For the well foresighted Nigerians and the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), that are conversant with the excruciating environmental pains and socioeconomic deprivations the coastal dwellers in the Niger Delta region, South-South, Nigeria, daily contend with, it will not be an overstatement to characterize as historic and the greatest victory of this period, the reported emergence […]
A group of well-meaning Nigerian women, under the aegis of Greater Nigeria Ambassador Forum (GNAF), has thrown its weight behind Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh, to accomplish her presidential mandate. On resumption of office in October last year, President Muhammadu Buhari handed Dr. Nunieh the mammoth task of […]
The Coalition of Civil Societies for Good Governance and Change Initiative (CCSGGC) believes there is a deliberate attempt to frustrate the ongoing recovery of looted funds by Acting Managing Director, Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh. This utter desperation, the group revealed, prompted some disgruntled elements in the guise of civil society groups to […]
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has dissociated himself from the alleged violence in the Akwa Ibom rerun election in Essien Udim Local Government Area. Akpabio in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Anietie Ekong, said his decision and that of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to withdraw from the […]
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated Lassa fever protective kits and drugs to support the Delta state government in its efforts to check the menace of the disease in the state. Presenting the medical kits and drugs to the state government at the Ministry of Health in Asaba, the NDDC acting Managing Director, […]
A group, Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum (ACIF) has said it will approach a competent court of law in the next seven days in order to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest and prosecute former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Professor Nelson Brambaifa, if the anti-corruption agenvy fail […]
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Sunday inaugurated an erosion control project at Ibiaku and Nduetong Oku communities in Uruan and Uyo Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom state. Speaking at the inauguration of the N1.69 billion project initiated in 2018, the minister said that it is one of the 18 ecological […]
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has inaugurated a 50-member Contracts’ Verification Committee to confirm and document projects and contracts in the nine Niger Delta states, as part of the process to redirect the Commission’s activities. Inaugurating the committee at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Acting Managing Director, Gbene Dr. Joi Nunieh, said […]
The Niger Delta Ministry Press Corps has congratulated the new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA), Mr. Olusade Adesola on his redeployment to the ministry. Describing his redeployment as a welcome development, chairperson of the association, Lulu Bankong tasked him to use his wealth of experience to implement policies that can […]
The former Minister of State, Niger Delta, Hon. Sam Ode mni has called on Nigerians never to flinch their support for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in charting the way forward for the country. Describing him as a leader who places public good and Nigeria foremost as such, ” we are obligated to give […]
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Development Commission, Sen. Ita Enang, has expressed his displeasure over the shoddy work done on the Calabar – Itu highway by the contractor. Enang, who paid unscheduled visit to the site on Saturday, said that the construction company, Julius Berger Plc has disappointed the federal government. […]
A youth group from six Niger Delta states (Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Cross River and Edo) has issued seven days ultimatum to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to to the Chief Chibuike Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation over the group’s recent attack on him in Madrid, Spain. The youths under the aegis of […]
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has started distributing relief materials to communities affected by flood in Rivers state, an official has said. Acting Managing Director NDDC, Dr. Joi Nunieh, disclosed this in a statement by the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Charles Odili, in Port Harcourt on Sunday. According to her, the exercise […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated pioneer Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, who clocks 75. Buhari, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in Abuja at the weekend, commended Ugochukwu for serving the nation for many years as a journalist, administrator and adviser […]
Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Gbene Nunieh, says the interim management committee will defend the wealth of the people from looters. She said this in a statement issued on Friday by the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Charles Odili, to newsmen in Port Harcourt. Nunieh stated this while […]
…Steps down Rivers representative Numieh nomination The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Dr . Pius Odubu and Bernard Okumagba as Chairman and Managing Director respectively of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Other nominated members of tbe board of the Commission also had their appointment confirmed include; Executive Director Projects, Engr. Otobong Ndem (Akwa […]
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has flayed the incessant cases of oil theft in the Niger Delta, bemoaning the loss of about 22 million barrels of crude oil in the first quarter of 2019, estimated at $1.35 billion. The governor disclosed this when he received a delegation of National Executive Committee of the […]
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) interim management committee says it is committed to ensuring efficient forensic audit of the commission as approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. NDDC Executive Director of Projects, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, who disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, said that the committee is poised According to Ojougboh, the NDDC is currently […]
The Senate Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Thursday screened the 16 nominated members of the NDDC board. Chairman -designate of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Pius Odubu, at the screening expressed the commitment of the new board to repositioning and rebranding the commission so as to change the narrative […]
The federal government has inaugurated a three-man committee to oversee the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). President Muhammadu Buhari recently ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the NDDC from 2001 to 2019 . The president said the directive became imperative in view of the persistent criticisms of the operations of […]