Author: nationalpoint

As states recount their plight in the face of the 2022 raging flood, no state would be as devastated as Bayelsa State. The state has not only had many of its communities submerged by flood but unlike any other, it has been cut off from its two neighbours, Delta and Rivers states. All traffic from both ends are on hold except for those brave enough to travel by heavy duty trucks. A Delta State bound Agofure Bus was swept off the road with its full load of passengers by the torrent between Rivers and Delta putting more fright into the…

Uche Achinanya is an energy consultant with over 20 years of professional experience in delivering business improvement and training in the energy sector. He has played leading and critical roles in major oil and gas projects locally and internationally. He has a global mindset, and awareness of diverse cultural nuances which he gained through a unique global work background across North America, Middle East, and Africa. In this interview with Ibiba DonPedro, Uche Achinanya discusses the ongoing surge of emigration of young Nigerian professionals and its potential impact on the Nigerian energy sector. We have witnessed a considerable movement…

Prominent civil rights activist, Stephanie Ekpubulu, has hailed the enactment of the Female Inheritance Law in Rivers State, urging women especially in rural communities, to take advantage of the new law and assert their rights to their legal and legitimate rights in their communities. Governor Nyesom Wike had recently assented to the Female Inheritance Law, which was passed earlier in the year by the House of Assembly. Ekpebulu who is a lawyer, said both the Bible and the Supreme Court endorsed the right of women to inherit their father’s property and the new law has come to give a legal…

The Defence of Human Rights and Democracy (DHRD) has demanded the arrest of a former Nigerian senator, Adawari Pepple, for allegedly banishing a 71-year-old man, Elder Eleaza Pepple, from his home and destroying his property worth millions of naira. Chairman of DHRD, Mr. Clifford Solomon, called for the arrest of Senator Pepple at a press conference in Port Harcourt that DHRD called to address allegations raised by Elder Eleaza against Senator Pepple. DHRD also called for the prosecution of Senator Pepple and the agents he allegedly used to commit the acts against Elder Pepple and his wife at their hometown,…

Residents and stakeholders of Bille Kingdom in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State have appealed to the federal and state governments to intervene and prevail on the Nigerian Army to withdraw the siege they have laid to the kingdom. Those who spoke to National Point said the people have been living in fear since the army invasion of the community over one month ago. One person was killed and another person was critically injured when people in army uniform in a boat shot at two occupants of another boat travelling to Port Harcourt on September 2. What followed that…

A new breed politician, Mr. Friday Owhornugwu Obodo says one of the reasons why he wants to represent the people of Emohua Constituency in the incoming Rivers Assembly is to alleviate the pain and suffering of his constituents. Mr. Obodo spoke over the weekend in an exclusive chat with National Point at Rumuji in Emohua Local Government Area. “Why I want to represent the people of Emohua Constituency in the up-coming 10th Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA) is to reduce their suffering as well as attract development to the area. My pain is my passion. Everything that made me…

Following the approval for a new police station at Abara town in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, the paramount ruler of Abara town, Eze Jonah Nwala has commended the state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike for directing the LGA’s chairmen on where the various campuses of the Rivers State University (RSU) are to be sited Eze Nwala who, is the Ochimba of Abara town made the commendation shortly after the foundation laying ceremony of an Ultra-Modern Divisional Police Headquarters at Umuola in Abara town in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. Said he: “We the people of Abara…

The chairman of Ahoada East Local Government Area, High-Chief Benjamin Israel Eke has charged youths in the country to channel their energies toward productive activities. Chief Eke gave this charge last Saturday at St. Paul’s State School Ahoada in Ahoada East LGA, during the 62nd Independence Anniversary of Nigeria. The chairman said, “I want to enjoin you to begin now to channel your youthful energies toward positive and productive activities as well as distance yourselves from all forms of anti-social behaviours such as cultism, drug abuse and illegal oil bunkering. You must resist the temptation of yielding yourselves as tools…

Oginigba Town Hall, along Trans-Amadi Industrial Area, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, played host to a good number of farmers. The farmers drawn from different Local Government Areas in Rivers State, such as: Obio/Akpor, Eleme, Khana, Gokhana, Ahoada West, Ahoada East, Etche, and others, were there, courtesy of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), which engaged them on two days practical Agroecology Training programme between Wednesday, 12th –Thursday, 13th October, 2022, and with the theme: “Farmers’ Dialogue and Training. Agroecology: The Future of farming”. Earlier, the Programme Manager of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Mrs. Joyce Brown expressed excitement…

Nigeria is on the edge again. For several weeks running, thousands of homes cutting across many states of the federation, particularly in states bordering Rivers Niger and Benue and the entire Niger Delta region, have been submerged and destroyed by a raging flood which seems to know no barrier, as it spreads death and anguish in its path, day and night. Close to a thousand lives have been lost. And as communities continue to be cut off from help and reach, there are fears that many more lives are in danger. Pictures and stories coming from areas already affected are…