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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…

Welcome Address by Dr. Patience Osaro-ejiji, Co-ordinator Ogoni Women Development Initiative at Ogoni Women Peace Forum organized at Sapenwa, Tai Local Government Headquarter, Rivers State, Tuesday September 21, 2021.ProtocolsLocal Government Chairmen and Vice Chairpersons Government Areas here present,Our Royal Fathers,Respected Councilors and other officials,Prof Fidelis Allen, Chairman of this occasion,Distinguished Personalities, Our Fellow Ogonis,Executive Director Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center, WANEP, CEMEDEC and Pius Dukor FoundationMembers of the Press,It is with a heart filled with appreciation that you answered our clarion call , and anguish because of happenings in our land, that I on behalf of Ogoni Women Peace…

By Chiemeka GreenBarr. Dortimi Kester Tawari Speaks at the SummitThe 2021 Forum for Ethnic Nationalities of Niger Delta (FENND) was indeed a convergence of intellectuals, activists, traditional rulers, political leaders, captains of industries and stakeholders in the struggle for the emancipation of the Niger Delta region coming together to deliberate on the injustice melted on the oil producing communities by the federal government and the multinational oil companies operating in the region.The summit which featured panel discussions and syndicate sessions also availed the leaders of the various ethnic nationalities in the region the opportunity to holistically look at the Petroleum…

The Shell divestment plans have made topical headlines in recent times with arguments for and against the plan depending on the divide the protagonist belongs.However, except we understand the real motives or reasons behind the divestment mantra, we may not be able to make a conclusion that will be beneficial to majority stakeholders especially, the victims of many years of negative extractive operations of Shell and the rest extractive companies in general.It is no longer news that Royal Dutch Shell has launched a major divestment of its Nigerian assets, especially those in the shallow water and onshore while still retaining…

The release last week by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and supervising Minister of the beleaguered Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Senator Godswill Akpabio of the much awaited report of the Forensic Audit presented no surprises to discerning observers of developments in the oil rich Niger Delta. Many who have followed with consternation, the reduction of the agency from a dream driver of human and infrastructural development in the Niger Delta at inception in 2001,to an instrument of sleaze twisted to provide slush funds to fund the hedonistic lifestyles of its operators and political ambitions of powerful politicians of…

HRM Queen Josephine Diete-Spiff and HRH Dr Christy Iwezor display their award certificates