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The national leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has warned that it would resist any attempt to “discontinue”, the petition of the governorship candidate of the party in Delta State, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi FNIM, OON that is before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Asaba, the State capital. The nltional Legal adviser of the party, Aderemi A. Abimbola Esq., in a letter dated Friday  May 5, 2023, in reaction to an earlier letter of instruction dated  April 19, 2023, by one E.S Ogbomade Esq., and signed by the sacked state chairman, Oke Idawene, instructing the lawyer to “take steps…

The family of Chief Michael Okumakube of Ovu Community, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, has cried out and petitioned the Delta State Police commissioner, assistant inspector general of Police, IGP Zone 5, Benin City, Edo State over an alleged delay in arresting the killer of their son. Suspected assassins had on March 19, 2023, between Ughelli and Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state, murdered in cold blood, Mr. Solomon Okumakube, after having ordered him to transfer all the money from his account into the suspected assassins account. It was reliably gathered that the assassins…

The Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP under the leadership of Governor Nyesom Wike has been able to demonstrate good leadership resulting in the massive votes the party garnered in the March governorship and state Assembly elections. That is the opinion expressed by Prophet Japhet Joel Akah in a chat with National Point. He said that in Unit Eight Ward 14 of Obio Akpor, the electorate in Eneka came out en masse to cast their votes for the PDP candidates because of the Wike leadership. “Under the leadership of Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, the PDP as a political party has been able…

As workers across the world marked the International Worker’s Day, Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has urged Nigerians, especially those in the public and private sector, to remain committed and work together to protect and advance the socio-economic interest of the state. Governor Wike in an address presented at the 2023 Workers Day Celebration held at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt, commended all workers in the state for their resilience, sacrifices and input towards building a better and prosperous Rivers State for the better future of generations. The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government,…

Dr Paul Ebikabowei John is the Director General of Bayelsa State Commodities and Export Development Agency. In this interview with Preye Okah, he explains what the agency is doing to stop food shortage and inflation. What does Bayelsa State commodities and export development agency do? Our responsibility is to promote export business in Bayelsa State, export products for sale, export products overseas, encourage internal food production and encourage international export production so that we can produce a lot and send them overseas. What are some of these export products? We have identified seventeen export produce that we can use to…

In what appears to be a cult related activity, a final year student resident at the Hall 3 hostel of the University of Benin was shot dead in his room by unknown gun men. The late student popularly known as ‘Mayor’ is said to be a student in the department of Public Administration and was shot at about 9pm, causing panic among students. His remains was moved into an ambulance to the mortuary at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.

The Edo State commissioner for Business, Trade and Cooperatives, Hon Afie Braimoh, says the Edo State NUJ Council’s just set-up Food Mart outlet, is in line with the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led government’s ‘Made in Edo Product’ policy. She made the commendation during the commissioning of the Union’s Food Mart on Friday, March 31, 2023, in Benin City. The commissioner thanked the leadership of the NUJ State Council for the establishment of Edo Food Mart in its NUJ Secretariat describing it as a plus to Governor Obaseki’s Mega agenda policy According to her, the state government will partner with the NUJ…

A man arrested for alleged kidnapping has claimed he never knew his exploits amounted to kidnapping until he was arrested and taken to police custody in Benin City, Edo State. The suspect, Joel Emazor, 31, was paraded on Tuesday, with one Philip Roberts, 30 for allegedly kidnapping one Albert Igbinomwanhia, 31 in Benin City. Police said the duo connived with one Ossai and Eguavoen now on the run, to kidnap the victim and held him in their hideout for five days before he was released after N5.1 million was paid as ransom by his parent. Said he: “We had a…

In this interview with Emmanuel Obe and Clifford Christopher Solomon, Kingsley Wali, a notable politician in Rivers State speaks on the 2023 general elections and the fallouts Before the elections, a lot of Nigerians, particularly young people had hopes that the elections would be the changer in Nigeria’s democratic journey. INEC did promise repeatedly that with the use of BVAS, for instance, the votes would count this time around. The elections have come and gone. But a lot of people are not happy with the outcome. They believe that the votes did not count. Being yourself, a politician and an…

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has demanded that the Federal Government should allocate licences for oil blocks in the Gombe, Bauchi, Nasarawa and Kogi basins to people from the Niger Delta region. The President of the council, Mr. Peter Igbifa, in a statement to mark the 2023 Workers’ Day, said allocating oil blocks in the North to Niger Delta people would build bridges of unity and economic integration in the country. Igbifa said since most oil block licences in the Niger Delta are owned by northerners, it will only be equitable, fair and just to allow Niger Delta people own…