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Police stray bullet kills boy watching Premier League match in Lagos Tragedy struck today on Olu Aboderin Street, Onipetesi, Lagos State, Sunday evening as one of the bullets fired by some operatives of the anti-cultism unit of Lagos State police command hit a boy watching a Premier League match between Liverpool and Tottenham. An eyewitness simply identified as Emenike said the officers came to the area to arrest a man wearing dreadlocks. Emenike alleged that the policemen started shooting sporadically after the arrest, only for one of the bullets to hit the boy who is yet to be identified. The victim was subsequently rushed to the general hospital in Ikeja, where he was confirmed dead.

APC NWC may zone Deputy Senate President, Majority Leader to South-South , North-Central There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee may have zoned the positions of the Deputy Senate President and  Senate Majority Leader  to the South-South and North-Central respectively. Investigations revealed that the party through its 21-member NWC had also zoned the Deputy Majority Leader post to the South-East while the Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip positions were zoned to the North-West and South-West respectively. With the party’s current zoning arrangement, the ambition of the wife of the National Leader of the party, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to become the deputy Senate President in the ninth assembly may have been truncated. Senator Tinubu is from the South-West, representing Lagos Central Senatorial District.

DELTA COMMUNITY YOUTHS TO PROTEST NPDC’s ALLEGED NEGLECT OF OWEIYEGBENE COMMUNITY By Ezekiel Kagbala (FPR) Warri South-West youths from Oweiyegbene community of Delta State has vowed to storm the premises of the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, over alleged neglect of their communities. The community youth president, Comrade Mandela Bomini who spoke with FocalPoint Reports in Warri during a press briefing, lamented that the community have nothing to show for over 60 years of oil exploration in their area. He noted that four preserved oil wells, not yet drilled are currently used by NPDC to secure a large portion of Oweiyegbene community land for their operations without giving the host community any entitlement. Mandela further asserted that for every oil well, there must be an entitlement the host community. He however, accused  NPDC of denying Oweiyegbene community of their benefits after barricading the site where they have the reserved oil well, deprivin...

BAD LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA: UPRISING AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE LOOMS AS MORE NIGERIANS GOES JOBLESS, HUNGRY  DESCRIBES 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS AS BAD EXPERIENCE FOR NIGERIANS  By Ezekiel Kagbala ( FPR ) A peace ambassador and human right advocate, Comrade Mulade Sheriff has raised alarm over what he described as a looming uprising and uncontrollable civil disobedience capable of disrupting the relative peace in Nigeria, adding that Nigeria is bleeding and sitting on a keg of gun powder due to bad Leadership and government insensitivity to the hardship pervading majority of its citizens. The Global Peace Ambassador made the assertion in Lagos while speaking with journalists on the state of the nation and   noted  that there is the urgent need to adopt alternative Leadership pattern to reach the less privileged Nigerians. He said “Our democracy appears to be in comatose and what  is being practiced today as a political system is a fraud and a conduit pipe that i...

_DELTA IJAW 2023 MOVEMENT_ 2023 IJAW Governorship: Not too early to indicate interest* DONT WAIT ACT NOW The time has come to engage in intellectual/Political struggle for Ijaw nation to assume the  rightfully place in the scheme of development, political and leadership positions. No more stagnation or second fiddle position, only Ijaw man can develop his region more better. Our  Oil rich bearing communities are languishing in a sorrowful sight of total neglect, our environment is being degraded yet our voice is diminishing. *Ijaws must act now to secure 2023 governorship position,* the world must know that 2023 is Ijaw turn to produce Delta state governor, Ijaw deserve all the needed support. ... We must rise to protect Ijaw interest, our interest. 2023 Ijaw governorship position not negotiable.... For the emphasis, JAW WILL PRODUCE THE 2023 GOVERNOR #nottooearlytoagitate# Thanks to AMBASSADOR, COMRADE SHERIFF MULADE FOR SPONSORING  DELTA IJAW 2023 MOVEMENT

Christians tasked on healthy fasting at Lent Lent, known as Quadragesima (Fortieth), is the period of forty days preceding Easter (excluding Sundays) Drink firm, La Casera Apple, has commended Christians in the country currently observing the Lenten fast leading up to Easter celebrations. The period of Lent is a time of solemn observance and preparation for the celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus, started 21 days ago with Ash Wednesday.     The apple soft drink, which is the flagship brand of The La Casera Company (TLCC), has enjoined Christians to imbibe a healthy living habit through fruit consumption during Lent as using fruits to break fasting helps to ensure the body gets rehydrated quickly.     Chinedum Okereke, managing director of TLCC stated that the brand felt it necessary to support its teeming consumers and other Christians during this period. ‘‘We view our consumers as members of one family and so we embark on this j...

