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By Dave Okpogadie, AsabaDelta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah, has called for all hands to be on deck towards protecting infrastructures in public schools in the state from vandalism.Chief Ukah, who made the call during inspection visits to public schools in the state, warned unscrupulous elements in the society to desist from the negative acts.He decried the high rate of destruction of school property such as chairs, tables, windows, ceilings and even chalk boards, and called on communities where schools were located to take proper possession of the schools by protecting things in the schools…

HRH (Dr) Taalor Tornwe IV, Mene Bua Boue Kingdom South South Chiefs, Elders and Opinion Leaders Association of Nigeria recently paid a courtesy visit to the Palace of HRH King (Dr) Ambassador Taalor Tornwe IV, newly appointed patron for Rivers and Bayelsa states.HRH Mene Dr Taalor Tornwe  IV, Mene Bua Boue Kingdom is the assistant general secretary of the Supreme Council of the Ogoni Traditional Rulers,  Khana Area Council of Traditional Rulers PRO, member, Oil Bearing Communities of Nigeria, TRACOM, chairman  Board of Trustees, Khana Area Council of Traditional Rulers. National Point’s Gift Jonah had a few questions for the monarch.Excerpt:Today is…

By Constance MejuChief Constance MejuThe Niger Delta, a specially designed natural habitat filled with enough goodness to promote human development and a prosperous livelihood with enough to even share to others, has rather than become a blessing, turned a problem child.The goose that lays the golden eggs has for long been denied a taste of the egg it produces, so much so that hunger, deprivation, marginalization, forced her youth to take up arms in anger against the Nigerian government.Every one of us here is a part of this history and we are gathered here because overtime, the returns from our…

Members of the Concerned Citizens of Niger Delta, a coalition of traditional and opinion leaders in the six South South states of Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers states on January 21, 2020, converged at the Nigerian Bar Association , NBA Hall, Moscow Rd, Port Harcourt for a one-day Peace Summit.The summit which had HRM Obong (Dr.) Essien Udo Ekidem , Ntisong Ibibio 111 as chairman, stated as objective, a renaissance of the Niger Delta as a vehicle for accelerating development in the region to help reduce the rate of poverty as well as enthrone peace in the…

Leaders of community based organizations and the media have been enjoined to help save Nigeria from further damage by taking to all corners, the fight against corruption so Nigerians can experience better service delivery.Executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center made the call at a sensitization programme on Ethics and Accountability facilitated by the Independent and Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission, ICPC organized by her organization as part of advocacy meeting with the commission on Thursday January 16, 2020.Emem Okon said anti-corruption campaign will improve living standards and be most beneficial to women explaining that that informed…

By Iduozee Paul , BeninAhead the Edo State 2020 governorship elections, the factional chairman of the APC, Chief Anselm Ojezua, has begged the newly inaugurated reconciliation committee members to ensure they bring all aggrieved members back to the party.Ojezua made the request at the APC Secretariat when he set up a membership and Mobilization committee to bring back angry members, and make sure the it reconcile all the bitter EPM members loyal to the National chairman of APC , comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole to the party.The APC scribe told the committee chairman and its members to pay more attention on…

Identifying bright business ideas to invest in, preparing and implementing good business plans, record keeping and separating business from family expenses were some of the factors identified as requirements for business growth and success.Speaking at an entrepreneurship training organized recently by the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development, CEHRD in conjunction with the Embassy of Netherlands,Nigeria for zero to low income women in Ahoada, Rivers West senatorial district in Rivers State, an entrepreneurship development expert, Dr. Joseph Etang noted that small businesses can grow big and successful if these are adhered to strictly and failure develop the tips easily…

By Iduozee Paul , BeninThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has between 2015 and 2019, secured a total of 1, 626 convictions, including the conviction of the three former governors in the country.The facts were disclosed by the head of Benin Zonal office of the agency, Muhtar Bello, said in a release at an event marking the World Anti- Corruption Day, after a rally around major streets in Benin City, against corruption in Nigeria.He said the convicted governors are, Joshua Dariye of Plateau State, Jolly Nyame of TarabaState and former Abia State governor, Dr.Orji Uzor Kalu and added that…

By Iduozee Paul, Benin correspondentThe awareness raising officer and head of the Benin Sub-office of the International Organization for Migration (IMO), Cyprine Cheptepkeny and WintanaTarekgn have disclosed that between April 2017 and October 2019, IOM in collaboration with the federal government under the EU-IOM joint initiative, has assisted 18,079 migrants to return to Nigeria and almost half of the returnees are from Edo State.The duo who made the disclosure at a media launch for WAKA well in Oredo and Ikpoba Okha organized by IOM-UN in Benin City, said the campaign was launched in the two local government areas due to…

By Iduozee Paul, BeninThe director general, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Bakut Bukut, has decried the high incidents of violence and killings that characterized the recent Kogi and Bayelsa elections, describing the development as a mess in the country’s democracy.The director general who was represented at the event by the principal research fellow, Chidozie Acholomi Douglas at a one day post- election dialogue organized for stakeholders in Edo State, said their goal is to encourage the use of dialogue to foster understanding, advance democracy and create a less divisive environment among the citizenry in elections.“We are all witnesses…