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COVID-19: NDDC donates palliatives to Imo

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2020 0

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated food items and hospital equipment to Imo state government to help fight the scourge of the new coronavirus pandemic in the state. The food items donated include 1,078 bags of rice, 305 bags of beans, 288 bags of garri (cassava flakes),

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NDDC probe: Nwaoboshi disowns firms allegedly used for fake contracts

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2020 0

As altercations trails the alleged mismanagement of funds by the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC), the Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi has refuted claims that he collected contracts from the Commission with eleven different companies without executing them . The senate probe of the

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Group tells NDDC to provide evidence against NASS members

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2020 0

A group of concerned youth in Delta State under the auspices of Progressive Delta Youths (PDY) has challenged the management of Niger Delta Development Commission to make public the evidence of corruption linking members of the National Assembly to any form of fraud in the Commission. The group also described as annoying the endless schemes […]

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I didn’t instruct anyone agency to probe minister – Omo – Agege

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2020 0

Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has denied asking the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. Omo – Agege in a statement on Sunday by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yomi Odunuga, denied any knowledge of instigating a probe. According to Senator […]

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N’Assembly won’t back down on NDDC probe – Senate

Ihesiulo Grace 31 May 2020 0

…Dares Commission to provide corruption evidence against lawmakers to EFCC, ICPC Tunde Opalana, Abuja Spokesman of the Senate, Senator Akinola Bashiru, has said that the National Assembly will under no circumstance back down on its probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This was just as he dared the Commission to provide evidence of […]

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No amount of blackmail can stop investigation, Senate replies NDDC mgt

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2020 0

…Fingers Akpabio in crisis The face – off between the Senate and the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over alleged N40 billion scam festers as the parliament on Wednesday fired back at the IMC. The Senate emphatically said it will not be dettered by blackmail to bring to a […]

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More trouble looms in NDDC over corruption allegations

Ihesiulo Grace 27 May 2020 0

…Legal practitioner petitions NASS, EFCC A legal practitioner, Mr. Ojeh Godwin, has petitioned the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over what he described as the flagrant abuse of statutory procedure and due process in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In the petition, copies […]