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Benin City Hosts James Bond Movies for IndependenceStory by Paul Idouzee As Nigerians mark  61 years of the country’s independence , the managing director of Kada Plaza Cinema and Entertainment Centre, Mr Trevor Pillay, has assured film lovers and the general public in Edo State of a  line-up of creative, inspirational  action movies for their full enjoyment of the  Independence holiday.Trevor Pillay gave the assurance at the premier movie of the James Bond 007 Action films in Benin City.  He said they came to showcase James Bond movies in the state and appealed for patronage from the public.“The movies of James…

Frontline Rivers State Pentecostal leader Apostle Zilly Aggrey has joined concerned Niger Deltans demanding attention to the menace of soot especially in Port Harcourt.Apostle Zilly Aggrey , general overseer of Graceland Church raised the concern over the increasing menace of soot in Port Harcourt  on September 19, 2021, while speaking as an inducted honourary Rotarian at the installation   of  a deaconess in his church, Obomowang Emem Okon as charter president of the Rotary Club of Port-Harcourt Eco.Highlighting the dangerous consequence of the environmental pollution from soot, the church founder and general overseer said he came in recently from London where…

Ogoni Women Development Initiative in collaboration with Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center in association with other development partners including WANEP, CEMEDEC, Pius Dukor Foundation, held a peace forum on Tuesday September 28, 2021 at the Council Hall of Tai Local Government Area, Sapenwa.Welcoming guests to the event, Dr Patience Osaro-ejiji, president of the coalition said Ogoni women were no longer comfortable with happenings in the ethnic nationality stressing that heightened insecurity is destroying the dreams and lives of the people.Said she:“The matter before us is grave-the high state of insecurity in Ogoniland and the absence of a united voice…

Fellow Bayelsans, it is with much joy and hope that I join you and other Nigerians to celebrate the anniversary of our country. On this very special day, 61 years ago, our beloved country gained independence from colonial rule.Importantly, the day makes us all remember the core value our country aspired to – peace, freedom and justice to all tribes and creed.The date, October 1, holds singular status in the heart of every Bayelsan as we commemorate, value and treasure the prodigious bravery and valour of our leaders who cherished the dream of a homogenous Ijaw state, within Nigeria.We salute…

President Muhammadu BuhariCitizens of Nigeria,It is with full gratitude to God that today, we celebrate Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary.​For 1st of October 1960 to happen, all hands were on deck. East, West, North all came together to celebrate freedom. Today should not only serve as a reminder of the day the British handed over the reins of power to Nigerians, but also unified Nigerians from all ethnic groups, religions and regions.​Today, despite the challenges we face, most Nigerians still maintain the spirit of 1st October. That positive outlook and determination to make Nigeria a peaceful and prosperous nation. It is…

ed for the emergence of the presidential flag bearers of the mainstream political parties from the South West. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo respected the agreement and handed over to the North in the person of Musa Yar’Adua. Again, Goodluck Jonathan, a Southerner, respected the gentleman agreement and handed over to the North in the person of President Muhammadu Buhari. Therefore, the least that is expected from the North is a show of profound gratitude to the entire South for their large heart, equanimity and sportsmanship. Furthermore, it is in the interest of every Nigerian that there should be a paradigm shift…

The Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (IHRHL) is worried about the state of Nigeria 61 years after our colonial leaders handed over power and sovereignty to us.IHRHL wonders what we should be celebrating at a time like this when a large part of the North is under siege by terrorists and virtually all parts of the nation are insecure as a result of the incapacity or outright unwillingness of the Federal Government and security agencies to tackle the Boko Haram Terrorists, Bandit Terrorists and many other terrorists in the north. However, the same Federal Government is doing a…

A fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers, Ene Benibo, has been admitted into the prestigious Hall of Fame of the Port Harcourt branch of the Nigeria Society of Engineers. The event took place at Hago Height Event Centre on Thursday September 16, 2021.Speaking to National Point on the sideline of the event, Benibo said the award came at the peak of his career, as an engineer.“We have worked hard without recognition as the engineering profession is not quite appreciated in this country but I stand to say this, in the development of a nation the engineers are at the…

Concerned about the wanton killings in the country by state and non-state actors, astern Rights CSOs and Intelligentsia Coalition (a coalition of 40 Rights CSOs and Intelligentsia bodies), Intersociety has invited members of the public in the east including town unions, human rights and Christian faith activists or leaders particularly in Igbo land, parts of Benue, Kogi and Edo and Delta, Anambra, Rivers, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi  states, to report any human rights violation in their areas by the following security personnel including the Army, Navy, Air Force), SSS, Police and its various operational squads.Others…

By Ibiba DonPedro  Whenever it appears as if the matter of the disputed Atala Oil OML 46 has died down, overtaken by news of fresh trouble in a season of daily occurring troubling events in the land, it manages to bob to the surface, defiant. Clearly, the charged matter of the marginal oilfield, Bayelsa State’s prized oil resource possession will neither simmer, nor just fizzle out soon.In the midst of celebrations in the state as the oil and gas rich state with the sobriquet, Glory Of All Lands’, clocks  25 years on October1, 2021,a certain pall of gloom hangs over…