Author: nationalpoint

The people of Abua/Odual are in jubilant mood following the confirmation of their son, Udi Odum as a Minister by President Muhammadu Buhari. To display this joy, a frontline organization in the LGA, Abua-Odual Kupe Foundation in collaboration with the Abua Odual chapter of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC organized a youth rally on the major streets of the council headquarters, Abua Central thanking God and President Buhari for giving one of their own a national spot. The oil rich LGA has been crying of marginalization for long. Except for Dr Monday Okonny, who was appointed Commissioner for Education in…

Three persons suspected to be specialized in child trafficking have been apprehended by a combined team of policemen and vigilante at Omerigboma Village, Oko in Oshimili South local government area of Delta State. Their arrest followed a petition to the area commander, Asaba, on behalf of a 13-year-old victim of child trafficking (name withheld) from Izza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, who was to be taken to Onicha-Ugbo in Aniocha North Local Government Area for prostitution. A release by the Police public relations officer (PPRO), DSP Edafe Bright, disclosed that, “a combined team of policemen and vigilante embarked…

The leadership of Akwa Ibom State chapter of Accord Party has refuted allegations that the party is being financed by the State government The state Chairman, Martins Inyang Ansa while addressing newsmen in Uyo, described as false and malicious, allegations of being tied to the government apron strings, stating that the governorship candidate of the party, Emem Coffie, an Engineer is not flying a kite, as he is in the race to win and reposition the state for sustainable development. He said, “I would want to use this medium to inform the General Public that, Accord in Akwa Ibom State…

The New Nigeria Dream Initiative NNDI an offshoot of the New Dream for Grassroots Development, NDGD, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to decentralize Voters Registration Centres Across the Country, in other to ease the sufferings of the masses. According to the National Coordinator NNDI, Dr Breakforth Onwubuya, this is coming on the heels of the stampede at the Old parade ground Abuja that led to the death of potential Voter who left his home to get captured and ended up loosing his life. During the extension special concert. He called on INEC to decentralize Voters Registration…

As Nigeria continues to experience an alarming rise in cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), the Mexican Embassy in Nigeria has said it will join hands with Make A Difference Initiative and Men Against Rape Foundation to tackle the menace. Speaking at the Mexican Embassy in Abuja during a courtesy call paid on him by a – three member delegation of the bodies, the Mexican envoy to Nigeria, Ambassador Alfredo Miranda said the issues of rape and Sexual and Gender Based Violence was a global concern that needed concerted efforts and partnerships to tackle. The delegation included the…

The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, condemns in strong terms the harassment and molestation of Mr. Haruna Mohammed, the publisher of WikkiTimes online newspaper and one of the reporters, Mr. Idris Kamal, by the Police in Bauchi, Bauchi State. The ordeal of the two journalists began on Monday, June 27, 2022, when they honoured an invitation from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) following a petition by Mr. Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, a member of the House of Representatives representing Bauchi Federal Constituency concerning a Wikki Times report of May 18, 2022 on the sudden death of Chairman of…

On June 23, 2022, frontline civil society organizations, socio-cultural groups, academics, traditional rulers and individuals drawn from the Niger Delta states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers gathered at the city of Uyo in Akwa Ibom state, to discuss the socio ecological issues that currently confront the region and its people. The Niger Delta Alternatives Convergence interrogated the current realities and impacts facing the region from impacts of oil extraction on the people and environment, the moves by oil companies to sell off their assets and leave the region, the emerging threats of…

EMINENT Nigerians, including former Chief of Staff, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe (retd); former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang; Second Republic Senator, Professor Banji Akintoye; President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo; former Vice-Chairman of Arik Air, Senator Anietie Okon; Commodore Idongegist Nkanga, (retd); of PANDEF, the leader of Middle Belt Forum, Dr. Bitrus Pogu; former Minister, Prof. Yusuf Turaki and 121 others, yesterday, alleged that the 1999 constitution was skewed in favour of the North They also petitioned the United Nations Security Council, African Union, European Union, United States and the British Government on the need to urgently convoke a…

Ikemefuna might have been a sacrifice offered by his community, Mbaino to appease the people of Umuofia in the classic novel, Things Fall Apart authored by the legendary Chinua Achebe. But the character despite his short duration in the story has evoked lasting lessons, which came into focus in Port Harcourt recently when the Nigerian Literary Society, Reading Association of Nigeria and English Language Teachers Association of Nigeria marked the 64th anniversary of the publication of the novel at Alliance Francais. Ikemefuna is 15 when a woman from Umuofia is killed by his people. And to make peace, he is…

Every nation has its own challenges. For Nigeria, security has in the last decade become a major challenge now threatening almost every sphere of our lives as well as the continued existence of the country. While generally, it is the primary responsibility of government to safeguard lives and properties, security has become so threatened that human safety is attacked in different forms-kidnapping, human trafficking, organ harvesting, and the traditional robbery while cybercrimes and destruction of national infrastructures and assets have sprung up. In the last few years, there has been a steady destruction of national structures-burning of police stations, correctional…