Author: nationalpoint

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…

Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara says the friendly leadership of the organised labour in the State engenders mutual cooperation and his administration is committed to do more for workers beyond implementing promotions and Christmas bonus. Sir Fubara spoke when he received thousands of jubilant civil servants who thronged the Government House gate, Port Harcourt with their leadership and some members of the organised labour on a thank you and solidarity march on Friday. Represented by the Head of Rivers State Civil Service, Dr. George Nwaeke, Governor Fubara said the N100,000.00 given as Christmas bonus to each civil servant…

The political crisis in Rivers State has assumed a new twist, as six Elders in the state have dragged President Bola Tinubu to the Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly compelling Governor Siminilaya Fubara to enter into an unconstitutional agreement. The Plaintiffs, led by a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly representing Bonny State Constituency, Hon. Victor Okon Jumbo, are; Senator Bennett Birabi, Senator Andrew Uchendu, Rear Admiral O.P. Fingesi, Ann Kio Briggs and Emmanuel Deinma. They maintained that the said agreement that was signed on December 18, was not only illegal, but amounted to an usurpation,…

As Nigerians frantically prepare for Christmas, members of Emesu, Egunughan and Aminigboko in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State will not be part of the celebrations. A dare-devil attack by hoodlums who killed four soldiers in an attempt to kidnap two foreign oil workers, has destroyed peace in the area and sacked the villagers from their homes and farms. National Point gathered that following the killing of the soldiers guarding the oil workers, the Army sent a contingent of 18 truckloads of soldiers who are now occupying the troubled area. Two local sources confirmed to this publication that the…

The campaign for gender representation in decision making took a refreshing turn December 14 when secondary school students from three schools in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, locked horns at Visa Karena to argue for or against having women on board. Welcoming all to the event, executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center, Dr Emem Okon said the shift to school debate was to create awareness among the young on the need to understand and support gender equality ensuring mutual respect among both genders. Debate is a sensitization programme aimed at getting participants to spread learning from the opinions…