Author: nationalpoint

If you are a traveller using the Igwuruta-Airport-Omagwa route, There are these bad spots between the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Princess School, Tiffany Hotels & Old Port Harcourt International Airport Hotel Building. There is actually an emergency Police Unit situated in between that stretch. Many kidnap mishaps have occurred there this year 2023; Airport Passengers, Staff and other persons traveling through there, have been victims. On this note, I wish to recommend the following Safety & Security Steps If You Are Using The Route: -Adjust your driving techniques when you get there, -Do not stop to pick anyone, -Do not stop…

Rivers State is not governed by the President of Nigeria, we are a Federal unit, we operate by the Constitution and are governed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara alone. The purported resolution by the President is unconstitutional and must be thrown away to the gutters of the Assembly. This nonsense resolution will embolden The FCT Minister Wike to continue to play god. I call on wise indigenes and citizen of Nigeria in this State to reject the illegal political resolution… Men of the Press in Rivers State should help us amplify our absolute rejection of the unconstitutional resolution… – Courage Nsirimovu…

The series of events that have followed the political crisis that is currently rocking Rivers State has created a cause for concern as politicians in a bid to adopt political shortcuts to resolve their narrow differences, have resorted to violating the constitution and setting aside the rule of law. The latest is the well-publicized eight-point agreement signed by some of the feuding parties in Aso Rock, the seat of the Federal Government in Abuja, where among other resolutions, the parties agreed to re-present the already approved and assented to 2024 budget of Rivers State to a reconstituted House of Assembly…

Voices across the country including that of the minister for Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy, are rising, demanding the apprehension and trial of an Akwa Ibom lawyer whose video displaying the brutalization of his wife at night, has gone viral raising tempers, especially among human rights defenders who only December 10, marked the global 2023 Human Rights Day and end of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, GBV. Following the calls, the commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State has ordered his arrest while the human rights committee of the Nigerian Bar Association in the state has been…

Mr Speaker, Honourable Members, distinguished guests, ladies, and gentlemen. 2.​It is my pleasure to be before this hallowed chamber today to present our state’s budget estimates of Revenues and Expenditures for the fiscal year 2024. 3.​Before I proceed with my presentation, I wish to, again, thank God for the special opportunity to serve our people as their elected Governor. 4. ​We thank our dear President, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR for his special interest in the peace and progress of Rivers State and the bold steps he has taken to revamp the nation’s economy and sustainable development across the…

BALL Africa, in collaboration with Ball 2 Thrive California USA, marked the 2023 World Basketball Day with their “One BALL” campaign at the Warriors Academy Basketball Court in Ilupeju, Lagos State. The initiative involved the donation of 25 pairs of basketball shoes and the organization of a Basketball Clinic for the Warriors Basketball Academy. Founded in March 2020, BALL Africa’s bi-annual sports equipment drive, “One BALL,” strives to enhance access to sports gear for children in under-served communities. The campaign, which has distributed a total of 225 sports equipment since its inception in 2021, aims to donate one million sports…

Aleto Unity Football Competition has kicked off in grand style. Speaking to sports writers at Aleto Clan Central Football pitch, the chairman of the Local Organising Committee, Engr. Micah Ejire said that the main purpose of the football completion was to unite the entire people of the clan. “The purpose of the Aleto Unity Football Competition is to unite the entire people of Aleto. In fact, with the kickoff the Aleto Unity Football Competition of 2023/2024 the people of Aleto clan will remain indivisible. This competition and other related cultural events in the area will continue to bring the people…

Falconets manager Christopher Danjuma has called up 25 players for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Burundi next month. Nigeria made it to the penultimate qualification round after edging past Tanzania 3-2 on aggregate in the previous round last month while Burundi dispatched DR Congo. Some of the players on the list are goalkeepers Anderlin Mgbechi and Shukurat Bakare, defenders Oluchi Ohaegbulam and Comfort Folorunsho, midfielders Taiwo Afolabi and Adoo Yina, and forwards Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, Chisom Chima and Aminat Omowunmi Bello. The list also includes U-17 Women’s World Cup bronze-medallist goalkeeper Faith Omilana, defenders Jumoke Alani, Emamuzo…

Grit, the award-winning drama written by Dr. Obari Gomba, was last Sunday performed on stage for the first time by a professional theatre group from the University of Port Harcourt at Anzy Place, Port Harcourt. The stage performance was organised by Rivers State chapter of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) with the support of Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, sponsors of the NLNG PRIZE FOR LITERATURE, which Grit won last month in Lagos. The play is a replay of the bitter and violent rivalry that partisan politics has brought into Nigerian families. Two brothers contesting for one position in the…

Manager, Corporate Communications at the Nigeria Content Development Monitoring Board, NCDMB Esueme Dan Kikile, has stressed the need to continually build media capacity to enable factual and truthful reports. Kikile said this during an interview with newsmen, at the side-lines of a one day capacity building workshop for media stakeholders, organised by the oil and gas sector regulatory body in Port Harcourt. Kikile said factual and truthful reports is in the best interest of the country. He used the medium to highlight the board’s strategic ten years roadmap, targeted to be accomplished in 2027. He said the roadmap designed by…