Author: nationalpoint

The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has revealed that thanksgiving remains his only source of strength and victory from every battle he had ever encountered in life. The deputy governor who spoke on Wednesday at Ofoni in Bayelsa State during a thanksgiving service however enjoined all Christians to see thanksgiving as a bounden duty, stressing that nobody receives anything good outside the grace of God. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr Doubara Atasi, the Deputy Governor, noted that the annual Ofoni thanksgiving day provides the people a unique opportunity to renew their spiritual strength and…

The leadership of Ijaw Youths Council, IYC has demanded that the Federal and State Governments and relevant security agencies to call Fulani herdsmen operating in the Niger Delta Region to order or face the consequences. This warning came on the heels of an on-the-spot assessment by the IYC to Toru-Angiama community in Patani local government area of Delta State after alleged killings perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen in the community on Monday. The National Spokesman of the IYC, Ebilate Ekerefe, who spoke on behalf of the council, expressed concern over the continued silence of security agencies, the Federal and State government…

Attacks on media professionals and threats against media freedom by state and non-state actors continue to feature prominently in Rivers State, even as the nation prepares for a major election in 2023. The attacks which include abductions, harassment, intimidation and threats of revocation or outright shutdown of broadcast stations, have become the key highlights of the risk factors within the media landscape in the state. Month after month, assault related incidents against media workers and media facilities remain unabated. In the last six months, five key attacks against journalists and threats to media organizations have occurred. They include: 1. October…

The Rivers State guber flag-bearer of the Labour Party, LP, Mrs Beatrice Itubo recently paid a condolence visit to the widow of the late paramount ruler of Rumeme Kingdom, HRM Nye-Nwe-Eli Omunakwe Nyeche Nsirim (OCC) Apeti of Rumueme Kingdom, HRM Ethel Nsirim. The LP candidate who arrived with an entourage of some state and local government party officials, described the late monarch as a father to the party, the state labour union and all. She told the widow that his death is a loss to not just his family and kinsmen but, both the state and nation and pledged the…

Women from all walks of life Thursday, February 2, 2023 embarked on a peaceful march in Lagos State, Nigeria as part of efforts to promote awareness for issue-based campaigns by political parties and their aspirants and peaceful participation in the general elections with the presidential and national assembly polls taking place on February 25, while the gubernatorial and state assembly elections billed for on March 11, 2023. The exercise, according to the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, Nigeria (WANEP-Nigeria), and Urgent Action Fund Africa (UAF- Africa) was geared to enhance individual capacities on the need to exercise their fundamental rights…

A Mobile Court sitting in Benin City has convicted four more drivers in the metropolis for violating the state’s traffic laws, slamming the erring drivers with fines totaling N190,000, as well as psychiatric evaluation. Available information on ground revealed that, the convicted drivers are among those apprehended by the Edo State Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV) for driving against the traffic (one-way). The arrest and prosecution are a part of renewed efforts by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to restore sanity and order on roads in the Benin metropolis. It was gathered that the culprits are; Bright Okorie, a Nissan Vanette…

Following earlier calls by the Edo State Government warning traditional rulers, Odionweres and community leaders, to desist from harbouring criminals and kidnappers in their houses, the state government has charged eight suspects to court, for conniving with kidnappers to attack the Edo train station which led to the abduction of 21 passengers, recently. Arraigned before the Edo State High Court on two count charges, were the eight suspects including Chief Ibadin Hamilton, Ighoko Mustapher Odion, Okojie Dominic Ewa, Ojie Patrick, Friday Ighedujiemu, Halilu Umaru, Aminu Ibrahim and Isah Aliyu. Governor Obaseki had earlier called for the investigation of circumstances surrounding…

As the 2023 general elections, billed to kick-off February 25 draws closer by the day, a Benin based socio-cultural group, Benin Solidarity Movement, (BSM), has seriously criticized the “no poster by the opposition” policy of the Governor Godwin Obaseki administration where all other political parties, except the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), are barred from pasting posters in and around the city center or anywhere in the state capital. A statement signed by Comrade Curtis Eghosa Ugbo, president-general, Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) Worldwide, “accused the governor of playing politics of bitterness by denying other political parties the right of access to…

Barely weeks after the kidnap of train passengers at Igueben train station, kidnappers suspected to be herdsmen have killed three persons and abducted 13 others in Emokpae community, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. Most of the victims are students of a secondary school and aggrieved by the endless harassment, family members of the abductees have staged a protest. Expressing their anger to newsmen at the Edo State Government House during a peaceful protest, leader of the group who simply identified his name as Commander Egua, said the incident happened last Wednesday afternoon. He said the bus…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted a cannabis syndicate operating in the Opuje forests in Opuje Community, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State. The cannabis were kept in a massive warehouse, and tents. Following the discovery, over 317,417 kilograms (317.4 metric tons) of the psychoactive substance were also destroyed and set ablaze in the forest. Disclosing the information, the director, Media and Advocacy of the Anti-Drug Agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Saturday, added that a police impersonator, Omoruan Theophilus, was arrested during the two-day operation. Babafemi stated that the 37-year-old impostor…