MORE than four persons aee feared dead in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, over a squabble that allegedly began when a passenger paid a tricycle operator N100 while the tricyclist demanded N150 fee. News Point Nigeria reports that, the squabble ensued led to a physical combat and the tricyclist alledgedly stabbed the passenger which led to his death. A mob at the Yenizue-Epie area of Yenagoa where the squabble ensued subsequently stoned the tricyclist to death. The incident triggered an outburst of violence between the Hausa community in Yenagoa and the inhabitants of Yenizue-Epie which resulted in two more lives…
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OKEY Wali, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), has been taken hostage by gunmen in Rivers State. News Point Nigeria reports that Wali was abducted on Monday following an attack on his convoy along the east-west road in the Obio/Akpor LGA of the state. This is the second time Wali would be abducted. The former NBA chairman was reportedly kidnapped in 2014. Reacting to the news of Wali’s Abduction, the current President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Chonoko Maikyau, SAN begged the kidnappers to release Wali. In a statement on…
A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja has barred the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and State Executive Members of the PDP in Rivers State over alleged anti-party activities. News Point Nigeria report that, in his judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that the fears of Wike and other members of the PDP were well founded, and that suspending or expelling them will amount to the breach of their rights to freedom of association. The judge, therefore, stated it is in the power of the court to grant redress to persons who have…
VOTING has been disrupted at Ward 4, Polling Unit 5 of Sogho in the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers state. Initially, voting was going on smoothly but there was a disagreement between the party agents of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While the cause of the commotion is unclear, the ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) left the scene abruptly and took with them the result sheets, BVAS machines, ballot boxes, and ballot papers. In their haste, they, however left the voting cubicle behind. One of the voters, who…
OPERATIVES of the Rivers State Police Command have busted a child trafficking ring operating in the state and other neighbouring states. This spokesperson of the Command Grace Iringe-Koko disclosed this on Friday in Port Harcourt. The suspects, who are four in number, made up of three females and one male, are involved in the kidnap, sale, and purchase of children within Rivers, Imo, and Delta states where the syndicate is believed to operate. Some of the suspects admitted to buying or selling the kids, with one of them saying she paid N1.5m for three children. So far, two children have…
THE Niger Delta Development Commission Public-Private Partnership Committee Chairman, Engr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, has urged all stakeholders to hurry up and register for the NDDC PPP Summit 2023, as time is running out. Making this disclosure amidst the countdown to Audu-Ohwavborua advised those interested in participating to register for the summit by visiting . Audu-Ohwavborua said, “Registration is now open, and time is running out for interested participants who want to join the NDDC and its partners in exploring opportunities for collaboration and investment at the game-changing event that will launch a new era of sustainable development in the Niger Delta…
THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has set a 90-day completion target for its 132/33kv sub-station in Okitipupa, Ondo State. Speaking during an inspection visit to the project site at Okitipupa, the NDDC Executive Director, Projects, Mr. Charles Ogunmola, stressed that the contractor must work towards meeting the completion target since the project has hit 95 percent execution.” Mr. Ogunmola stated that the NDDC is committed to providing electricity to oil-producing communities in Ondo South Senatorial District that have been without electricity for the past 15 years, adding that the speedy completion of the sub-station in Okitipupa will help achieve…
THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has launched a poll on LinkedIn and Twitter, asking stakeholders and potential beneficiaries in the Niger Delta region for their insights and suggestions on which areas or sectors the NDDC should focus on for more attention and investment. According to a statement on its official Facebook and LinkedIn pages, the NDDC is committed to listening to the voices of the people in the region and using their feedback to guide its future plans and priorities. The statement indicated that since the poll started, the NDDC has received some wonderful suggestions and insights from participants…