OKOWA'S VICTORY: DELTA DEPUTY GOVERNOR SHOWS APPRECIATION From Bulou Kosin Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, Deputy Governor of Delta State says he appreciates all Deltans  for re-electing the Ifeanyi Okowa/Kingsley Otuaro gubernatorial ticket, stressing however that the people of Warri South-West LGA, made him proud. Otuaro spoke at his Warri residence where he hosted a Thanksgiving/Victory party organised by PDP stakeholders in Warri South-West LGA led by Itsekiri-born Mr Blexon Omadoye and Chief Sunday Izoukumor, Commissioner representing Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in DESOPADEC who served as Chairman and Secretary respectively of the Organising Commitee. Otuaro, who appreciated God Almighty, royal fathers and the clergy for their time in prayers, for peace in the election, said: "it turned out to be the most peaceful election in the history of Warri South-West LGA". "I want to particularly appreciate both the Ijaw and Itsekiri for coming together as one indivisibl...

Dein of Agbor Set agenda for Okowa’s second Term Dein of Agbor Kingdom in Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Ikenchuku Keagborekuzi the first, has set agenda for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa's second term even as he vowed to continue to defend equity and fairness always. The monarch who was speaking at his palace during an interactive session with the members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Indigenous Correspondence Chapel, Delta State Council advised governor Okowa to use his second term to make Nigerians know him more and institutionalised his  name. He urged governor Okowa to set aside party politics saying human live is supreme and not party politics because party come and go. Speaking on national unity, the traditional ruler said: "i believe in equity and fairness and i don't struggle for anything with my brothers. I won't quarrel with other monarchs because they are Kingdom like mine. We have so many people in Nigeria who believe in a peaceful nation, we also ha...

BARRISTER SMOOTH REVEALS WHY NIGER DELTA REMAIN UNDERDEVELOPED ... SAYS BITTER POLITICS HINDERS DEVELOPMENT OF NIGER DELTA, CALL FOR POLITICAL TOLERANCE By Hannah Tsedo (FPR) The Ijaw born Niger Delta musical legend, Chief Barrister S. Smooth has lamented reasons why Niger Delta region remains underdeveloped, noting that the region is blessed with leaders who poses the political powers needed to attract sustainable development to the region. In a statement released to FocalPoint Reports yesterday in Yenegua Bayelsa State, Smooth urged Niger Delta leaders, specifically Ijaw people to avoid selfish and bitter politics in their various parties, adding that it will be of better political advantage to the region if the people spread themselves to other parties for development to come from all sides. He said "Bitter and selfish politics has done more harm than good to us as a people. The south south is blessed to have produced a president under PDP led government, yet the region is...

Loses at NNPC hit N551.46b in four years NNPC tower The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) recorded loses in the region of N551.46b from January 2015 to December 2018. Details of financial records published on the company’s website revealed that the national oil company repeatedly failed to meet projected profits as its subsidiaries, particularly refineries, running cost at the headquarters and other arms left whopping deficits. The corporation recorded N267.14b loss in 2015. The figure stood at N197b in 2016. In 2017, data from its financial statements showed N82b in operational losses, while a deficit of N5.46b was posted for January and August in 2018. While the company has excluded key details such as taxes and figures from the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd, it has continually failed to perform when compared to other national oil companies in Africa and other parts of the world. Though the firm recorded a trade surplus of N80.57b last year, operat...

Polls: Bayelsa Panel Invites Sylva, Lokpobiri, Ag. NDDC Boss, Other APC Chieftains Yenagoa –  Former governor Timipre Sylva, leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, has been invited by the state’s Judicial Commission of Inquiry investigating the violence that marred the 2019 general election in parts of the state to appear before the commission to answer to allegations levelled against him. Governor Seriake Dickson inaugurated the six-member panel chaired by Justice Ineikade Eradiri on February 27 2019. Apart from Sylva, other APC chieftains invited by the commission are Israel Sunny-Goli, a current member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly representing Brass Constituency 1; Professor Nelson Brambaifa, the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC); Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development; and Famous Daunemigha, candidate of the APC for the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal ...

