THE governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Rivers State, Dumo Lulu-Briggs, escaped assassination attempt on Saturday during a visit to Etche Local Government Area of the state. Lulu-Briggs and his team had gone to Etche LGA to ascertain reports of an attack on the Accord secretariat in the area when unidentified gunmen reportedly attacked his convoy. Speaking to newsmen, Lulu-Briggs confirmed the attack, stating that he was informed that the party secretariat in Igbo-Etche, Etche LGA was attacked, which necessitated his visit there. He said while on his way to the party secretariat, miscreants opened fire and rained bullets…
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DIRECTOR-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mr. Manman Ahmadu, has advised the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to always uphold professionalism in its procurement processes. Speaking on the topic: “Essentials of Public Procurement,” at the NDDC Board and Management Retreat at the Ibom Icon Hotels and Golf Resort in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Ahmadu urged the Commission to ensure compliance with extant laws in its procurement activities. Ahmadu, who was represented by the BPP Director of Agriculture and Water Resources, Engr. Yusuf Isaiah, warned the NDDC against flouting the Public Procurement Act as such attracts stringent sanctions. Director,…
GUNMEN have kidnapped at least six persons including a corps member at Ikem community in the Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State. The local government had come under attack recently following the recent invasion by suspected bandits at Eha-Amufu. According to an eyewitness, who spoke to News Point Nigeria via a telephone conversation, who is also the Chairman of the Federated Ikem Improvement Union Enugu branch, Emeka Odoh, for three days, the masked gunmen laid siege to Ikem-Isioroto along Obollo Afor – Nkalagu road and drove the villagers into the bush Odoh said he was home from Enugu to…
RESIDENTS of Obubura community in Cross River State are calling on the state government to come to their aid urgently amid a cholera outbreak that is said to have claimed over 60 lives. According to an increasing rate of mortality across 14 wards with over 200 infected persons and over 60 deaths recorded. Channels Television reports that the community depends on a river as the only source of water for cooking, bathing, washing, drinking and defecation. The community’s traditional ruler, Ohorodo I of Okum Kingdom, Ovan Robert, who frowned on the epidemic, called on the government to intercede by providing…
CHAIRMAN, Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie, has declared that the Commission under her watch will no longer be for just a few people but for the entire Niger Delta. Onochie, who made the declaration on Friday during a courtesy visit to Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel at the Government House in Uyo, also said that the new Board of the Commission was determined to do things differently. “We want to do things differently. NDDC will no longer be for just a few people. We want to serve the entire Niger Delta. We are…
THE Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has given its Chairman, Lauretta Onochie, the go ahead to her plans to cut financial waste and implement other measures aimed at ensuring the smooth running of the Commission. The Board gave its nod at the end of its meeting after an exhaustive debate on the proposal tabled before it by the Chairman. This development is coming in the wake of a report by one of the notable online news platforms, Sahara Reporter, alleging that there were moves by members of the Board to oppose Onochie’s moves to sanitize the NDDC.…
NO fewer than three persons were injured, on Thursday, when a twin explosion rocked a rally of the All Progressiives Congress at the Rumuwoji Playground in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Two of those injured are women, all of whom were rushed to the hospital for medical attention. Publicity Secretary of the APC, Darlington Nwauju, confirmed the incident, describing it as ‘unfortunate’, as Police spokesperson, Iringe-Koko, said she will get back to our correspondent. Details later…
BARRING any last-minute change, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will use its staff as Returning Officers for the 2023 polls instead of University lecturers as used in previous years. A senior official of the Commission, who craved anonymity told News Point Nigeria that, so far nothing about the involvement of the lecturers is mentioned in INEC’s preparations for the polls According to the source, “it’s almost 40 days to the election and there hasn’t been any kind of reach out or involvement plan for the lecturers by the commission. Usually, by now, a list of universities would have been…
THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has rated Supreme Court of Nigeria, Court of Appeal, Ministry of Education, Police Service Commission and 50 other MDAs as most corrupt in Nigeria. The ICPC made this known in its Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard (EICS) for MDAs, 2022, published on the Commission’s website, Wednesday. In an interview with News Point Nigeria, the spokesperson of the Commission, Mrs Azuka Ogugua said, the scorecard is a report which assesses adherence of MDAs and serves as a preventive tool in the fight against corruption. According to Ogugua, while speaking on the criteria…
