By Henry Nwawuba I was privileged to moderate a high-level virtual conference on the Niger Delta recently. It was a humbling and expository experience that has changed my perspectives on the resource-rich region significantly. For me, engagements about the current fate and future of the region can never be the same. I am convinced and […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that more developmental projects are planned for oil-rich Niger Delta region. President Buhari gave the assurance on Thursday during the virtual commissioning of the new headquarters building of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. READ ALSO: Democracy Day: President Buhari reveals his administration restored […]
By Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt When the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released its report on the environmental devastation of Ogoni land following the oil exploitation and exploration activities of multi-national companies operating in the area, Nigeria and indeed the people of Ogoni heaved a sigh of relief. Hope was raised for a people who […]
By Tunde Opalana, Abuja Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio to step aside from office pending a comprehensive investigation of accusations against him in the unfolding allegations of fraud in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The party said the monstrous sleaze being unearthed in […]
*Insists that rot in dates back to inception *Assures that forensic audit will be ready in December Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has said that he is not deterred by the series of corrupt allegations against him since he has no skeleton in his cupboard. Alleging a campaign of calumny against him, he […]
*MD threatens to quit if corruption allegations are proven At the conclusion of the Senate ad- hoc committee investigative public hearing on alleged N40 billion financial recklessness by the Interim Magement Committee ( IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC), the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio charged the National Assembly […]
*Agency grilled over N3.14b Covid-19 relief funds * Commission’s alleged N81bn financial recklessness unacceptable, says Lawan Senate and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) officials traded tackles yesterday over alleged corruption. They pointed fingers at each other, with the Senate saying it would no longer condone financial malfeasance at the agency. NDDC equally accused the senators […]
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says the forensic audit ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari for the body, was a solution to the years of decay and challenges of underdevelopment in the Niger Delta. Speaking during a two-day training for ten communication specialists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the NDDC’s Acting Managing Director, Professor Daniel […]
Some monarchs in Bayelsa state under the auspices of Paramount Rulers Forum for Oil Host Communities in the Niger Delta have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the ongoing forensic audit at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The monarchs made the commendation in a letter to the President dated June 22, a copy of which […]
The Bayelsa state government has initiated measures to end the ongoing resident doctors’ strike at the state-owned Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), Okolobiri. The doctors said they had yet to suspend their indefinite strike in spite of the suspension of the nationwide action by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Sunday. State […]
Resident doctors at the Bayelsa State Government owned Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), Okolobiri, have yet to resume from the indefinite strike suspended on Sunday by their national body. The leadership of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) had on Sunday directed its members across the country to resume work as the Federal Government […]
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), 1,941 cartoons of noodles, 95 cans […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
…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 […]
…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 […]
…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 […]