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By Iduozee Paul, BeninThe Vice Chancellor, Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Prof. Babatunde Idowu, has disclosed that the institution has set up machinery to go into cocoa farming as part of efforts to tackle the nation’s unemployment crisis.He spoke at his inaugural press conference at the institution in Ogwa, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.Babatunde said Nigeria once had the tallest building called ‘the Cocoa House’ in the West and made so much money from cocoa production then. He explained that the university has undertaken to bring back the hey days by going into cocoa farming to rekindle economic…

By Iduozee Paul, BeninThe Edo State Information and Communications commissioner, Paul Onuobamu has accused members of the Edo Peoples Movement, EPM, a faction of the state APC, of responsibility for the bomb blasts rocking the state. He called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the state to end the crisis.The commissioner spoke in his office while reacting to the recent bomb blast in the private residence of the secretary of the state factional APC, Lawrence Okah.He absolved Governor Obaseki and the state government of responsibility for the explosions recorded in the state since the APC…

Jesus was more than just a good moral teacher. Although His teachings were important and transforming, that is not what forever changed the world. Dr. John Dickson helps us understand the extent of Jesus influence.“The thing that really set off the influence of Jesus around the world is that He died on a cross to bear on Himself judgment. He steps in the place of all the fallenness, all of the sin, and bears judgment on the cross.”It is in Christ’s ultimate sacrifice that the world finds the ultimate example of forgiveness and the foundation of our faith.“People look to…

Her Excellency,Dr Martha Udom Emmanuel,First Lady& ChairpersonFeYREP, Akwa Ibom State.Very warm greetings Mother of Akwa Ibom State!I am certain this Open Letter will meet you in good spirit and health even as your soul prospers.I thank you for your unrelenting and unwavering service to the less privileged in our society, with particular bias for widows, orphans, the physically challenged, expectant and nursing mothers and yes, The Girl child.I wish to draw to your notice, the video trending online, which has since gone viral, about the little girl, Precious, allegedly caught in the web of a sex orgy that went wrong,…

There is anger in the land; one engendered by the failure of the federal government to do the needful at the right time. The atmosphere is one of intense worry as the lives of Nigerians have become worthless even inside the country. In the month of January 2020 alone, a record 320 persons lost their lives to bandits operating as Boko Haram, cattle herdsmen, kidnappers or armed robbers. Thirty just died one day in Borno State.Travelling by road, sea or even by train has become a terror as bandits strike at any point holding commuters to ransom. Even farming is…

By Iduozee Paul, BeninThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday led hundreds of their members and non-state actors on a street march against the dangers of corruption in the country.The rally was organized by the EFCC and the NYSC with the theme “Nigerian Youths March Against Corruption” in Benin.Also there were non-state actors such as the Edo Civil Society O Organisations, Organised Labour, the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), the media and other interest bodies, with anti- corruption songs.They marched through the King’s Square carrying banners with the words,…

Leader of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has called on Bayelsans to shun all acts of violence and lawlessness with assurance that the mandate taken away from the APC by the Supreme Court and the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) will be restored.He apologized to President Muhammedu Buhari and his wife, Aisha Buhari for the disruption of schedule as arrangements had been concluded for their travel to Bayelsa to witness the inauguration of the APC governorship candidate as governor of Bayelsa State.The former governor stated these in a statement on…

By our ReporterA man, known as Bestman from Nwagbara family in Nkpor village, Rumuolumeni Community in Rivers State was stabbed to death by his wife Thelma in the early hours of Thursday February 13, 2020. Cause of the killing is yet to be known.National Point gathered from a close family source that the murder of the man, second son of the family whose parents are still alive, came as a surprise.The source said, “I don’t know what happened but devil has used the woman to cause the untimely death of her husband. No matter the level of the problem even…

By Mbah Okemsinachi, YenagoaKing Paul SeideiFor members of Bilabiri Community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, it has been intense agony, suffering, lamentation and fear following the invasion of the coastal community on January 17, 2020 by a joint army and naval operation who with sporadic shooting, forced the indigenes to flee into the swampy forest for safety. The invaders subsequently burnt down targeted houses and everything within which have rendered elders, men, women and innocent children homeless and helpless.Before the invasion by the military men who surrounded and attacked the community with 21 gunboats for reasons yet…