Author: Smart Azubuike

The out-going chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch, Mr. Viktor Ibim Benibo, has said that he did his best during his tenure as chairman. Benibo stated this during the 2024 NBA Port Harcourt Branch Awards ceremony themed, A Day of Distinction; Celebrating Exceptional Service to the Bar. According to him, “As the out-going chairman of NBA Port Harcourt Branch I don’t know if I have done well within my tenure but I know tried my best. If I had more time the next project I would have embarked upon would have been the construction of the…

Nigerians from far and wide have paid their last respects to the former Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government, Chief Azubuike Mmerukini, who passed away recently at the age of 72. Speaking to National Point during the funeral over the weekend at his country home in Port Harcourt, the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 general election for Port Harcourt City 11, Federal Constituency, Hon. Collins Owhonda said Nmerukini did not only work hard for himself, he was also able to touch lives. He described the deceased as an illustrious son of Rebisi Kingdom, recalling that…

The new Chairman of the Port Harcourt Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mrs. Cordelia Eke, has said that she’s open to every member of the branch, including her opponents in the election. Eke, who is the first female Chairman of the Port Harcourt Branch of the association, said it did not matter what camp any member worked for during the election what was paramount was to move the association forward. “In fact, in this election there is no victor, no vanquished,” she said. She was elected with other members of her executive committee for a term of two…

Rivers State Chapter of the Association of Christian Schools International (ASCI) has held a leadership training workshop in Port Harcourt. The state coordinator of the association, Mrs. Carole Emeka Sunday, said the essence of the workshop was to prepare school leaders and teachers who will groom and teach leaders and students who are academically and spiritually sound both in character and learning as well as groom potential successors in the education sector. She said if school owners and leaders did what they were supposed to be doing pupils and students will not cheat or indulge in malpractices. Mrs. Sunday, who…

Governors of the southern states of Nigeria have thrown their weight behind Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s position on the tenure of local government chairmen in Rivers State. Speaking on the political upheaval in Rivers State based on the tenure of local government chairmen, the chairman of the Southern Governors Forum, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, said it was unconstitutional for anybody to extend the tenure of constitutionally elected public servants. He argued that the law is very clear on the tenure of elected officials, and when the tenure expires, there is no need to extend it by whatever means. Speaking against…

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has told the Senate Committee on Privatization and Commercialization that last Tuesday’s detonation of an explosive device in front of the Hotel Presidential by one of the pro-Nyesom Wike protesters was targeted at the Senators. Fubara who was speaking when members of the committee paid him a courtesy call at Government House, said the purpose was to impress on the Senators to support a call for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state. He said he was not fighting anybody but only defending the State against predators, and those who felt…

The new executive members of the South-South/South-East zone as the Chartered Institute of Directors (CIOD) Nigeria, Port Harcourt branch have been inaugurated. Speaking during the investiture of the 4th chairman and its executive members in Port Harcourt recently, the national president of the institute, Alhaji Tijani Borodo, said that the purpose of CIOD is to train managers and directors with potential to lead organizations and firms as well as nations. He pointed out that the biggest problems facing Nigeria as a nation state is leadership at all levels and strata, adding that the priority of CIOD is to train people…

The Vicar of St. Mathias Anglican Church, Diocese of Evo (Anglican Communion) Church of Nigeria, Ven. Chieme Chimaobi has commended members of the Men’s Christian Association (MCA) and other fathers of the church for their invaluable contribution to the growth of the church. Ven. Chieme Chimaobi made this commendation over the weekend during the 2024 Father’s Day celebration of the church with the theme: ‘Lord To Whom Shall We Go’. John 6:68, and launch of musical instruments. Ven. Chimaobi said on assumption office as the vicar of the parish about two years ago, he mobilized the parishioners towards the completion…

Rivers State Chapter of the Nigerian Environmental Society (NES) in conjunction with the Rivers State Government has held the 2024 World Environment Day with the theme: Marine and Blue Economy Assets As pillars of Industrial Development in Rivers State. Speaking during the event held recently in Port Harcourt, the National Secretary of NES, Dr. Ademola Adewale, said one of the ways Governor Siminalayi Fubara could improve its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) is by prioritizing the marine sector or the Blue Economy. “Rivers State Government and other state governments in this country need to look inwards instead of relying on monthly…

Faithful of Diocese of Niger Delta North (DNDN) have held the second session of the tenth synod of the diocese. Delivering the charge at Holy Trinity Church, Choba Parish, under the Akpor Archdeaconry, the Bishop of the Diocese, Rt. Rev. Wisdom Ihunwo said that despite the differing political camps, the time had come for Rivers people to sheathe their swords and pursue peace. According to the bishop, politics should not be used to pull down people because no one knows how the political crisis in the state would end. The Bishop pointed out that Nigeria was at a crossroads, adding…