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In this interview with Emmanuel Obe, Chief Chinedu John, one of the leaders of Adanta village, where the pipeline fire occurred said even though Shell, the owners of the pipeline had not approached them, the community may not ask for compensation for the fire that burned from on May 31 to June 3, 2023 on the Ogbodo/Adanta section of the Trans Niger Pipeline What actually happened on May 31 along the pipeline? I actually went to Isiokpo to get something and my wife called me to say that there was a fire incident. But before that time, somebody told me…

Even though women suffered most of the brunt of the economic damages that oil spills and fire disasters have brought to Ogbodo and Adanta, they have never been well compensated when companies reach out to the communities with palliatives and monetary compensation. The women of the community, seem to be the worst devastated from the disasters. Their primary economic activities are tied to the land and they have lost valuable farmlands and waters, where they eke out a living for themselves and their families. Mrs. Ada Okoro said, “There is no snail again. You can’t GO inside the bush and…

The women of First Baptist Church,Ahoada (Cathedral of Excellent Parish) recently marked their 2023 Mothers’ Day with the theme: ‘Mothers’ As Gold’ Speaking during the event, the acting rector of the church, Rev. Dr. Kenneth Enyubara said that with the current situation of the country, women have a lot to do to save the country through prayers and other spiritual activities. “As First Baptist Church Ahoada women celebrate their 2023 Mothers’ Day, I want to charge Nigerian women to save the nation by remaining resolute in their prayers. With the tension in the land and the current situation in the…

A leading lawyer in the country, Godspower Godfrey has slammed Nigerian professors who served as returning officers in the contentious 2023 general elections across the country. He scored them low. Godfrey, who is the principal officer in Powers and Partners (Ajuri Chambers) made his assessment known over the weekend in a chat with National Point in Port Harcourt. He expressed disappointment with the performance of the professors. Said he: “I am highly disappointed with Nigerian professors who served as INEC election returning officers across the country, especially those who served as returning officers in the governorship elections. If half of…

Vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University, (RSU) Nkpolu Oroworukwu, Port Harcourt, Prof. Nlerum Sunday Okogbule has charged students of the school who, would be going on industrial training, to take their programme seriously. Prof. Nlerum Okogbule gave the charge recently during the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) for the 2023 programme. He reminded them of the need to carry out their industry training with diligence as well as being good ambassadors of the institution. The VC who was represented by the provost, College of Medical Sciences, Prof. Chituru Orluwene, assured the students that the management of the institution…

A leading medical practitioner in Nigeria, Prof. Kenneth Ordu has appealed to the governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminialayi Fubara to appoint a competent and qualified medical doctor to man the state health sector. Prof. Kenneth Ordu made the appeal last Thursday in a chat with newsmen in his office in Port Harcourt. “I want to appeal to Governor Siminialayi Fubara to use his supreme executive power to appoint an experienced and qualified medical doctor as the next commissioner for Health in the state. Rivers State needs a competent and capable medical practitioner as our new commissioner for Health,” Prof…

A Niger Deltan from Rivers State, Mr. Eze Victor Ugorji of Landover Aviation Business School (LABS) located in Lagos has emerged the best performer of International Air Transport Association IATA) for July 2022/2023. In a statement made available to National Point, the executive director of LABS, Mrs. Adoke Adiba said Victor Mr. Ugorji earned a distinction. According to her, Mr. Eze Victor Ugorji, the best performing graduate achieved a distinction in the July 2022 Diet of IATA foundation in the travel and tourism course and was crowned IATA’s overall best performer in Nigeria in a colourful ceremony at the LABS…

Ogbodo and Adanta are two villages lying southeast of Isiokpo, the headquarters of Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Their population is largely agrarian which also engage in hunting and fishing being surrounding by thick rainforest and rich swamps in the flood plains of the New Calabar River. Oil was discovered in commercial quantity in the community by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in 1972. But issues arising from the exploitation of oil in the community began to arise in 2000 when the communities experienced their first oil spill. The spills have left the ecosystem devastated and degraded. The…

For three days, the fire burned uncontrollably sending thick black billows into the sky. The villagers watched as no fire fighting team came either from government or from Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, SPDC owners of the pipeline, to quench the fire until the fire petered out by itself after leaving a line of damage to vegetation and farmlands on its path. Security and surveillance personnel working along the pipeline told National Point that they noticed a leaking point on the pipeline at the Adanta end of the Ogbodo, Isiokpo section of the Trans Niger Pipeline taking crude oil from…

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said it would soon reactivate its Free Health Care Programme for communities in the Niger Delta to enhance better healthcare delivery to the people. The Executive Director, Finance and Administration of NDDC, Maj. Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (Rtd.), disclosed this at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt when a beneficiary of the Commission’s healthcare intervention, Master Miracle Nwagbara and his parents paid him a “thank you” visit. Airhiavbere said the provision of quality medical services to the people of the Niger Delta region was part of its mandate. “Our budgets have just been approved…