Author: nationalpoint

Kenya’s Titus Ekiru, winner of the Milan marathon in May 2021, received a ten-year suspension for doping and obstructing the investigation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Monday. BBCSports.com reports that the 31-year-old athlete tested positive for a doping substance after his surprise victory in Milan, where he had just won the marathon in a stunning time of 2 hours 2 min 57 sec. He had another positive test in November of the same year in Abu Dhabi, the AIU said in a press release. Ekiru had claimed that this abnormality was the result of legal medical treatment for…

The governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has awarded the sum of N30million to the victorious Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club that recently won the Louis Edem International Basketball tournament. The governor, who announced the award at a reception he hosted for the club at Government House on Friday, also assured that the government would continue to sustain support for the growth of all sporting activities in the state to make Rivers State attractive to the youths. Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club led by the Commissioner for Sports, Mr. Chris Green, were at Government House to present their laurels to the governor.…

Who is the man who today sits atop the presidency of Nigeria? What is his name? Who are his parents? Who are his childhood friends? What was his childhood like? What primary school did he attend? Where did he attend secondary school? Or, the university? Is he a criminal? Is he a serial forger? On account of the above, can we trust him? Can he be trusted with the destinies of over 200 million Nigerians? Can the rest of the world trust him as the embodiment of Nigeria? Last year, I wrote about the history of certificate forgeries and identity…

Man’s destiny is progressive. However, certain forces arise to hinder the flow of progress in life and ministry. One of these forces is the spirit of limitation. To be limited is to be restricted, resisted and restrained. The Spirit of limitation delays destinies from getting to their ordained and expected places. The spirit of limitation is a force that must be broken, if you are to fulfill your destiny in a grand style. The Spirit of limitation makes life to perform below capacity, reduces ministry to nothing and frustrates people from being all they could be. Limitation has the power…

Leadership of Volunteers for Orphans, Widows and Youth Empowerment, VOYE accompanied by supporters, paid a warm visit to inmates of Rhema Home Omodu Street, off NTA Rd, Port Harcourt to share time. Led by the founder/ president of the non-governmental organization, Chief Bridget Duru, the visitors spent time singing, praying and dancing with the children who were very happy to receive them. Chief Duru asked the children to pray for world peace, love and humanity and pledged a life-long monthly financial support for the home, explaining that the NGO founded in 2009, is committed to helping the needy, especially children,…

Nigeria has never had it this bad. Everywhere you turn, there is a challenge – a challenge of leadership, ethnicity, youth going wild, economy in shambles and the rule of law gone crazy. Confusion seems to be the major word in the country. Since we chose to jettison the rules that govern same countries, going to please rather than to do the right thing, we have laid the foundation for chaos. Barely months into the All Progressives Congress third term in office, rather than settle down to the business of governance in the face of a fast dwindling economy where…

Three freedom of expression and media development organizations September 26, issued a joint call on Federal and State Governments to take urgent measures to facilitate access to the Internet for all Nigerians in accordance with the government’s international obligations. They stressed that access to the internet is no longer a matter of mere convenience but a fundamental prerequisite for full citizenship and participation in modern society. In a joint statement signed by Dr. Akin Akingbulu, Executive Director of the Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO); Mr. Lanre Arogundade, Executive Director of the International Press Centre (IPC); and Mr. Edetaen Ojo,…

With less than three weeks to the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has delisted the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timpre Sylva, and his running mate from the list of candidates contesting the election. INEC in a statement by the Secretary to the Commission Mrs. Rose Oriaran-Anthony, said it has been served with the court order in respect of the nomination of the APC for the 2023 Bayelsa governorship. “By virtue of the provision of section 287 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), the…

Information reaching our news desk suggests very strongly that the governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara may resign his position as governor, if drastic mending action is not taken by the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Rivers State to step in and provide him some relief. The governor who was singlehandedly picked and foisted by his predecessor and immediate past governor of the state, Chief Nyesom Wike is reported to be felling completely emasculated by the unrelenting control exerted by Wike, who is currently minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Sources assert authoritatively that the…

Delta State Executive Council, (EXCO), meeting presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, on Wednesday, approved a proposed budget of N714.4 billion for the 2024 fiscal year. The Commissioner for Economic Planning, Mr Sonny Ekedayen, who disclosed this at a post EXCO press briefing at Government House, Asaba, said the proposed budget comprised N397 billion, representing 56 percent for Capital Expenditure, while N316 billion, representing 44 percent, is for recurrent expenditure. Ekadeyan, who was flanked by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sir Festus Ahon, said the 2024 proposed budget was premised on an exchange rate of N750 per dollar. According…