ALL hope is not lost to settle the rift between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and the five governors known as G5 led by Nyesom Wike, as Former Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke said behind the scenes resolutions are ongoing and will be made public soon. Imoke was speaking shortly after he addressed the PDP stakeholders in Calabar Municipality and Calabar South local government areas, saying allowing the Aggrieved governors to vote for another candidate is a threat and risky for the People Democratic Party. The Deputy Director-General in charge of operations…
IN a move being hailed as a major achievement, the Rivers State Police Command has busted a child trafficking syndicate operating in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Acting on intelligence, the C4i Intelligence Unit Operatives of the Command over the weekend raided two buildings at Igwuruta and Omagwa communities respectively, both in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state where victims of child trafficking were being kept. Some of the victim are as young as 15 years old and are heavily pregnant while others nurse infants. They lured by the promise of financial reward depending on the sex of…
FOREMOST Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), The Young Communicators Initiative (TYCI), trained over 200 teachers in the country through its Train and Empower Teachers (TET) project for free in Abuja. In an interview after the training, the founder of the organisation and lead coordinator, Train and Empower Teachers (TET) project, Chinenye Priscilla Anaemena-Alu, said building the capacity of teachers is as important as running the economy of any nation. She stressed that the future of the country depends on the younger generation who are under the mentorship of their teachers. Therefore it is important to train and retrain teachers so they can…
THE Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike on Monday, vowed to expose corruption in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The governor said the NDDC has become a cashcow for politicians. He said it is a shame that the NDDC superintends over the underdevelopment of the Niger Delta area and her people. Wike spoke during the flag-off construction of the Elele internal roads in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. “NDDC has become a cashcow for politicians,” he said. “The President has just inaugurated the new Board of the NDDC. N500bn budget for NDDC. Election is coming from…
FOLLOWING the recent train attack by gunmen in Edo State, which has left scores of passengers dead, injured and kidnapped. News Point Nigeria gathered that the attack happened fast within an hour or two. Survivors of the attack have described the incident as gory and scary. Speaking with one of the survivors, Mr John Ebuka, a 32-year-old banker, who was returning to Delta to resume work on Monday after spending his 3 weeks work leave and Christmas break with his mum said, the gunmen were all masked and dressed in black uniformed camouflage like clothes. “Everything like it’s a movie,…
GOVERNOR of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has threatened his Commissioner for Works, George-Kelly Alabo, with termination over delay on a road construction project in the Abua/Odual Local Government Area (LGA) in the state. Wike gave the commissioner a 24-hour ultimatum while conducting the flag-off of construction of Ekagho-Ogboloma-Adada Link Road in the state on Friday. The governor stopped his address midway to seek out the representative of the contractor, Lubrik Construction Company. He was however informed that the woman in question had left after addressing the audience. Turning to an official off-camera, presumably his Commissioner of Works, Wike asked, “Why…
THERE is anxiety presently in Kogi state as Governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello issued a query of insubordination to HRM Dr. Ado Ibrahim, the Ohinoyi of Ebira Land. The official backlash is coming after the Ohinoyi’s behaviour during President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state to commission the governor’s legacy projects. News Point Nigeria gathered that Ohinoyi refused to come out to receive the President at the venue designated by the Governor sending a sick letter of excuse to the governor shortly after the President’s arrival. In a statement made available to News Point Nigeria, the Kogi state government…
THE Nigerian Security Printing and Minting (NSPM) has said that the New Naira leaves traces of intaglio inks when rubbed on plain white surfaces. NSPM insisted that the new Naira notes are of the same substrates and passed through the same printing processes and finishing procedures. The Security Printing and Minting in a statement titled: “Concern On The Quality Of Redesigned Banknotes Nspm Sets The Records Straight” said the notes are the same as the other notes in circulation. Chief Executive and Managing Director, of NSPM, Ahmed Halilu who disclosed in a statement made available to News Point Nigeria on Friday…
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has denied exporting 17.877 million barrels of crude oil between 2016 and 2020 without proper documentation. Garba Deen Muhammad, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPCL, stated this in a statement obtained by News Point Nigeria on Thursday. Muhammad described the said unlawful importation which reportedly took place before the NNPC became a private venture, as “malicious” and urged the public to disregard it. He clarified: ”The Auditor General’s report in reference did mention 32 oil marketing companies involved in the non-completion of the NXP forms; but that does not in any way mean that…