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See what Sen. Magnus Abe did to Tai community Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, Senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District, has commended Tai youths for being law abiding and minimizing the spate of violence in Tai Local Government Area. Speaking at Koroma-Tai, in continuation of his thank-you visit to Tai Local Government Area, Abe said although much noise was made by the opposition about the Tai results, the area constitutes one of the strongest areas of support for the APC, where the youths have resisted insinuations to cause violence. Senator Abe said the youths have demonstrated respect for elders, parents and the wishes of the people by declining to engage in violence. He enjoined them to continue to preserve the dignity of Tai LGA by refusing to be used to kill women, who are their mothers and sisters, and children in their farms, either in the disguise of cultism or outright political thuggery. Speaking in pidgin English, Abe said; “I want to use this opportunity to

Niger Delta youths urged by MD of NDDC to emulate PANDEF on acceptable leadership *NDDC to establish Niger Delta Devt Bank The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere, has called on Niger Delta youths to emulate the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) on acceptable and recognisable leadership. He also hinted that NDDC would soon set up a specialised Niger Delta Development Bank for the youths and other people of the region to access funds, while assuring that the terms would be friendly. Ekere stated these on Wednesday at NDDC's corporate headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, while meeting with ex-agitators and youth leaders from the nine states of the Niger Delta, led by Isreal Eshanekpe, aka "General" Akpodoro. He disclosed that investors were considering Niger Delta as unsafe, thereby relocating from the region, while admonishing the youths to give peace a chance, not to resume hostilities and t

Flash NDDC Sets up Committee on Corruption Charges … Holds Investigative Hearing The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, will hold an investigative hearing to unravel cases of allegations of corruption and racketeering concerning the Commission. At a meeting of the Management Committee of the Commission in Port Harcourt, the Managing Director/CEO, Nsima U. Ekere, declared that “it was imperative and urgent for the Commission to find out what was true and what was not true about the allegations, in order to immediately tackle them.” Ekere, who expressed displeasure at “all the stories of corruption surrounding the Commission”, said it was time to clean up the interventionist agency, in order to position it to effectively and efficiently facilitate sustainable regional development. “We cannot allow these stories and allegations to keep making the rounds,” he stated, adding: “We cannot continue to act as though these allegations are not important enough to be investigated. We

Still Scholarship NDDC will pay each beneficiaries an additional N500,000.00 ~Nsima Ekere [Welcome to Newspointers, like and share our page] Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Nsima U. Ekere, has directed the immediate payment of all outstanding scholarship fees for beneficiaries of the 2016 NDDC Overseas Post Graduate Scholarship. In a meeting in Port Harcourt, Ekere expressed unhappiness that beneficiaries of the scheme were facing unfortunate hardship due to delays in remitting both the tuition fees and upkeep allowances and called on them to submit their bank details to the NDDC immediately. The Managing Director disclosed that only 32 out of 200 beneficiaries have so far submitted their personal international bank information and promised to pay them immediately. "I am very unhappy about this needless delays and the untold hardship our scholars are going through right now,” Ekere said, adding: “This is not acceptable. They are our childre

Apostle Suleman reacts to sex scandal "...is it now a crime for an adult to have sex with an adult and not a crime for another adult to have sex with a child" he asks. Following the alleged sex scandal trailing, the General Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, he spoke in his church refuting the allegations : he said "Just because of one thing, I said don't kill Christians they are now acting Nollywood. I want to say this, in the same country where people are demanding for the head of a man who is yet to be found guilty of every allegation. The same country an emir who is also a religious leader gets married to a 14years old with evidence of kidnapp and FORCEFUL conversion from her old religion. And yet no DSS or Sahara reporters ordered for his arrest or even subjected him to a media trial. Atleast this is a case of two adults who the say had an affair with each other as boy friend and girl friend. " is it now a crime for an adult to have sex with an adult an

NYSC members brutalized for punishing a student [Welcome to Newspointers, do like our page] FULL STORY WRITTEN BY AGHOLOR KING ABWEST! "The entire corps members serving in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara state are bleeding out purple blood. Our hearts are thumping out: strong rhythms of pain. Our dignity has been trampled and mangled with reckless impunity. God! Today a corps member, Michael, serving his fatherland through sweat and bile; rough roads, hunger, merciless weather; and the shame of 19800 in the face of a smothering economy. Michael---serving in Nasara Standard Academy perceived as the shining light in a tottering secondary education system in Kaura Namoda--- was today brutalised, manhandled and reduced to nothingness by a brainless team comprising of the richest man in Kaura Namoda and his equally wanton boys. What was his crime? Michael had punished his student who happens to be this man's ward. A simple kneel down. Michael who had nurtured these block heads with pati

Just In! Zero percent of Lagos Judges are Corrupt~ Prof Osinbajo The Acting president of Nigeria Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said he he fought corruption to zero tolerance as an Attorney General. Prof. Osinbajo gave the narration recently in an attempt to boost the fight against corruption in Nigeria. According to him, "When I was a lecturer in UNILAG, I visited a retired Judge who stayed in a rented BQ apartment of two  rooms. The first room which served as sitting room had no where you can sit on. It was filled with books. The second is bedroom for him and his wife. The children have grown and they don't stay with them. Here is a honest Judge, sincere old man but who had nothing to fall back on. It saddened me. "Therefore, when I was appointed Attorney General of Lagos, we did a survey among Judicial stakeholders, we asked people to rate the judicial system into categories notoriously corrupt, highly corrupt, fairly corrupt, not corrupt.... "In the result, the respon

