Author: nationalpoint

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, on behalf of the Planning Committee, we welcome you all to this Press Conference. It is hosted with the objective to give further publicity, through the print, electronic and social media, on the forthcoming South – South Zonal Stakeholders Summit on: “DOMESTICATING STAKEHOLDERS STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITIES IN PROTECTING NIGERIA’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES AND ASSETS,”The Summit shall hold at the Atlantic Hall, Hotel Presidential, Aba Road – Port Harcourt, on 25th and 26th July, 2022. This Summit is a follow up to the successful convention held at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja on Monday 28…

Recently, I was a guest at a phone – in – radio program where we discussed on ‘Reducing Gender Violence: aWoman’s perspective’. There were many contributions as the fact remained that GBV is real; a human rights violation that’s been perpetuated for decades and is detrimental to humanity as it rips off its victims Pride, Dignity and Values. Millions of Women are undergoing this dehumanization on daily basis where cultural and traditional practices, as well as religious beliefs, are considered as major causes coupled with economic, environmental and political barriers therewith. Environmental challenges have posed huge threats to young girls…

Communication experts from the academia, media have blamed the declining quality of Nigerian elections on the non-readiness of political parties to reform. Rising from an x-ray of Nigerian elections from to 2019, the experts, who converged in Port Harcourt recently to participate in a global communication conference under the platform of the International Communication Association, Port Harcourt Hub, noted that while the electoral managing body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has been undergoing reforms and trying to improve on its operations, the political parties have remained undemocratic internally holding on to unwholesome practices. Prof Musa in his presentation on…

Fifty-one (51) suspected cultists among others, are currently cooling their heels at the Delta State Police Headquarters following their arrest by the men of the Delta State Police Command. The cultists, who are believed to be members of the Eiye Confraternity, were arrested at Ogwashi-Uku while marking their anniversary. According to the police public relations officer, PPRO, DSP Edafe Bright, acting on a tip-off, CP Ari Muhammed Ali detailed the Command’s Buffalo Patrol team, operatives from Area Command Ogwashi-Uku and Ogwashi-Uku Division, stormed the venue at Big Apple Hotel in Ogwashi-Uku. According to the PPRO, the suspects on sighting the…

Leaders under of the auspices of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) have taken a swipe at Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State for accepting his nomination as a running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The group made their position known in a statement signed by leaders of four groups which include Chief Edwin Clark, for the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) and the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF); Chief Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, Dr. Dru Bitrus, the president-general, Middle…

Polobubo Community of the Ijaw Egbema Clan in Warri North Local Government Area Delta State, held a Press Conference June 15, 2022 in Warri to draw attention to the threats to its survival through massive environmental pollution caused by the activities of Shell, Chevron, Conoil and NPDC /Elcrest companies.

–  Only One Earth, One Homeland Polububo (TSEKELEWU) Gentlemen of the Press, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the good people of Polobubo (Tsekelewu) Community of Egbema kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, I welcome you to this press conference on the World Environment Day commemoration by Polobubo (Tsekelewu) community. As the world commemorates World Environment Day in June 2022 with the theme ” Only One Earth” which emphasizes the dire environmental crisis facing humanity, we wish to urgently draw the attention of Chevron Nigeria Limited, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Nigeria Petroleum Development Company/Elcrest Nigeria limited…

For being persistent and consistent in the pursuit of environmental justice, the executive director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, Chima Williams Esq., has emerged African winner of the 2022 prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. The Goldman Prize since 1989, is awarded annually to honor the achievements and leadership of grassroots environmental activists from each of the world’s six inhabited continental regions. The Prize recognizes individuals for their sustained significant efforts in protecting the environment, and also seeks to inspire other ordinary people to take extraordinary actions to protect the natural world. Winners from other continents, according to the…

Coordinator of the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD), a foremost national human and environmental rights non-governmental organisation based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, is winner of the 2022 RUTH PATRICK AWARD by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). The award was presented to him on Wednesday May 18, 2022, at the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. A statement signed by Chief Constance Meju, CEHRD BOT chairperson and Styvn Obodoekwe, project director, described Prof Nenibarini Zabbey as an accomplished professor of hydrology in the Department of Fisheries…

Izon Egberi Organisation, a Think Tank of Ijaw professionals located all over the world recently presented 100 double desks and seats to Community Secondary School Polaku, Yenagoa Local Government Area Bayelsa State. The gesture is part of its Annual Development Programme in the Niger Delta. The formal presentation was carried out on behalf of the Organisation by Ms. Adeline Orife, a UK based member and Ms. Ibiba DonPedro who is Head, Media and Communications of the organisation.