FocalPoint Reports

PRESS RELEASE: Odidi Community Executive Calls on Heritage Energy Operational Services to Immediately Address Recurring Oil Spill and Warns Against Exploitation of Environmental Situation The duly recognized Executive Council of Odidi Community calls on Heritage Energy Operational Services to urgently take all necessary steps to address the recurring oil spill affecting the community. Specifically, we urge the company to expedite its plans and immediately commence the clean-up exercise, contain the spill, provide adequate relief materials to affected residents, and ensure the replacement of the defective pipeline or facilities responsible for the recurring spill incidents in order to prevent further environmental damage. The Executive Council acknowledges the engagement between Heritage Energy Operational Services and the Odidi Community Executive and urges the company to hasten the implementation of the necessary remedial measures. The protection of the environment, welfar...

SERAP Demands Probe of ₦1.3bn Budget Allocation, Pressures Akpabio, Abbas on Transparency The anti-corruption campaign in Nigeria has taken another turn as the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas to account for the controversial allocation of over ₦1.3 billion to the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the 2026 Appropriation Act. The development has intensified scrutiny of Nigeria's budget process, with transparency advocates questioning how public funds were reportedly earmarked for an entity whose legal status has become a subject of controversy. In a Freedom of Information (FOI) request signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP demanded the release of official records relating to the approval of the allocation and urged the leadership of the National Assembly to explain the circumstances surr...

PAP: Leave Otuaro Alone, Allow Delta Enjoy Its Turn of Representation – IPDI Warns Detractors Prominent Ijaw leaders, civil society organisations, and youth stakeholders in Delta State have called for an end to what they described as unnecessary attacks and distractions against the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), High Chief Dennis Otuaro, PhD. In a statement signed by the President of the Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative (IPDI), Comrade Ozobo Austin, the group said the Niger Delta, particularly Delta State, deserves stability and uninterrupted support while one of its sons Dr Otuaro occupies a strategic federal position as administrator. According to the statement, Otuaro's appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu provides Delta State with a rare opportunity to contribute meaningfully to federal policies and programmes in the post-amnesty era. "High Chief Dennis Otuaro is more than an individual; he represents Delta Ijaw, the Niger D...