Author: nationalpoint

Each day the Coronavirus pandemic exposes the failings of the Nigerian government from local government to state down to the federal. Rather than set up needed infrastructures, our leaders built personal empires and faced with the pandemic, they are clutching at straws including forcing Chinese medical team and globally rejected equipment on our people.The Buhari government has consistently borrowed money from China yet it had literally no structures on ground when, insensitive to public demands that our borders be shut to keep the rampaging virus away, it waited for children of the high to get back and loot hungry officials…

By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaDelta State government has granted amnesty to 150 inmates in the three custodial centers of the Nigerian Correctional Service across the state as part of measures to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) ravaging the entire globe.Chief judge of the state, Justice Marshal Umukoro granted the amnesty as he concluded his visit to the centers, Breakdown of the number shows that 49 were released at Warri, 46 at Agbor, 27 at Ogwashi-Uku while 25 and three were pardoned at Kwale and Sapele Custodial centers, respectively.At the Warri Custodial Center, the chief judge was piqued by…

By Nelly UmorenSource: justforrubies.comThe devastating effect of Coronavirus pandemic on women and girls across the globe is enormous in every sphere of life- health, economy, security and social protection.Globally, most women work in the informal economy sector, earning less, saving less, but working hard and at greater risk of falling sick and into abject poverty despite their struggles. As markets fall and businesses close, most of them are out of job and businesses. Women’s jobs have disappeared leaving them hopeless with huge chunks of responsibility.“At the same time as they are losing paid employment, folding market and businesses, women’s unpaid…

Versatile Nigerian defender Ola Aina may soon be on his way to the Ligue 1 champions as per reports in the French media.Le 10 Sport in reference to Foot Mercato claims PSG sporting director Leonardo is monitoring the situation between Ola Aina and Torino with a view to acquiring the services of the Nigerian fullback.The Super Eagles star is already considering a return to England with Everton and West Ham interested in his services.However, a move to PSG is also a possibility as Leonardo, the transfer chief at Parc Des Princes, is looking for a replacement for Thomas Meunier, who…

By Iduozee Paul, Benin As crimes keep on increasing due to the Coronavirus ‘Stay At Home’ law and order, the commissioner of Police, Lawal Jimeta, said the State Command has arrested some suspects involved in committing various crimes in Edo State.According to him, the crimes include armed robbery, murder, rape, kidnapping, stealing, burglary, cultists, fraudster and snatching of various kinds of vehicles. He said a total of 69 cultists were apprehended, while 28 were charged to court. The CP who, made the disclosure when he paraded some of the suspects in the State Command, said the police will comply with…

Two Civil Society Organisations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC) have petitioned the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) demanding the sack of Ebonyi State governor David Umahi for alleged abuse of office and continuous journalists’ right violation.The media support groups in their petition says Umahi is unfit to continue to hold the office of governor and are requesting the bureau to investigate the allegations and invoke the provisions of law on public office holders.The group urged the CCB to secure Umahi’s removal from office and disqualify him from holding any public office in Nigeria for the…

By Paul OwolabiNIGERIA expects a $3.4 billion in emergency funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cushion the impact of COVID-19 on the nation’s economy.The facility has been considered to be the largest loan allocation by the monetary fund to an African nation to fight the pandemic, and it is scheduled to be repaid in not more than five years.It will be recalled that minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed, earlier this month referred to the loan as part of funds being expected from multilateral organisations to aid the country’s battle against the pandemic.According to Worldometer, Nigeria as at today April 26, has…

Press ReleaseNIGER DELTA WOMEN INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE, ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE,NDWIRED CENTRE COMMEMORATES WORLD EARTH DAY, APRIL 22 2020 As the world commemorates Earth Day and the 50th anniversary of the event, we join hands with all of humanity, men, women and children to mark this day, an epochal timeline, set aside to cause humanity to pause, think and take Climate Change Action in line with the 2020 theme,Climate Change Action, a focus on the condition of mother earth, our home.This year, all of humanity is called to focus on action to mitigate the impact of Climate Change, a ravaging state of…

Antonio Guterres – UN Secretary GeneralThe COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency –but it is far more. It is an economic crisis. A social crisis. And a human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis.In February, I launched a Call to Action to put human dignity and the promise of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the core of our work. As I said then, human rights cannot be an afterthought in times of crisis-and we now face the biggest international crisis in generations.Today,  I am releasing a report highlighting how human rights can and must…

By Clifford Christopher SolomonCSOs Coalition holding a press brief on COVID-19 in Port Harcourt, April 21Rivers State Civil Society Coalition on COVID-19 condemned the federal government’s brazen exclusion of the Niger Delta and other southern states from the distribution of palliatives to cushion the harsh effects of the lockdown against the spread of the Coronavirus on citizens.Addressing journalists at on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at a press briefing organized in Port Harcourt, spokesperson of the COVID-19 Civil Society Organizations Coalition, Comrade Karl Chinedu Uchegbu, said:“We recall that the federal government has earmarked many billions of naira, including contributions from non-state…