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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, Obonganwan 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…

By Clifford Christopher SolomonA 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…

Dr. Patience Osaro-Ejiji and members of other CSOs at the eventOgoni 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…

Emem Okon, newly installed Rotary of Port Harcourt Eco Charter PresidentChief, Deaconess, Rotarian, Charter President, Emem Bridget Jeremiah Okon is a valuable, consummate, ardent Feminist, a Development Icon, Icon of Excellence, Icon of Education, former State Co-ordinator of Women in Nigeria (WIN), Rivers State (O! How I miss Agudama Re-union!), Executive Director and Founder, Kebetkache Women Development Centre, a renown Chief of Duke Royal House of Calabar, Deaconess in the Royal House of Grace International Church, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Chartered President of Port Harcourt Rotary Club, ECO . . . .Chronicling the footprints of Chief Emem Bridget provides an…

Emem Okon, newly installed Rotary of Port Harcourt Eco Charter PresidentNgozi Ezuma: Working With Kebetkache Has Helped Me A LotWorking with Madam Emem has really helped me. Working with Kebetkache has made me to come out from the Master’s Place. What I mean is, before, I could not come out to speak; now, whether it is community school, church, anywhere you call me to come out and speak on behalf of women that I cannot speak . Even, the thing helped me when Governor Wike came to Erema, our community, they gave me prayer in front of everybody. I prayed…

Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, commends Governors of the South-South Geopolitical Zone over the far-reaching resolutions at their meeting held in Port Harcourt on Monday, October 4, 2021.PANDEF notes that the decisions taken by the Governors are critical to the security, safety and wellbeing of the people. And by this, the Governors have demonstrated that they are in tune with the feelings and aspirations of their people.PANDEF is particularly delighted at the governors’ decision to establish South-South Security Architecture, like other zones in the country, to complement the nation’s security agencies in the zone. The fact is that given the…

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said his government was open to investment discussions on developing of its oil field, OPL 240.Senator Diri stated this during the courtesy visit of the management of First Exploration and Production Company led by former Minster of State for Petroleum, Mr. OdeinAjumogobia, to Government House, Yenagoa.Governor Diri said the state government, which owns the operating licence for OPL 240, is still searching for the right investors to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with.A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as urging First Exploration and Production Company…

The shocking news of the brutal beating and stripping of a female councillor and Leader of the Legislative Council, Mrs Cynthia Nwala within the premises of Etche Local Government Council in Rivers State early in the week, has gripped the attention of many on social media as well as mainstream media. Mrs Nwala who was said to have been involved in an altercation rooted in a power tussle with some of her fellow councillors was shown in photos with her clothes torn, exposing her body. Although not much detail has been provided as to what actually transpired, it is disturbing…

A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State and presided over by Justice N.O Dimgba has ruled as discriminatory the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria on six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.This followed a suit instituted by Anambra state based legal practitioner, Chijioke Ifediora, against the Apex court describing the policy as discriminatory and offending section 42 of the 1999 constitution.Ifediora told the court ”On the 7th of January 2020, I visited a Branch of the Bank in Amawbia Awka, to make payments into my Bank account with the sum N600,000 but…

As the struggle for greener pastures abroad among able bodied young Nigerian citizens continues unabated, the United Nations Country Representative to Nigeria, and ECOWAS, Ms Comfort Lamptey, had revealed that, over 75% of victims trafficking for sexual exploitation are females.Lamptey who was represented by Aminat Tope Abdulrahman, Programme Analyst, UN Women made the statement at an event organized by CLEEN Foundation at a Media and Civil Society roundtable, on “Human Trafficking and Forced Migration, ” Benin city, Edo state, said, the event is to plan to sensitize, educate and inform partakers about the ills of trafficking in persons, and forced…