Polls: Bayelsa Panel Invites Sylva, Lokpobiri, Ag. NDDC Boss, Other APC Chieftains Yenagoa –  Former governor Timipre Sylva, leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, has been invited by the state’s Judicial Commission of Inquiry investigating the violence that marred the 2019 general election in parts of the state to appear before the commission to answer to allegations levelled against him. Governor Seriake Dickson inaugurated the six-member panel chaired by Justice Ineikade Eradiri on February 27 2019. Apart from Sylva, other APC chieftains invited by the commission are Israel Sunny-Goli, a current member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly representing Brass Constituency 1; Professor Nelson Brambaifa, the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC); Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development; and Famous Daunemigha, candidate of the APC for the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal ...

EZEKIEL KAGBALA, FOCALPOINT BELAUDS SHERIFF MULADE AS WORTHY NIGER DELTA LEADER........ The entire management of FocalPoint Reports  joined the families, friends, staff of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ and wells wishers in thanking God for the exemplary life of as Worthy Niger Delta Leader, a philanthropist, a protector of the less privileged, an Icon of Development *AMB. Comrade Sheriff Mulade.* The director of FocalPoint news, Ezekiel Kagbala in a statement made available to FocalPoint news room said  "It is my prayer that the Almighty God continue to bless you, Ambassador Sheriff Mulade with robust health wisdom, wealth and long life to continue the good work in Africa, Nigeria, Niger Delta and Delta State". Sheriff Mulade, truly epitomize hard work, perseverance, doggedness, humility, diligence and patriotism. The fact that he treasured the virtue of true activism, integrity and cause of justice he believes in, gives him the cutting e...

UPU America organises free medical outreach for Deltans As part of its efforts to complement government’s initiatives in delivering quality healthcare to Deltans, the Urhobo Progress Union America, UPUA, on Tuesday gave out free medicals to some Deltans. The President of UPU America, Olorogun Onome Dema who spoke shortly after the free medicals at Government Hospital, Ekpan said the gesture was to ensure that Deltans live in sound health at all times. Speaking on the free medicals organized by the Urhobo Progress Union UPU America, the President, Dr. Onome Dema said the free medicare was a follow up to the free medical outreach of the group carried out to mark the 2O18 Urhobo cultural day at Ovwianmuge Agbarho. Dema recommended some ways through which people can live in good health, such as regular exercises, eating right, taking good care of oneself, as well as consulting certified medical experts whenever there are medical challenges. The UPU America President disclosed th...

Factional leaders of the All Progressives Congress Olorogun O’tega Emerhor and Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, yesterday fully resumed their acrimony following the court judgment that again put control of the Delta State chapter of the party into contention. Emerhor … I got two jobs immediately after I graduated The resumption of hostilities followed the Federal High Court judgment that upheld the Chief Cyril Ogodo-led executive as the legitimate executive of the party in the state. The court judgment also affirmed that those aligned with Ogodo were the right candidates that represented the party in all elections, a judgment that could make Emerhor appropriate Omo-Agege’s election as a senator to represent Delta Central in the Ninth Assembly. Emerhor emerged as Delta Central candidate in the Ogodo led executive while Omo-Agege was the candidate in the Prophet Jones Erue led tendency that was supposedly delegitimised by the court judgment. Despite peace moves by Vice Pres...

COLAPSE BUILDING TRENDS IN NIGERIA MULADE URGES DELTA GOVERNMENT TO GIVE ATTENTION Niger Delta based International Human Rights, Peace advocate/ Environmentalist,  Comrade Amb. Sheriff Mulade has raised concerns over the recent reports of building collapse trending across some States in Nigeria, describing the development as unfortunate and lack of various states government incongruous attitude towards peoples lives and safety.  Comrade Mulade who is the National Coordinator Centre For Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ was also recently in USA decorated as United Nation  Global Peace Ambassador, while condemning the ugly development of rising building collapse in the country urged the Delta state governments under the leadership of the Governor reelect Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa to as a matter of urgency, to direct his Works and Commissioners in charge of housing and construction to make sure they take proactive measures in order to avert record of collapse buildings in t...