NDDC blast Prof. Itse Sagay... debunks claims The Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC has debunked claims made by Prof. Itse Sagay over the purchase of official vehicles. According to a press release from the management "The attention of the Governing Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has been drawn to a statement credited to the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), in which he claimed that the Commission “bought over 70 cars that included eight super Lexus that cost N70m each and 10 Toyota Landcruiser jeeps at N65m each.” The NDDC wishes to state, categorically, that no such purchases have been made since assumption of office on November 4, 2016, of the current Governing Board. Indeed, it is a known fact that the Chairman, the distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), the Managing Director/CEO, Nsima Ekere, and the two Executive Directors are still using their private vehicles t

JAMB MAKES U-TURN ON STUDENTS ADMISSION “The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has concluded all restructuring, transformation, reforms and other preparation for the 2017 UTME and is now set to commence the sale of its application document in March, 2017. “We have designed a Central Admissions Processing System where the Board will interface with the institutions and ensure the compliance of this reform. The summary is that no candidate will be admitted with awaiting result. “Candidates and their parents are also to note that JAMB has restructured the registration platform to allow for only one choice of public university. The new registration platform will now be first choice, second choice, third choice and fourth choice and not most preferred, preferred etc as it was. “Candidates’ first choice can be a College, University, Innovative Enterprises Institutions or Polytechnic/Monotechnic. However, if a candidate makes a Public University his first choice, he will not

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT! NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) ~ REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FROM Training / Skills Development Firms For Some Of The NDDC Skill Acquisition Programmes NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) 167 ABA ROAD, PORT HARCOURT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in furtherance of its mandate on Human Capital Development intends to embark on Skills Acquisition and Employment generation training programmes for the youths and women of the Niger Delta Region. Specifically, the Commission is requesting for proposals from reputable and competent Training / Skills Development Firms for some of the NDDC Skill Acquisition programmes. SCOPE OF SERVICES The Commission is requesting for detailed proposals in the following Skills Areas: (1) Welding & Fabrication (2) Furniture Making & Woodwork (3) Catering & Confectionary (4) Food Processing (5) Home Management (Tie & Dye) (6) Modern Printing Technology

NIMASA 2017 Budget Targets 5 Areas – Dr Dakuku [Welcome to Newspointers, do like our page] The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has disclosed that the Agency’s 2017 budget is tailored towards 5 strategic areas in the maritime sector. The DG who said this recently during the 2017 budget defence session at the National Assembly in Abuja before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Chaired by Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima stated that the Agency is committed to actualizing its core mandates and to grow the maritime sector for the benefit of indigenous operators and the entire nation. Dr. Peterside observed that the Agency targets strategic growth in five critical areas in the year 2017 namely; maintaining maritime safety and security to bring piracy to its lowest level, maintenance of a clean maritime environment and enhanced port state control, human and infrastructural capacity as well as sanitizing the maritime

Etche/Omuma poll: Police Dares Politicians from moving The Rivers State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that after due consultation with relevant Stake- Holders, superintending over the forth coming conclusive Elections in Etche Local Government Area, the following Restriction Orders are hereby made to wit: That there will be total restriction of movement of persons and vehicles between the Hours of 12 Midnight on Friday 24th February, 2017 and 6pm on Saturday 25th February 2017 both on land and waterways. The Command further wishes to emphasize that important personalities (VIPs) and Politicians are barred from going to any voting centre with their security details. They are also warned to desist from moving from one place to another on the Election Day, as provided under the Electoral Act. Movement is only allowed from place of abode to voting centre and back. The Police and other Security Agencies will be moving around to ensure that these orders are strictly

Breaking  News! See what NDDC did to 11 directors [Welcome to Newspointers, do like our page] The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has redeployed 11 directors as part of its on-going reforms and restructuring to enhance overall performance, towards the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. The redeployments, which were approved by the NDDC Managing Director, Mr Nsima Ekere, in line with the 4-R initiative of the current board and management and of the Commission, affected directors at the headquarters, as well as those in Abuja Liaison Office, Bayelsa, Imo, Ondo, Delta and Rivers State offices. “After the recently concluded retreat of the Commission, we are taking immediate steps and actions to reform our operations for optimum performance,” Mr. Ekere said, adding: “The first step is to ensure we deploy officers where they would offer better service, and that is what we have begun to do.” He said that this is the beginning of wide ranging reforms and restruc

Police Storms Kidnappers Handout The Rivers State Police Command in its onslaught against arm banditry in the State, has recorded a significant breakthrough as Operatives of the Anti – kidnapping unit, led by the Commander SP Edward Shadare at about 430pm, following a tip off/ call analysis of the kidnappers phone, demanding for ransom, the team tracked and traced them to their hideout at Choba, where on sighting the Police the hoodlums opened fire and were repelled at the end of which three of them were fatally wounded while two of our men sustained gunshot wounds. Following the shoot out, three kidnapped victims were rescued. They are:   (1)     Timi Endure ‘f’   (2)    Nasi Fatima ‘f’    Eze Wilson ‘m’ a staff of NTA Port Harcourt who was kidnapped on the 20 th of January, 2017. They were rescued unhurt. They have also been debriefed and united with their families. Items recovered from the hoodlums include; Two pump Action Riffles 20 Rounds live Cartridg

CONTROVERSIS OVER MARITIME UNIVERSITY The attention of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been drawn to speculations in a section of the media and a Press Statement from the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) to the effect that the Agency is opposed to the establishment of the Maritime University at Okerenkoko, in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. This assertion is far from the truth and it has become necessary to clarify the issue as the Federal Government is committed to the actualization of the project which the Agency conceived. It is pertinent to note that NIMASA is supporting every aspect of the law in its determination to fulfill its obligations. In addition, the National Assembly recently held a public hearing on the matter and it is expected that the funding of the institution and other aspects of running it will be specified in the Act setting up the University. For the avoidance of doubt, at no time did the Director General, Dr. D