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Another set of cults and cable theft suspect have been nabbed by the Edo State Police Command. According to the police, one Emeka Ogwu, 27, for was arrested for allegedly stealing an armoured cable belonging to the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) while 12 other suspects were arrested for their alleged involvement in cultism. The state command police public relations officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the police arrested Ogwu while on patrol along Upper Mission/Upper Lawani axis in Benin City, following a distress call. SP Chidi said the suspect and one other were seen vandalizing armoured cable belonging to…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested seven suspects over alleged cultism and murder in the state. The command’s spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor, gave the names of the suspects as Adodo Etiosa, Ogbeifun Destiny, Atohan Osazuwa, Enohiese Nelson, Okechukwu Samuel Omoruyi Friday and Osayande Ohbomwan. According to him, the divisional police officer, Aduwawa and his men, while conducting a raid on black spots at Upper Mission Extension following secret cult killings in the state, arrested Adodo Etiosa, Ogbeifun Destiny, Atohan Osazuwa, and Enohiese Nelson, occupants of one RX 330 SUV with registration number BEN 899- NC. When the vehicle was searched,…

Media executives and reporters were called upon to give continued visibility until the safe recovery of Chibok Girls, Leah Sharibu and others and to demand accountability from the government regarding the welfare of the Chibok girls. The call was made in Abuja on May 20 during the screening of the documentary “Nine Years: Life after the Chibok Abduction”, produced by Women Radio. The documentary featured an abductee, parents and siblings of some of the abducted girls who lamented the inconsistency of the government in reaching out to them. The documentary showed that about 37 parents have died largely because of…

Niger Delta communities are contending with environmental crisis points including rising climate change crisis and women are the greatest burden bearers. That was the summation of a consultative dialogue on “Exploring Customary Law Applications To Protect Women’s Access Right To Ecological Resources/ Services/Benefits’ put together recently by Habitat Protection and Sustainable Development Initiative, an environmental non-governmental organization operating in Niger Delta communities. Welcoming guests to the one-day event which held at the hall of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, D/Line, Port Harcourt, executive director of the organization, Mr Menidin Egbo said life was becoming more difficult…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has launched the Edo State Learning Agenda, a blueprint to measure and improve learning outcomes in schools across the State and ensure the sustainability of ongoing reforms in the education sector. Obaseki launched the agenda as part of programmes for the Edo Education Week 2023 taking place in Benin City, the Edo State capital, between February 26 and February 30, 2023. He said, Our vision is to create a state where all boys and girls arrive at school ready to learn, acquire real learning, and are ready to enter the job market with the…

World Medical Association president, Dr. Osahon Enabulele, has called on the Nigerian government and managers of health institutions in the country to declare a state of emergency on the rising tide of violence against healthcare workers in the country. Dr. Enabulele made the call while speaking as a guest lecturer at the opening ceremony of the 63rd Annual General Conference and Delegates Meeting of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) held on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at the Catholic Event Centre in Jalingo, Taraba State. In his lecture titled,’Violence Against Healthcare Workers in Nigeria: The Way Forward’,” the WMA president also…

An attack was carried out by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on the evening of Tuesday May 2, 2023 in which vehicles plying the Afuze-Ihievbe Road in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State were hijacked and about 12 persons abducted. According to reports, the incident which has heightened fear over safety of commuters on that road, happened between 6pm and 7pm and 12 persons including a girl child of about nine years were kidnapped from a Sienna bus. In a viral video reporting the attack with a voice over, said the kidnappers took over the lonely road in…

A religious leader in the country, Alhaji Muhammed Jubril Loko has appealed to the chairman of Ahoada East LGA, Chief Benjamin Israel Eke to have a change of heart and allow Muslim pupils and children in Ahoada area to wear hijab to school as well as play on the primary school field in the area. Alhaji Jubril Loko made this appeal in an exclusive chat with National Point over the weekend. He said: “We are appealing to the chairman of Ahoada East LGA to use his executive power to allow Muslim pupils or children and women who attend primary school…

Inhabitants of Akinima in Ahoada West Local Government Area and Joinkrama 1, 2 & 3 as well as adjoining communities are on the verge of being cut off from the world, no thanks to a deadly gully erosion which has engulfed the only motorable link road there. The gash is immediately after Akinima, the LGA council headquarters and Joinkrama 2. Evangelist Hope Ikiriko, from Ogbologbolo who has also served as a state legislator, is the Chairman of the local government. The road had been in bad shape even before the 2022 flood which deepened the erosion. Aside this, the people…

Nigerian Law School, NLS, Port Harcourt Campus, which took off some six months ago, is already experiencing financial hiccups. According to our source, the PH Campus, which was solely built and equipped by the out-going Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, had fittings for appliances such as air conditioners, water heaters, ceiling fans, bulbs, etc, which are consuming electricity. While the facilities were hailed as well equipped, barely six months into use, the heavy cost it is attracting is beginning to weigh down the school. Consequently, the authorities have no alternative than to cut down on the school’s electricity consumption. According…