Author: nationalpoint

The Edo State Government has decried the deplorable state of federal roads in the state, which has continued to deteriorate because the federal government has refused to heed advice and warning signals. The government said Edo State is a transportation hub and is being negatively impacted by the state of the roads Edo State is a transportation hub. It is concerning that the major federal road networks in the state, which connect several parts of the country, are in such deplorable conditions,” the government stated in a release. These roads include the Benin-Sapele Road, Benin-Agbor Road, Benin-Auchi Road, Benin-Lagos Road…

Mrs Priestba Nwokocha, news director at the Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation, RSBC, was at about 8.30 pm on Friday, abducted by gunmen on her way back from her duty post. Her abduction has caused worries in the industry with calls from every quarter for her immediate and unconditional release. The president Nigeria Guild of editors, Eze Anaba is reported to have reached out to the IGP demanding swift action. The commissioner of Police, CP Nwonyi Polycarp Emeka, has ordered a manhunt for the abductors of Mrs Priestba Anthony Nwokocha, the director of news, Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation, RSBC (Radio Rivers).…

Edo State Civil Society Organizations (EDOCSO) in Benin City, Monday July 24, staged a protest against the excruciating hardship brought upon Nigerians following the removal of fuel subsidy by the Bola Tinubu government. The group took its protest through the major streets in Benin metropolis, vis-a-vis, Mission Road, Akpakpava Road, Ring Road and others. The protesters brandished placards with inscriptions stating their anger. “In Less Than Two Months, Tinubu Government Is Chocking Nigerians To Death”, “Tinubu, Let Us Breath”, “Kill Corruption Not Nigerians”, “Cost Of Living In Nigeria Is Chocking Us”, “FG Allow The Poor To Breath And Keep Your…

The recent removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government has thrown many families and individuals across the country into deep hardship and difficulties. Many homes are finding it difficult to cope with the high cost of living that the government policy has thrown at them. And with no palliatives or improvement in incomes coming their way, they are doing what they can to cope. Many have been forced to make tough choices about how to survive the hardship. Such choices range from trekking long distances to work to changing feeding habits to enable them cope with the situation. President…

The President of the Indigenous Youths of Ogoni People, Mathew Degi has once again advised Ogoni Youths to keep hope alive and continue to stand for what late Ken Saro Wiwa stood for. Speaking on Monday at Saro Wiwa memorial Park, Bane Khana local government area of Rivers State where a 30 years memorial celebration was held in his favour, the president stated that the celebration was also to remember all the fallen heroes of Ogoni land. Degi said the essence of the celebration was to educate the younger Ogoni people who didn’t have the privilege to meet with late…

The Bayelsa State Police Command on Monday said that it has established contact with a coastguard officer from Saô Tomē and Principe and are making a concerted to connect Antonio Sabino and Osorio Pires to connect them back to their families. Recall that two Sao Tome and Principe fishermen identified as Antonio Sabino and Osorio Pires from Neves town, were on Sunday rescued in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State five days after they got lost in the Atlantic Ocean. The Police however confirmed that the fishermen were rescued some 50 nautical miles off the Atlantic Ocean on July…

The Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Maj.-Barry Ndiomu, has introduced counselling and mentoring of ex-agitators to curb all forms of unrests especially street protests. The Chairman, PAP Strategic Communication Committee (SCC), Nature Dumale, said the initiative was introduced by Ndiomu to help ex-agitators deal with stress-related challenges that could push them into violent reactions. Speaking in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday after a programme tagged, Resilience Building Workshop, organised by PAP , Dumale said it was part of Ndiomu’s efforts to eliminate all threats to the existing peace in the Niger Delta. Dumale said the PAP boss adopted…

Residents of Polobubou (Tsekelewu) town in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State have called on the various oil companies operating in their community to urgently tackle the environmental degradation, their activities have caused in their land. Making the call recently at Polobubou as part of activities marking the World Environment Day, Elder Anthony Tiemo, Chairman Health and Environment Committee, Polobubou noted that the pollution wrought by oil companies had destroyed their lands, waterways and impoverished the people. “Polobubou, originally a fresh water environment with fresh water ecosystems, has been replaced by salt water environment due to the exploration…

The scorching heat tops more than 100 degrees Celsius. Children, women, and men are forced to run out of their hovels due to harsh weather. The shambles were strewn with old sacks, worn-out tarpaulins, and dirty rags, but the use of threadbare zincs on roof makes them almost inhabitable in the afternoon. However, there is nowhere to run to. “Inside seems like an oven; outside is similar to a kitchen. We sweat from 12pm to 5pm every day whether we are inside or outside our rooms,” says one of the occupants of New Kuchigoro Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, Ms…

An unprecedented and thoroughly depressing chapter in the contemporary diminution of the judiciary and consequential erosion of the rule of law in Nigeria was written with two contributions on the Senate floor during the valedictory session of the 9th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Senator Rochas Okorocha expressed mock awe at how the Senate President Ahmed Lawan found his way back to the Senate without contesting in his party’s primaries for the seat, and hence ineligible for the election at all; with the innuendoes pointing at the inexplicable and widely criticized judicial decision which occasioned that otherwise most…