Author: nationalpoint

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…

It featured interactions with authors listed for the 2022 NLNG Africa Literature Prize-Su’eddie Vershima Agema, author of Money and the Call of …, Saddiqu Dzulogi, author of ‘Your Club, My Quibla’ and Romeo Oriogun of ‘Normad’, all poetry books. Moderator was Karina Igoniko and Agema was physically present while the others participated virtually. Winner of the book prize will be announced on October 14 and the prize money is N100,000. The Nigeria Prize for Literature aims to bring Nigerian authors within and in the Diaspora to public attention and to celebrate literary craftsmanship in the country.

The Rivers State Executive Council has considered and approved the release of N78B for the completion of various ongoing projects across sectors and flag-off of new ones. The approval was given at its meeting that was presided over by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike at Government House in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Briefing journalists after the meeting, Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic planning, Dr Isaac Kamalu said the approval was made to ensure that ongoing projects are not left uncompleted by the contractors for lack of fund. “The Rivers State Government has released the sum of N78Billion for payment of…

LAGOS, Wednesday, November 2, 2022:* Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on Governments at all levels to fulfill their obligations to ensure the safety of journalists by investigating all attacks against media practitioners as well as prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators of such attacks. The organization said this would send a strong signal to those who attack journalists that they can no longer do so with impunity while also giving the media the confidence to carry out their functions without fear. MRA made the call at a press conference it organized to commemorate the 2022 edition of the International Day…

Members of the Nigeria Association of the Blind, Edo State Chapter, have called on all tiers of government to make education free and create conducive environment for them to move around and do their legitimate business. The members who embarked on a road walk to the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Edo State Council in celebration of National White Cane Day, urged the Edo State government to assent to the Disability Bill that has been passed by the Edo State House of Assembly. Chairman of the association, Evangelist Lucky Imafidon, expressed gratitude to the Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki for…

A prominent judge in Rivers State, Hon. Justice Boma Depre, has called on lawyers to embrace information and communication technology as the world becomes more and more digital. Justice Depre, who was the Chairman of the Two-Day Colloquium organized by the Rivers State Judiciary has organized under the theme: The Colloquium On the Draft Rules Of the High Court of Rivers State, said due to globalization and information revolution, there was the need for both senior and junior lawyers to embrace ICT. The colloquium took place at the Chief Judge’s Ceremony Court, Port Harcourt. “The social media or the internet…

The stories below paint these unfortunate pictures better. There’s a barbaric tradition known as “Money wife” in a remote village in Cross river state called Becheve, where girls as young as 10 years old are being sold into marriage I decided to travel down to learn more about how these girls are being robbed of their childhood. It all started back in March this year, when a cinematographer sent a video to me on twitter, which properly detailed the stories of some of the victims of this barbaric act, and asked that we considered it as our next project for…