Author: nationalpoint

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said his government is disturbed by the high level of land grabbing in the state though it has recovered most of the lands. Obaseki who spoke to journalists on the side during the 2022 Alaghodaro Summit in Benin City said the government is fully enforcing the Land Use Act to recover government lands and allocate them for useful development. “Edo State has to be a modern state as our cities are fast growing into slums. We now experience a lot of land grabbing activities in Edo State following the neglect on the part of…

My attention was drawn to a publication in The Punch 11/25/2022 captioned: “I’m happy Makinde is among the G5 govs” the –CJN. Please, the publication refers: ‘The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, backed his kinsman and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, for his membership of the G5, also known as the integrity Governors. The five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party Governors are Nyesom Wike, who is the leader, and Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom who is the Chairman. Others are Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, Seyi Makinde of oyo state and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. The aggrieved Governors are…

The Edo State chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Col David Imuse (Rtd.) has described the annual Alaghodaro Summit organized to mark the anniversaries of the government of Governor Godwin Obaseki, as a hollow ritual and a celebration of incompetence. In a statement issued by Victor Osehobo, the party’s Assistant State Publicity Secretary, Col Imuse said, “The APC in Edo State frowns on the hollow ritual called Alaghodaro Summit by the Edo State Government, and the false claims that it annually consolidates on years of building a vibrant private-sector-led economy, which has benefited from Mr. Obaseki’s government reforms and…

The National Executive Council (NEC), of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has urged the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency on federal roads across the nation. In a communiqué issued at the end of its meeting in Benin City, the NEC of NUJ said virtually all the federal roads in the country had collapsed and something urgently needed to be done to restore them. The communiqué, which was signed by the National Secretary, Shaibu Usman Leman, also called for security to be beefed up around INEC facilities and media houses ahead of 2023 general elections. It tasked…

Former Prime Minister, Republic of Guinea, Mr. Kabine Komara, has said that only sound and qualitative education that can transform the African Continent. Speaking at the 20th Convocation of Igbinedion University, Okada, where postgraduate diplomas, masters, doctoral and honorary degrees were conferred on graduates and awardees of the university, Komara said there was need for African universities to raise their standards. He said, “Let’s talk about how we can start developing our nations, the role of integrating and the need to raise the standards of university education in Africa. Unless African universities can reach the same system of measurement of…

Pastor Agentunya Napoleon Nwokeimaji, is the director of the Seventh Adventist Rehabilitation Welfare Orphanage Home, Kilometer 7, Ahoada/Abua Rd, Edeoha Ahoada, Rivers State. The center was established in 1996 by the Seventh Day Adventist Church in response to observed need for a center to care for needy children in the Ahoada/Abua axis and since then, it has successfully nurtured many children some of who have been handed over to their parents, some have grown to become self-sufficient adults. According to the director, Pastor Napoleon Nwokeimaji, God saved the center from flood. While the stretch housing the orphanage was submerged by…

As flood victims begin to head home after three excruciating weeks battling the flood, internally displaced persons are counting their losses and looking out for ways to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives. For persons with disability, the flood came with more challenges and unfortunately, less care. Bayelsa State PWDs were relocated to a camp at the former Women Affairs Ministry, Ovom Yenagoa by the state government but that was as much of the care they received. State chairman of the PWDs in the state Comrade Eric    told this publication in a chat with Ikilowei Eric, Chairman…

The ravaging flood that inflicted so much pain and untold hardship on many Nigerians has receded but definitely not without the unforgettable and indelible scars it has left in the minds of so many families. It is general knowledge now that the flood swept away the belongings of the victims, and the trauma associated with the losses and having to abandon their homes for makeshift accommodation was even worse. While the flood lasted, the victims had to contend with certain inadequacies and prayed for an end to the ravaging flood, which has been described in many quarters as worse than…

Igbo Journalists Forum (IJF) Rivers State held it’s End of Year Activities/Lecture Day on November 17, 2022 at Mina Hotels Limited, Port Harcourt. The event witnessed calls for promotion of Igbo language at home and in schools and how to actualize a Nigerian of Igbo extraction presidency. There were also awards for supporters of the vibrant pen body.

Recent news has highlighted further concerns about the credibility and quality of Nigeria’s largest oil spill clean-up, including poor implementation of remediation techniques and mishandling of contracts. This time, the concerns come from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – the very body which has been working closely to support the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to implement the clean-up, and which is now sadly preparing to withdraw from the project at the end of 2022. SDN’s own reporting, which focuses on on-the-ground clean-up activities, raises a number of similar concerns – and recent laboratory analysis for an upcoming report…