Author: nationalpoint

Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital which was christened “Garden City” is now “Garbage City and a Home for the Destitute”. The seven-year administration of Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike as governor of the state prioritized the building of flyovers in Port Harcourt City and Obio/Akpor local government areas in a bid to reduce the traffic grid lock and change the aesthetics of the city. This was largely criticized by the opposition political parties especially the All Progressive Congress, APC in the state and somecivil society groups. Responding to the criticisms, the governor on many occasions told large gatherings while commissioning…

A young man, Mr. Chimaobi Okere, 28, who hails from Umuagbai, Ndoki, but residing at Ogbogolo both in Rivers State, was subjected to immense torture by policemen attached to the Iwofe Police Station in a desperation to extort the sum of about N50,000 from him as ransom. Every night, during his unlawful detention without trial, he was brought out from the detention cell and subjected to cruel, degrading and dehumanizing treatments, including flogging with sharp matchet on his bare body. The young man, a GSM phone repairer at Ogbogoro, a suburb of Port Harcourt in Obio/Akpor LGA of Rivers State…

A fire is burning in the country. Suddenly, a country where impunity among leaders has become the order of the day is suddenly brimming with a strong desire by the people to reclaim their vanishing country. Nigeria has been diminishing in importance daily with those in authority swelling in their over-stuffed pockets. In the last 20 years of the return of democracy to Nigeria, rather than move forward, everything has been on retrogression with the country winning negative accolades – World headquarters of poverty, fifth world most terrorized state, country with the highest out of school children –a country where…

Luck ran against a POS operator, Mr. Nonso, who was obstructing the armed robbers who went to rob him at his place of business joint, as they ended up snuffing life out of him. Information gathered from reliable sources revealed that Mr. Nonso was reportedly killed in Benin City, Edo State capital on Saturday, June 12, 2022. Investigation reveal that Nonso is the only son of his parents and operates a POS center by Third Ikpokpan Junction, off Sapele Road area of Benin City, opposite a popular event and cinema center. He was at his business corner attending to customers…

The Edo State commissioner of police, CP AbutuYaro, has extolled the Edo State Security Network (ESN), the vigilantes and the Edo Hunters for providing useful information to the command leading to the arrest of criminals and the reduction of crime and criminality in the state. Yaro gave the commendation during an interactive session with various local security networks in Benin City, explained that the synergy with the different local security networks has brought meaningful results and gains in the state, and Nigeria. He stated, “We have operated seamlessly with them in the last few weeks with an outstanding result. And…

Some major paramilitary groups in Edo State have called on youths and women especially, to come out massively to register, and ensure they pick up their PVCs. They explained that the 2023 general elections is close and there is need for every eligible person to register and collect their PVCs to be able to vote for leaders that can change Nigeria. The groups made the disclosure when they embarked on a peace protest march to the Edo State NUJ Council premises after their keep fit morning exercise in Benin City. Spokesperson for the groups, the Edo State commander, Man O…

A Federal High Court in Abuja Judicial Division has granted an application of an interim Injunction upon a Motion Ex-parte before His Lordship, Justice I.E. Ekwu, restraining INEC from accepting any other list of candidates other than the Chief Dan Orbih’s camp who’s elections were monitored by the electoral body in Edo State on the 20th May, 2022 across the 18 LGAs. The court however granting the application, gave INEC within 7 days to enter an appearance before the court from the day, 15th, it was served with the Originating Summons. The case has been adjourned to 22nd of June,…

A group, GoregisterNG has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to increase the number of registration centres in Edo State to enable citizens register. Addressing journalists, the coordinator, Connected Advocacy, Prince Israel Orekha, who made the call in Benin City while on a sensitization campaign rally on the need for Nigerians to get registered, said this will enable residents get their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) and exercise their franchise in the forthcoming general election in the country. Orekha said when he visited some of the INEC registration centres across Benin shows that the centres and their workers were…

Cash-hungry officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have done the unthinkable, selling off to an export company 30 million litres of slop oil reserved in Port Harcourt Refinery as a national strategic stock. The sale, carried out under a controversial bid process, was conceived and personally supervised by the Chief Operating Officer (COO) Refinery, Mustapha Yinusa Yakubu. An export company by name SIGN Oil & Gas emerged the preferred bidder. Industry stakeholders, shocked to the marrow because slop oil has never been exported in the history of the NNPC, consider this latest manoeuvre as a taboo transaction capable…

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide, has advised Niger Delta stakeholders to stop blaming Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta State who, was recently picked as Atiku Abubarkar’s running mate but rather, support him to succeed. The Ijaw Council stated that pulling Okowa down amounts to rejecting the only opportunity available in that political party for the region especially as the PDP is the biggest party in the region with huge followers. The IYC in a statement signed by its president, Peter Timothy Igbifa, advised that instead of pulling Okowa down, all stakeholders should rally round, close their ranks…