A 34-YEAR-OLD South American man from Suriname, Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Rivers state for bringing into Nigeria 117 parcels of cocaine concealed in extra-large latex condoms factory packed inside bottles of 100ml body spray. The suspect claimed he departed his country, Suriname, located in the North Eastern coast of South America on 2nd April for Sao Paulo, Brazil and from Sao Paulo to Nigeria on Friday 7th April, 2023 on board Qatar Airways flight in search of his long-lost…
THE Rivers State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday suspended the party’s Chairman, Chief Emeka Beke, and the Legal Adviser, Iheanyichukwu Azubuike, over alleged anti-party activities and financial misconduct. Also, the SEC dissociated itself from the comments allegedly made by the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, singlehandedly nominated Prof Mahmood Yakubu as the Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman. Special leader of the party’s executive committee in the state, Chike Eyinda, who led other members to a media briefing in Port Harcourt, disclosed this on Wednesday. Eyinda noted that the activities of Beke and Amaechi…
FOLLOWING the clash between members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Monday, the Rivers State Police Command has invited the APC governorship candidate, Tonye Cole for questioning. The Commissioner of Police Okon Effiong confirmed this during a phone conversation with News Point Nigeria on Wednesday afternoon. Speaking on the phone, the CP said, “Tonye Cole was asked to come with his aides who are policemen because the allegation against him is that his aides shot and killed somebody.” He also clarified that they were also inviting…
THE Defence Headquarters has called for calm over viral social media video clips of the presence of some United Nations Peacekeeping fighting vehicles and equipment sighted recently in Benin, Edo state. According to the Defence Headquarters in a statement on Tuesday signed by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General, Tikir Gusai, made availablethe country is contributing troops to various United Nations Peacekeeping operations, of which the most recent is the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), Southern Sudan. It also stated that the mission is commanded by Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr of which the UN…
IT was a night of colourful display of African culture and honour at the inaugural African Heritage Concert and Awards, where the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote was conferred with the Champion of Local Content Development in Africa Award. The event was held on Saturday evening in Kigali, Rwanda and it featured a stellar cast of change makers across Africa who physically picked up their awards, including the immediate past Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who won the African Democracy and Peace Icon Award; former President of the Republic of…
OPERATIVES of the Area 2 Command One of the Nigeria Customs Service in Rivers State have confiscated a total of 27 containers for a wide variety of violations and contraventions of the country’s laws and guidelines on imports. The Area Comptroller, Baba Imam, disclosed this on Friday during a press conference at the Customs facility in Onne, Rivers. Imam said 26 of the containers were seized while one was detained over infractions ranging from contraband goods, false declaration, lack of end user certificate requirement, and National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) permit/licence, among others. Speaking at…
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended President Muhammadu Buhari’s former media aide, Lauretta Onochie, from the party. Onochie, who is the chairman of the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), was accused of anti-party activities by APC executives in her Onicha-Olona Ward 4 of Delta State. In a suspension letter addressed to the state chairman of the APC, the ward executives said they thoroughly investigated Onochie and found that she engaged in activities that were detrimental to the party’s interests during the 2023 campaign and election season. Onochie’s suspension letter obtained by News Point Nigeria was…
THE Presidency has confirmed the resignation of the Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva ahead of the All Progressive Congress, APC, governorship primaries in Bayelsa State next month. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad in tweet in his official Twitter handle confirmed the development after weeks of speculations about the intention of the Minister. Ahmad tweeted “Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, and former Bayelsa state governor, H.E. Timipre Sylva, has resigned his appointment to contest in the next Bayelsa governorship election”. Chief Sylva had last year resigned as Minister after declaring his intention…
JUDGES at the Supreme Court in London have started hearing a case which will determine whether nearly 30,000 Nigerians can seek compensation from the oil giant Shell for damage to land caused by a 2011 oil spill. The communities from coastal areas in Bayelsa and Delta State said their land was badly damaged by the spill. An earlier ruling by London’s Court of Appeal said the case had been brought too long after the leak had happened. Under English law a complainant can sue for damages to property no longer than six years after an alleged incident. The spill was…