Author: nationalpoint

I had said to myself and to people close to me that I would never write again on the untenably rising prices of petrol in Nigeria because when I wrote column after column to presage the unfolding petrol-price-inspired cost-of-living tragedy, scores of people across the Nigerian political divide impassionedly disagreed with me because the presidential candidates to whom they abdicated their brains in 2023 also demonized “petrol subsidies” and promised to remove them. But the extortionate prices Nigerians are still paying for petrol in spite of the well-justified hopes that the coming on stream of the Dangote Refinery would bring…

The Founder and President General of Akwa Ibom Oil Producing Community Development Network (AKIPCON), Apostle Ufot Phenson has raised an alarm on ecosystem destruction by the extractive industry in Akwa Ibom and the likelihood of fish scarcity. Apostle Phenson said that the incessant oil spills with attendant contamination of water bodies and gas flares that scare wild life and rain down as acids continue to rob the locals of livelihoods and force many of them to abandon fishing and farming. Ufot warned that the unchecked pollutions including the recent one in Ibeno Local government area would worsen the food crisis…

Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima on Saturday rallied support for governorship Candidate of All Progressives Congress Senator Monday Okpebholo in September 21st elections in the State. Senator Kashim assured that with the support of traditional institution in the State led by Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin and collective will of the people, victory assure. The Vice President made the remarks when he led the APC National Campaign Council to the Oba on Saturday in Benin City where he solicited for Royal blessings of the Oba. He thanked Oba Ewuare’s II “skillful balancing of…

Six Governorship candidates out of the 18 political parties that fielded candidates for the Edo State governorship election participated in the Governorship Election Debate put together by the Independent Television (ITV) and Radio The candidates who made out time to be at the debate, gave accounts of their capacities to turn the fortune of the state around if given the chance. Responding to the question on how they would tackle the issues of education in the state, the candidates all agreed on training and retraining of teachers to meet up with the present reality. On the current economy of the…

Edo Civil Society Organizations (EDOCSO) has appealed to the security agencies deployed for the conduct of the governorship election in the state to maintain neutrality before, during and after the election. The group made the call during a march to Edo State Police Command and the Department of State Services (DSS) office in Benin City respectively. The Coordinator General of the group, Comrade Omobude Agho, said that the governorship election is very important to the people of the state and that the police and its sister agencies must do all in their powers to restrain themselves from being used by…

Former vice president of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has charged the people of Edo State not to be intimidated, threatened or scared from voting, but, rather vote, and defend their votes on Saturday to ensure that their candidate emerges in the Governorship election in Edo State. Atiku posited that they threatened the State four years ago but it didn’t work because Edo people can’t be intimidated, appealing to them to do the same this time around and ensure Asue Ighodalo becomes the governor of Edo State. Addressing the large crowd at the mega campaign ground, Chairman of Edo National Campaign…

All the bickering by the NNPCL and Tinubu’s government boils down to a battle of Appropriate pricing of Petroleum products in Nigeria; breaking the bondage of oil cabals in Nigeria; and putting a permanent stop to oil subsidy payments to criminal petroleum products importers for subsidy payments; conserving foreign exchange for Nigeria; creating value for money; and opening up the nation’s oil and gas sector to new and credible entrants. The fight is real. It is about who controls Nigeria’s oil and gas sector in the 21st century. Dangote refinery took them unawares and the cabal is not ready to…

Recently, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote completed his refinery to the consternation of many. Many uninformed people have been lampooning the industrialist as an unrepentant monopolist whose prime motivation was to fleece unsuspecting Nigerians. With the benefit of hindsight, it is becoming crystal clear that Aliko Dangote is much more charitable than the hawks in NNPC. It is a painful irony that one man could organize himself to the point of constructing a massive refinery, while Nigeria as a nation cannot put their act together towards making their four refineries working. More painful is the fact that different administrations like…

The Founder and President General of Akwa Ibom Oil Producing Community Development Network (AKIPCON), Apostle Ufot Phenson has raised the alarm on ecosystem destruction by the extractive industry in Akwa Ibom and the likelihood of fish scarcity. Apostle Phenson said that the incessant oil spills with attendant contamination of water bodies and gas flares that scare wild life and rain down as acids continue to rob the locals of livelihoods and force many to abandon fishing and farming. Ufot warned that the unchecked pollutions including the most recent in Ibeno Local government area of the state would worsen the food…

WIKE: DESTROYING RIVERS STATE AND THE PDP Your Excellency, Sir Ordinarily, I would not be writing an open letter to you, but like a wise man once said, “Silence would be Treason.” So I prefer to stay alive than face the consequences of silence in the face of crime. With each passing day, and as the sociopolitical tides continue to turn, it has become more pertinent that more people speak up in a concerted MANNER to prevent the death of our party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as we appear to be, in the words of W. B. Yeats, “turning…