2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS: NIGER DELTA BORN ACTIVIST FROWNS AT ALLEGED DECLARATION OF RESULTS UNDER DURESS Politics  URGES INEC TO  SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY AND DEAL DECISIVELY WITH OFFENDERS By Egbemavoice.blogspot.com A Global Peace Ambassador and human rights advocate Comrade Mulade Sheriff has expressed total disappointment over the just concluded general elections in Nigeria. The peace advocate who expressed worry while speaking with journalists in New York City, USA, said it is highly regrettable to observe the way and manner public office holders displayed their desperate attitude, intimidated,harassed INEC Returning Officers and forcefully ordered that they declared them winners or pay with their lives, describing it as a national and international embarrassment. Speaking further, he said; “ the success of any election depends on efficient conduct, which includes accreditation, voting, counting, collation and results declaration, saying, Collation and declaration ...

Transfer of OML 11 to NPDC: Ogoni vows to resist resumption of crude, gas production Ogoni community • Vested Interests Behind Transfer Of OML 11 To NPDC • Change In Ownership Illegal, Lack Due Process, Transparency- Stakeholders • Niger Delta Weighing Options On Development- Loyibo • Move Threatens Investors’ Confidence – Olawuyi • Presidency Mum, NNPC Denies Receiving Directive • Transfer On Track, Says Ex-NAPE President The presidential directive to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited (NPDC) to takeover operation of the entire Oil Mining Lease (OML) 11 from Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has been denounced by the Ogoni people.Professionals are also worried that the planned takeover from SPDC not later than April 30, 2019, blatantly undermines due process as stipulated by extant regulations, disregards the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the board of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), as well as other parties involved. Consequently, the Ogoni...

2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND NIGERIA'S DEMOCRATIC PROCESS: NGO SPEAKS ON INCONCLUSIVE ELECTIONS CHARGES INEC TO GIVE CREDIBILITY, ASSURANCE TO THE PROCESS. A Nigerian based human and Environmental rights advocate and the National Coordinator, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) Comrade Mulade Sheriff has raised concerned over the continued declaration of inconclusive elections in Nigeria that has raised several concerns and tension According to the Activist, from pre-colonial era to date, Nigerians have conducted various forms of election at the family, community, state and national levels. Elections are not just a condition of for democracy, they are necessary for national development, peace, and unity.   Comrade Mulade Sheriff expressed worries over the development in New York, US and called on the electoral umpire INEC to do everything humanly possible to avoid this ugly menace in order to give credibility to our electoral process He claimed that since independ...

TENSION LOOMS IN NIGER DELTA AS MILITANTS GETS WAKEUP CALL   ASARI, ATEKE, TOMPOLO, DAGOGO JACK, OTHERS URGED TO JOIN STRUGGLE  Tension looms in the Niger Delta over what was described as humiliating treatment of Ex Niger Delta Militant leader, ASARI DOKUBO In Rivers State, Nigeria. FocalPoint was informed that Nigerian security, military personal also besieged the resident of Ateke Tom last week necessitating IJaw youths to resist the Nigerian Army who went with many trucks into Degema to arrest Asari Dokubo.  A front line activist, the spokes person of Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative (IPDI), Comr. Daniel Ezekiel recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari came for Tompolo immediately he assumed office, Asari Dokubo, Ateke Tom, Boyloaf,  Dagogo Jack,  Africa,  Ogunboss, Shoot sight  e.t.c did not only  turned their back on him, they became  informants to security agencies given them assurance that they will demystify Tomp...

DON'T GO TO COURT, SUPPORT OKOWA FOR DEVELOPMENT: MULADE ADVISES APC A Warri-based peace and  environment advocate, Comrade Mulade Sheriff has appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State not to challenge the victory of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa in the just concluded 2019 governorship election in court, saying his victory reflected the will of Deltans. Comrade Mulade made the appeal in New York City, USA where he is attending the 63rd edition of the UN CSW conference, 2019. He advised that It would be in the interest of all Deltans if the APC leadership joins hand with Governor Okowa to build the State and attract investors rather than challenging the outcome of the guber polls in court. He opined that dragging Sen Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to court would amount to a waste of time, energy and resources, as well as a distraction that could slow down government activities and progress of the State. He called on Gover...

