Author: nationalpoint

As anger and condemnation continues to trail the two phases of the just concluded 2023 general elections the Southern Region Pastor of the Omega Fire Ministry, Dr Azemhe Azena has said changing our electoral process from analogue to digital will eliminate vote buying, ballot box snatching and electoral violence among other vices. Azemhe also said Nigeria will grow economically when the teaming jobless youths become fully engaged with meaningful ventures, mostly in technology. The cleric made the assertion at the 2023 General Elections Situation Room of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Edo State Council, Benin City, Edo State. “Vote buying…

There was a lot of tears, wailing and unforgettable pains on Saturday, in the family of a 33 -year-old graduate who was shot dead by unknown political thugs during the February 25, 2023 presidential and National Assembly Elections in Edo State, as his remains were committed to mother earth in Benin City. The deceased, identified as Festus Idahosa, who was killed alongside three others when some political thugs attacked a polling unit at Ogheghe in Oredo Local Government Area, where he went to cast his votes. The family members who gathered to bury their son amidst tears and pain, said…

The All Progressives Congress party in Rivers State has intercepted very credible intelligence of plots by the police authorities in thes State, principally coordinated by a few tactical teams under the command (e.g. C4i unit etc), to begin a manhunt for members of the APC in Rivers State, especially our House of Assembly candidates who are determined to reclaim their mandates through constitutional means in order to frustrate the push to reclaim these stolen mandates at the Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT). This latest strategy is to say the least, emblematic of the serial illegality, conspiracy, intimidation and harassment that the…

The much talked about 2023 general elections in Nigeria have come and gone, leaving in its trail a myriad of unresolved issues, most of which would have been averted had the electoral process itself been foolproof and as efficient as was promised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The theatre of action is now at election tribunals where aggrieved parties have started filing petitions to seek redress. It is hoped that the judiciary would do justice to the petitions. Nigerians believed INEC when it promised that innovations introduced into the electoral process would check over-voting, manipulation of results, vote…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday issued certificate of return to 23 members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly elected during the just concluded general election. The presentation which held at the Prof MahmoodYakubu Media Centre, INEC office in Yenagoa, the state capital, was witnessed by the supporters and family members of the elected lawmakers. In his opening address, INEC’s resident electoral commissioner in the state, Dr. Emmanuel Alex Hart said he took some pains to scan through the members-elect only to realize that the female gender are just a handful. He questioned why the women are not…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented Certificates of Return to the Edo State House of Assembly members-elect, following their victory at the March 18 Assembly poll. INEC however issued the certificates to 21persons out of the 24 constituency seats contested for. They will replace the outgoing seventh House of Assembly members whose tenure will end on May 29, 2023. The Resident Electoral Commissioner Edo State, REC, Obo Efanga, at the presentation ceremony on Friday, March 31, at the INEC Benin office, charged the newly elected members to uphold the ethics of democracy and put personal interest behind them…

he Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has declared the firm commitment of the commission to complete the 3.6-kilometre Okrika – Borokiri Road with three bridges connecting Kolabi, Abotoru and Okpoka creeks to Port Harcourt. He also promised the completion of Obuama internal roads, in Degema Local Government Area. Ogbuku made the promise when he led a top management team of the commission on the inspection of the project sites in Okrika and Obuama and visits to the Amayanabo of Okrika, Chief Ateke Tom and former militant leader, Alhaji Asari Dokubo. After inspecting the…

Three lawyers expected to appear before an Electoral Petitions Tribunal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State were reportedly arrested on Saturday over alleged possession of forged electoral materials. This is as human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana calls for their immediate release. The lawyers, Jerry Aondo, Dr. Sobere Nelson, and Odum Eyiba, are allegedly lawyers to the All Progressives Congress (APC) who are billed to appear for the party and its governorship candidate before the tribunal on Monday. They were currently been held at the Police Intelligence and Surveillance Unit, Ogunabali by Hypercity Supermarket , to be transferred to State CID.…

Internal power play within the All Progressives Congress (APC) might have led to the suspension of the chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mrs. Lauretta Onochie, from the party. Onochie’s suspension was conveyed in a letter addressed by the executive committee of Ward 4 in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State to the state chairman of the APC in Delta State. The letter, which was signed by the chairman of the APC in Ward 4, Onicha-Olona in Aniocha Local Government Area of Delta State, accused Onochie of working for the Peoples’ Democratic…

INTRODUCTION KebetKache Women Development and Resource Centre organized the 2023 World Water Day and Women Water Summit on Thursday 23rd March at the Catholic Pastoral Centre Igwuruta in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The World Water Day is an annual celebration which raises awareness and inspires civic action to tackle water and sanitation crisis. The theme of the 2023 World Water Day is ‘ACCELERATING CHANGE TO SOLVE THE WATER AND SANITATION CRISIS’. KebetKache joined the #WeWomenAreWater campaign which began March 15th and ends 24th 2023, to celebrate the World Water Day 2023 with the aim to highlight the…