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A Non Governmental Organization in the Niger Delta, Community Initiative for Enhanced Peace and Development (CIEPD), Tuesday June 27, 2023, held a one day election debriefing session on the 2023 general elections. The exercise which was carried out in conjunction Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND), held at the Library, of the World Book Capital, Port Harcourt. The session was packaged to brainstorm on what went right and what needs to be done for future violence free in the country. Notable panellists gave their views on field experiences before, during the 2023 general elections for future hitch free electoral…

All does not seem to be well with happenings in the administration of justice in the Rivers State judiciary. Feelers from there indicate a feeling of frustration, neglect by many as powerful members of the state hold sway in the appointment of judges and magistrates leaving some long serving officers frustrated. On Monday, February 6, 2023, then governor Wike swore in five high court judges and two customary court judges with a mandate to dispense justice assiduously without favour. The officers comprised of five females and two males. The event held inside the Government House attracted a lot of dignitaries…

Abuja, the Federal Capital is under siege as political office seekers have overrun the place, pursuing persons and groups they feel have the power and influence to get their names on the list as nominees for top positions in the Bola Tinubu government. And they are not moving alone. Some are moving with a contingent of religious leaders to help open doors to them. A reliable source in Abuja told this National Point that the push is tough and heavy. “I’m not surprised the president moved to Lagos to mark the Salah. From morning to night people are running back…

In an apparent bid to cause confusion and further drive divisions among the people of the Niger Delta, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has begun on a path of infamy by choosing to annoy and insult the people of Delta State and Niger Delta in general by renaming the Osubi Airport after a former military governor of Rivers State, an Ijaw from Bayelsa State and currently the Amayanabo (King) of Brass Kingdom in Bayelsa State. Whereas there is an Airport in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, so fitting to be named after King Diete Spiff, yet the President chose to name that…

A community citizens’ Jury sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State Capital, has identified over 15 Cases brought before it by the affected community members from the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. The sitting which took place recently at the instance of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, at Luton Park Hotel, Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo, was presided over by professor Sofiri Perterside. In their separate testimonies at the Environmental Tribunal, some communities in Akwa Ibom and Rivers States narrated their ordeals, how they have been impacted, as a result of oil extractive activities going on in their areas. Those…

… COMMENDS TOMPOLO FOR INFLUENCING THE ADRC TO THE NIGER DELTA REGION His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State today handed over the newly built Finance building to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) as a temporary office. NUPRC is part of Alternative Dispute Resolution to resolve disputes in oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta region. At the hand over, Governor Diri commended Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo for, having heard of the relocation of the ADRC, and influencing it to Bayelsa State, stating that, he has displayed nationalism in the highest form to the people of…

The attention of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has been drawn to calls by imposters and sponsored amorphous groupings acting as fronts for the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Mr Nyesom Wike, that APC in Rivers State is calling on him (Mr Wike) to join the same party he had characterised as suffering from Cancer. Nothing can be more preposterous than this kite being flown by minions of Wike working hard to justify their pay cheque. We wish to unequivocally dismiss any such rumour or sponsored story planted in any medium that Rivers State APC had at…

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…