Author: nationalpoint

A Rotary Press worth over $1.5 million, acquired and installed seven years ago by former governor, Obong Godswill Akpabio for the Akwa Ibom Newspaper Corporation, publishers of Pioneer, appears to have been abandoned and left to rot away. The Press consists of a Supra Setter A105 otherwise known as Computer To Plate (CTP) machine and a Goss Community Press with a web offset press with the capacity to print 17 colour pages, 32 black and white pages of newspaper and runs 500,000 impression per hour, while the CTP runs a resolution of 2,400 DPI. The new press was to enable…

As the ruling party in the state is still deep in crisis over who will control the state’s party structure, some top chieftains of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), mobilisers and over 100 other members of the party in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). It was gathered thatthe defection move was facilitated and led by the party’s former youth leader in the local government area, Godwin Igbinosun. The defectors said they decided to join the APC because of the performance of the lawmaker representing Ovia Federal Constituency, Hon.…

As the 2023 general election draws near, amidst the worsening situation in the country, underlined by a glaring high rate of hunger, unemployment, insecurity and complete collapse of the nation’s economy, a political analyst and businessman Mr. Uche Tobin has stressed the need for Nigerians to rise up and get it right using the ballot. In his words: “It’s high time we rose up. We cannot continue to be like this. Our children will graduate from school, no jobs, few people (politicians) are holding this country to ransom against hundreds, while millions are left in abject poverty. Politicians who have…

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…