UK, PDP condemn military as INEC suspends Rivers polls Soldiers block with truck and armoured tank the road leading to the state headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on March 10, 2019. – Fears has gripped residents of oil-rich Port Harcourt city in Niger delta region as state headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission has been condoned off by dozens of fierce looking soldiers, anti-riots policemen and other complementary security agents who are jointly patrolling the city ahead of the much awaited results of the just concluded governorship and state assembly elections.  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday suspended all electoral processes in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers until further notice.The electoral body made the suspension public in a statement in Abuja by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Mr. Festus Oko...

Shell To Boost Maritime University With $5m Projects LAGOS –  The Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Mr. Osagie Okunbor at the weekend disclosed that SPDC is planning to spend $5 million (N1.8 billion) on some projects in the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU), Okerenkoko in Delta. Okunbor made the disclosure at the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ongoebi Etebu in Port Harcourt. He said the projects would be executed in phases with the building of lecture theatre complex followed by several other high priority projects in the institution. “To this end, SPDC has committed five million dollars to the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU). This support and donation of infrastructure will be phased over three years. “The proposed lecture theatre complex which was designed by the university is a two-floor furnished building that comprises three lecture auditoria. “Other facilities in the...

2019 GOVERNORSHIP/STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: MULADE CONGRATULATES OKOWA, GUWOR .....urges opposition candidates to accept outcome A renowned environmentalist, Comrade Sheriff Mulade has congratulated Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, his deputy, Barrister Kingsley Otuaro for their well deserved victory at the polls. Comrade Mulade also felicitated with Mr. Emomotimi Guwor for emerging victorious as the representative of Warri South West constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly in the just concluded governorship and state Assembly elections. The environmentalist who expressed a firm conviction of flawless victory for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at  Benikrukru Town in Gbaramatu Kindgom, Warri South-West, noted that the candidates won with a wide margin. He urged other candidates including those in the opposition to accept the results and concede defeat so as to move the state forward in terms of accelerated development. He further added that maturity and internal democracy would...

2019 GUBER/ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: ACTIVIST FORESEES POLITICAL PARTIES SPONSORING ECONOMIC SABOTAGE ...Advises Youths Against Taking Laws Into Their Hands A Niger Delta based environmentalist and human rights activist, Comrade Sheriff Mulade has raised an alarm over what he described as politically sponsored economic sabotage to draw attention to and curry political sympathy particularly in the Niger Delta region. Comrade Mulade who is the National Coordinator of Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, an NGO, raised the alarm in Warri in a chat with journalists and said everything must be done to avert the looming economic sabotage especially during and after the elections The Peace Ambassador, therefore, appealed to Niger Delta youths not to involve themselves in such cruel and criminal acts capable of throwing the region into unwanted tension and insecurity especially the riverine communities which he said have been totally neglected and deprived by government at all ...

KIAGBODO BEGS FOR ELECTRICITY AS COMMUNITY LAMENTS  ZERO INFRASTRUCTURE The people of Kiagbodo in Burutu local government have lamented what they termed  zero infrastructural development of their community by the Federal and State government. FocalPoint reports visited the community yesterday for community Reports and witnessed the sorry state of a government Hospital that seemed abandoned for weeds and wide animals to inhabit. A community youth leader in Kiagbodo, Mejuya Tamaramiebi who spoke With FocalPoint Reports at the country home of the Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, said "It was sad to note that, access roads to Kiagbodo community are deplorable and abandoned".   He also added that Kiagbodo community have been in darkness without electricity for a long time, adding that it is so unfortunate that they continue to complain about the neglect. While noting that there is urgent need for government presence to be felt in the area, according to him, the p...

2019 Governorship/House of Assembly Polls: Peace Advocate Advises Electorate to Vote for Candidates with Integrity  .....Cautions Youths to Shun Ballot Box Snatching By Ezekiel Kagbala (FPR) Ahead of the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, a renowned environmentalist and peace advocate, Comrade Mulade Sheriff, has called on the electorate to be peaceful and vote for candidates that will deliver on their mandates, rather than voting for political parties that are mere platforns for contesting elections. Comrade Sheriff Mulade, National Coordinator, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, charged Nigerians to vote for candidates who will commit themselves in their various States to achieving economic, infrastructural and human capital development which, according to him, are lacking in many Nigerian states. The Delta-born peace advocate gave the charge at a round table parley with journalists in Lagos on the state of the nation and the March 9 2019 el...

