretary in 2015. Dr. OjoUyi, who was removed as the executive director of ERA/FoEN by the Board on October 3, 2020, did not contest the decision of the Board relieving him as executive director, but approached the court to declare his 2015 ouster as secretary of…

A group, the Coalition of Benin Social Cultural Organization, has warned the Edo State government to stay away from things that have to do with the Oba palace for supporting the enemy of the Benin Kingdom in fighting the Oba of Benin. The body, who made the warning at a World Press Conference with the topic:” Sovereignty of the Benin Throne,” Benin city, Edo state, alleged that, there is a growing concern of calculated efforts by the Edo State government to help the Criminal activities of the Ogiamiens. Commenting on behalf of the Coalition, the President of the group, Imasuen…

The Edo State Government led by Governor Godwin Obaseki has pledged to sustain reforms and programmes to guarantee better opportunities for youths in the state, ensuring that they are provided with the right environment and skills to survive and thrive in a technology-driven society. This information was contained in a statement by the special adviser to the Edo State Government on Media Projects, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, and made available to newsmen in Benin. The governor gave the assurance through his chief of Staff, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha, during a courtesy visit by the executives of the Coalition for Southern Peoples Democratic…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, has berated the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) regime for the poor condition of learning in schools and increasing insecurity in the state. Condemning the poor state of learning in various schools and insecurity in the state, the state publicity secretary of the party, Peter Enoserogbe Uwadiae Igbinigie Esq., said it was very “worrisome to note that the Obaseki led PDP administration has returned the education sector in Edo to the doldrums, also allowed the ever alarming rate of insecurity.” The APC scribe lamented the high level of overall development…

An outbreak of a strange illness that appears to be seizure has claimed the life of a student at Mary Mount College, Agbor in Delta State. Ten other cases of the disease are being managed at various medical facilities, even as authorities have shut down the school in an apparent move to ensure the situation does not escalate. The deceased victim was said to have died few weeks after her parents took her to hospital for treatment following symptoms of jerking. At a meeting with officials of the state Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education in Asaba, management of the…

The Delta State Government on Tuesday announced approval of upward review of the cost of some ongoing projects in the state. Mr Olisa Ifeajika, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa announced this while briefing journalists at the end of the State Executive Council meeting presided by the governor in Asaba. Ifeajika explained that the review became necessary sequel to sustained request by contractors who had complained of rising cost of materials and inflationary tendencies in the nation’s economy as well as additional works introduced on the projects. According to him, the council reached the decision to approve the upward…

As preparations for the 2023 general elections take shape, National Point undertook investigations to assess the potential risk factors that may likely cause electoral violence in Bayelsa State in the elections. This is based on the fact that elections in the state are often violence ridden. Data for this report is mined from field visits, community security architecture dialogues and election risk assessment programmes. Elections in Bayelsa State will take place in November 2024. The political climate in the state is currently going through alignments and fusion of political interests. The alignments have however come with noticeable unrest with unresolved…

Prepare for a fresh anointing through intensive daily worship! For me, preparation has always been closely tied to worship, and worship has often been linked to music. Apostle Paul, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, told the church to teach and admonish each other with worshipful melodies: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”- Colossians 3:16 Two of the first passages from the Bible that I committed to memory were these: “O…

1 Corinthians 12:12-13 describes the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The baptism of the Spirit occurs at the moment of saving faith, that is, when a person becomes a believer in Christ, has his or her sins forgiven, and is headed for heaven. “For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.”- 1 Corinthians 12:13-14 THE SEALING OF THE HOLYSPIRIT The sealing of the Spirit also occurs at the moment of saving faith and it is God’s pledge or promise…

YENAGOA-President of Ijaw National Congress, INC, the umbrella socio-cultural, politically non- partisan organisation of the Ijaw ethnic nationality, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has said that the opposition by the Ijaws and Niger Delta to the re-introduced Water Resources Bill was that it would “enslave the Ijaw people and indeed the people of Niger Delta, who have suffered and are still suffering severe exclusion, deprivation and underdevelopment.” According to Okaba, the land, water resources, river basins and adjacent marine and coastal environment contained in the bill describe in totality, lands and homesteads of the Ijaw people and other ethnic nations situated along…