Author: nationalpoint

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has called for concerted efforts among stakeholders to solve critical matters in the manufacturing sector to ensure that Nigeria is able to produce what it consumes and reduce excess wastes on importation.Obaseki made the call while declaring open a workshop organized by the Manufacturing Africa and Edo State Investment Promotion Office, at the Government House in Benin City.He stated, “The situation that we are in Nigeria today is so critical; critical not only because we are a poor country but because the bulk of what we consume is imported. There is no manufacturing.“That was okay…

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State has come under severe verbal attack by the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) for making false claims and misleading the public over the defection of some of its party members over the weekend.The PDP, in in a rally on Saturday, had received some APC decampees but according to the opposition, the list as reeled out by the PDP also included names of members who did not decamp.Addressing journalists, one of the purported decampees, Apostle Victor Sorokwu expressed dismay over what he described as PDP’s desperation and propaganda.Apostle Sorokwu, who was the immediate…

The Ogoni People of the platform of the movement for the survival of the Ogoni people, MOSOP organized the Annual Ogoni Day Jan. 4, 2022 in Bori. Present at the event was the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, president of Ijaw National Congress, Prof. Benjamin Okaba who was chairman of the occassion was at the event supported by a team of officials.

The Rivers State government appears to have finally removed the wax that blocked its ears to the cries of its citizens over the toxic soot fumes from artisanal crude oil refining sites. It recently showed its strong arm by closing down scores of illegal refining sites for diesel and kerosene, locally known as ‘Kpofire’. Yet, as both the illegal processing of crude oil and dismantling of the illegal sites destroy the swamps, creeks of Rivers state throwing residents into distress and thousands of fisher folk into poverty, a vast ocean of wasted lives and opportunity is all the people have…

Dare-devil armed robbers have attacked a Bullion Van belonging to a yet to be disclosed bank.It was gathered that the Bullion van was attacked along Otor-Owhe on the Ughelli-Asaba dual carriage way in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State.It could not be ascertained at press time, the bank the Bullion van was heading to when the hoodlums waylaid it.The robbers shot sporadically at the bullion van and the bullet bore holes on the windscreen of the van.When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Delta State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, remarked that the robbers did not…

The national platform of Women in Humanitarian Response in Nigeria Initiative (WiHRiNI) is greatly saddened by the loss of another daughter in Nigeria, Aisha Umar, to gender based violence.We strongly condemn the rape and eventual death of late Aisha Umar, an internally displaced person by a humanitarian worker and staff of an INGO in Borno State. This dastardly act violates all human rights laws, humanitarian principles and code of conduct for humanitarian/Aid workers, irrespective of creed, ideology, ethnicity or nationality. This conduct is a great betrayal of trust of the vulnerable people we serve, our colleagues who put themselves in harm’s…

A routine check of elderly persons in Abonnema, was reportedly attacked while on a visit to beneficiaries of the O.B Lulu Briggs Foundation care programme for the elderly. The attack which occurred January 5, 2022, was reportedly carried out by a disgruntled man from the community.Investigations by National Point indicate that the team of four persons in an 18 seater bus including the driver, a male doctor and two nurses were set on by a man and his accomplices. The man said to be from the Briggs family, reportedly works as a security guard in the new extension in Abonnema.The…

Communique Issued At The End Of A New Year Review And Agenda Setting Meeting Of Leaders Of The Artisan Fishermen Association Of Nigeria (ARFAN) Niger Delta Chapter (victims Of The Shell (SNEPCo) Bonga Oil Spill Of 20th December, 2011)Leaders of the Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria, Niger Delta Chapter victims of the Shell (SNEPCo) Bonga Oil Spill of 20th December, 2011 from the five most impacted states of AkwaIbom, Bayelsa, Delta, Ondo and Rivers met with their lawyers and allies on the 18th January, 2022 to ex-ray their plight over these past years, efforts made in course of pursuit for justice and restitution…

NUPRC has the statutory responsibility of ensuring compliance to petroleum laws, regulations and guidelines in the Oil and Gas Industry. The discharge of these responsibilities involves monitoring of operations at drilling sites, producing wells, production platforms and flow stations, crude oil export terminals, refineries, storage depots, pump stations, retail outlets, any other locations where petroleum is either stored or sold, and all pipelines carrying crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products, while carrying out the following functions, among others:Supervising all Petroleum Industry operations being carried out under licences and leases in the country.Monitoring the Petroleum Industry operations to ensure that…

The Fourth Open Forum Town Hall Meeting, a civic space to highlight religious, social and other issues in Akwa Ibom organized by The AkwaIbom and Nigeria Dream Compass Series is sure to reduce/eliminate the blame game between leaders and citizens through intellectual cross fertilization of ideas for development.The focus of the 4th Edition of the Open Forum Town Hall Meeting was on, “Religious and Traditional Institutions in Partisan Politics and Governance: Defining the Limits and Setting Standards” received super analysis and recommendations made for the way forward. Open Forum, an intellectual platform for dialogue, policy articulation and conflict resolution has dedicated…