IJAW GROUP BLOWS HOT OVER KILLING IN RIVER STATE, WARNS MILITARY PERSONAL The Niger Delta right group,  Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, (IPDI) groans over recent killings in Abonnema town, River State. In a statement released to FocalPoint Reports by the spokes person of the group, Comrade Daniel Ezekiel described the blood letting, destruction of properties and killing of Ijaws in Abonnema Town , Akoko Toru local government area of Rivers state by the Nigerian military for the past two weeks as disheartening, adding that before and during the presidential election, the ancient town was turned into a war zone due to do or die politics.  In the process 0ver 30 innocent  Ijaw youths were killed by trigger happy Nigerian Army. Condemning the killings he said “How do we explain this love for spilling of blood of innocent Nigerians and wanton killings ravaging the land, when Nigeria is not at war." The group accused the Nig...

Real Madrid In Final Chance To Mount Liga Title Bid Against Barcelona Follow the latest updates live from El Clasico as Real Madrid and Barcelona meet for the second time this week at the Santiago Bernabeu. A bizarre game on Wednesday night saw Real Madrid largely dominate proceedings but Barcelona run out 3-0 winners, sealing their place in the Copa del Rey final for the sixth consecutive year. In the league, Real are nine points off Barca and two points off city rivals Atletico. Barcelona have a seven-point lead at the top of La Liga, and can open up a 12-point to Madrid with a victory today, while the reverse league fixture in October proved the final nail in former Madrid manager Julen Lopetegui’s coffin as Real were humiliated 5-1 at the Camp Nou. Follow the live action below.

First Bank Branch In Agege On Fire Lagos  – A First Bank branch located at Oko Oba Road in the Agege area of Lagos State has been engulfed by fire. At the time of filing this report, the fire was still raging. Eight families have shown up for DNA testing in connection with the Otedola Link Bridge… According to an eyewitness, the bank is located directly opposite the Maplewood Estate in the Oko Oba area of Agege. The cause of fire is yet to be ascertained even as the State fire services were yet to arrive at the scene as at press time.

Many feared dead, Children Missing, As Gas Explosion Hits Bayelsa communities A gas explosion from the Nembe Creek Trunk Line operated by the Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company has caused panic among indigenes of seven communities of Nembe in Nembe Local Government Area of the Bayelsa State. The explosion, which occurred at about 4am near Oil Well 7 on Friday, sacked indigenes of the affected communities and many are reported missing, including women and children. A source said the incident had shut down the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) for emergency repairs, after the detection of oil leakage. The Nembe communities affected include Nembe Creek 1, 2 and 3, Jalungo, Fatuo and Kalablomi. An indigene of the community identified as Patrick said the gas explosion has polluted the air and water in the area, and has adversely affected the fishing livelihood of the communities. Contacted on the development, Chief Nengi James-Eriworio, spokesman of the Nembe Chiefs Council,...

BARRISTER SMOOTH REVEALS  WHY HE SUPPORT APC                    Chief Barrister S. Smooth, The Musical legend The Niger Delta Ijaw musical legend, Chief Barrister Smooth his revealed why he chose to support the All Progressive Congress, APC before and during the 2019 general elections. Smooth who spoke with FocalPoint Reports in Abuja, during a victory party organized by members of the APC to celebrate President Mohammadu Buhari and national Assembly members who emerged victorious in the just concluded presidential and national Assembly polls. He noted that he is commited to the APC so as to attract rapid infrastructural development to Ijaw coastal communities in the Niger Delta region, stressing that the struggle for development of the Region has assumed a political dimension rather than antagonism. The musical legend cleared the doubts regarding his involvement in politics which has becomes a staple subject for h...

2019 POLL RESULTS: PEACE ADVOCATE ADVISES NIGERIANS TO CELEBRATE VICTORY IN NATIONAL UNITY ..... DESCRIBES POLITICS OF SENTIMENT AS BANE OF DEVELOPMENT A Niger Delta based human rights and environment activisnt, Comrade Sheriff Mulade has called on Nigerians particularly politicians to rejoice and celebrate victory with others irrespective of party affiliations so as to strengthen and deepen our democracy. He noted that political parties are just platforms for electing public officers or vehicles that convey candidates to public offices. Comrade Sheriff Mulade was speaking in Abuja at an interactive forum with newsmen. The Peace and Environment activist  said Nigeria can grow and progress politically, socially and economically only if Nigerians practice the politics of tolerance, as well as accommodate, accept and support one another, notwithstanding their party differences. He advised stakeholders to focus on "Project Nigeria" as the great development vision of the count...