Author: National Point Newspaper

More than three weeks after more than 31 people were trampled to death at the Port Harcourt Polo Club gate, the official reports on the incident are yet to be released. The 31 deceased persons were among hundreds of people caught in an early morning stampede at the gate of the Polo Club as they tried to gain entry to the premises to participate in Shop-for-Free, the distribution of free food items provided by Kings Assembly, a Christian organization on May 28, 2022. The Rivers State Police public relations officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, told National Point that the police would release…

As the political parties scout for vice presidential candidates for their flag-bearers, the Peoples’ Democratic Party candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar has been advised to pick a female candidate to win over the Nigerian women voters who constitute a larger segment of voters in the country. A young activist Ijoma Peter Obi in a letter sent to the PDP presidential flag-bearer and copied to some PDP chieftains-Dr. Ayu Iyorchia, national chairman of the PDP, the Atiku Campaign Organization, Senator Dino Melaye, the PDP publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, Osita Chidoka-former Aviation minister and Dr. El Mo Victor, national coordinator Atiku Support Organization,…

COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN AND MIDDLE BELT LEADERS’ FORUM, HELD IN ABUJA, ON THURSDAY, 19TH MAY, 2022A Meeting of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) was held on Thursday, 19th May 2022, in Abuja under the Chairmanship of the Leader and Elder Statesman, Chief Dr. E. K. Clark, OFR, CON. 2. Delegations of the constituent Organisations of SMBLF were respectively led by Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Leader of Afenifere (South West); Professor George Obiozor, President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide (South East); His Excellency, Air Commodore Dan Suleiman (Rtd.), Leader and Dr. Pogu Bitrus,…

In spite of the heavy down pour that characterized the day, the foremost privately owned Maritime Institute in Nigeria, Charkin Maritime Academy, went ahead and concluded its first matriculation and induction ceremony of Cadets Regiment for 2021/2022 Sessions. The event held on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at the Academy Main Campus, Kilometer 4 East-West Road, Ozuoba, Port Harcourt, was graced by many personalities, which included; the first military administrator of old Rivers State, and chairman, Governing Board of the Academy, HRM King Alfred Diete-Spiff; HRM, Eze Orlu Oriebe, Nyenwe-Eli Akpor Kingdom, HRH, Eze Amadi Weli of Choba Clan; Hon. Ken…

Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo has urged all tiers of government and other critical stakeholders in the health industry in the country to channel more investments into developing human resources to effectively drive the sector. Receiving a high-powered delegation from the UNICEF Nigeria country office led by its chief of health, Edwardo Celadis in Yenagoa, the deputy governor expressed excitement at the commitment being displayed by UNICEF over its memorandum of understanding (MoU) on primary healthcare with the Bayelsa State government. He said Bayelsa was ready to make available its counterpart funds for the implementation of the MoU. Ewhrudjakpo…

The Bayelsa State chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Dennis Otiotio has revealed that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was not a registered and card carrying member of APC, Bayelsa state chapter. Reacting to the latest development on Jonathan’s marriage with APC, the Bayelsa state APC chairman said” Good luck Jonathan is for now, not a registered member of APC but “as a citizen of this country, he has the right to join any political party of his choice”. He said the former president is welcome to join the party. “For you to be a member of APC, they will issue you…

The Pan Niger Pan Niger Delta forum, has berated the decision of the People’s Democratic Party for throwing open their 2023 presidential position thereby jettisoning zoning. In a statement signed recently by her National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, PANDEF described as unfortunate, the decision of the national executive committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to uphold the Governor Ortom Committee’s recommendation to throw open the contest for the party’s 2023 presidential ticket. The statement read in part, “By this decision, the PDP has simply dug its own grave. Sadly, this is a party whose constitution unequivocally commits to the…

Niger Delta states of Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers, Cross River and Edo states are among eight states that will experience high tidal surge as the rains intensify this year, the Federal Government has warned. And this year’s flooding could affect 20 million people and damage property worth $80 million (about N40 billion), according to the Nigerian Metrological Agency (NiMET) The minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, who gave the warning at the unveiling of the unveiling of the 2022 Annual Flood Outlook, said the outlook also indicated that high flooding will occur in 233 local government areas of 32 states…

It’s getting to one year now since the Federal Government of Nigeria promised to reconstruct the Eleme Junction/Trailer Park axis of the East-West road to ease traffic on that road and cut down the suffering that commuters, motorists, workers, school children and industrial concerns that ply that road go through. Nothing has happened yet. And with the setting in of the rains, users of the road fear that they may go even through more tortuous times on that section of the road. The situation on the road got so bad last year that youths, civil society organisations, women, cultural organisations…

The May sun shone brilliantly over Okwuzi, one of the three Egbema communities on the northern borders of Rivers State with Imo State, but it could not permeate the mood of the people in and around this particular mud house located at the centre of the Umuagburuga village in the town. Inside the poorly illuminated and ventilated parlours of the mud house was Mercy Nnah, a 67-year-old grandmother, who sat with her legs outstretched on a mat made from palm fronds spread on the rough unpaved floor. Chuckling on her outstretched legs was a three-month-old baby later identified as her…