By Tordue Salem, Abuja The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio denied that he ever accused members of the National Assembly of collecting contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Minister, during an investigative hearing at the House of Representatives, had claimed that 60% of NDDC contracts went to Federal lawmakers. He […]

By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has expressed concerns over the magnitude of rots at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, recalled that previous intervention agencies including the Niger Delta Development Board, NDDB, created in 1958 and Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission, OMPADEC, in 1992 all […]

By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, would emerge stronger and well-focused to deliver its mandate at the end of the ongoing forensic audit. Senator Akpabio, who stated this while inaugurating the Field Forensic Auditors at his office in Abuja, […]

By Chris Ochayi The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has taken proactive measures aimed at curtailing the devastating impacts of flooding in the region occasioned by yearly torrential rainfall. Sen. Akpabio to this ends has Inaugurated an Inter-Agency Committee on Assessment of Potential impact of flooding and the level of preparedness in […]

THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, this week approved N722.3 million that will fund the activities of eight field forensic auditors who have been hired to shine their torchlights on the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC…as in seriously investigate over 12,000 abandoned projects.

Niger Delta Renaissance Coalition, Wednesday gave reasons the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio and members of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, should not be allowed to supervise forensic audit. The group through its National Coordinator, Comrade Godknows Sotonye, said: “As Nigerians eagerly await the decisive action of President Buhari on the Senate […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru MINISTER of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswil Akpabio Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the payment for the forensic audit of the about 12,000 Niger Delta Development Commission projects should be undertaken through the Presidency. This is as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the appointment of Field […]

 By Chris Ochayi The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment towards the completion of the four sections of the East west highways dualisation projects in the Niger Delta region by December 2021. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who stated this while speaking in Abuja, said with the recent release of N20 billion […]

…NDDC awarded N6bn fingerlings contracts without fish ponds — Akpabio By Emma Amaize & Chris Ochayi Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has opened more cans of worm, with his disclosure that the previous administration at Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, awarded N6 billion contracts for fingerlings without any designated fish ponds to […]

…Says outcome of forensic audit will shock Nigerians By Chris Ochayi The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, weekend said the previous administration at the Niger Delta Development, NDDC, awarded N6 billion contracts for fingerlings without any designated fish ponds to deliver the services. Senator Akpabio, who made the disclosure in Abuja, while […]

MILITANTS in Niger Delta under the auspices of Joint Revolutionary Council, JRC, a merger of militant groups, Monday morning, threw their weight behind Minister of Niger–Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio

Demand timely completion of East-West Road By Emma Amaize Militants in Niger Delta under the auspices of Joint Revolutionary Council, JRC, a merger of militant groups, Monday morning, threw their weight behind Minister of Niger –Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, saying findings by them showed the National Assembly was after him because he refused lawmakers […]

…Says commission unearths contractors’ plot to swindle N3.9bn, petitions ICPC By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South & Innocent Anaba Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigating Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Prof Keme Pondei, over allegations of diversion of the commission’s […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Urhobo Youth Assembly, UYA, has urged President Muhammadu to sack the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswil Akpabio within seven days. UYA in a letter to the President dated August 7, 2020, alleged that in the past 20 years of existence of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, […]

By Emma Amaize Peter Clever Okoro Esq., Director, Legal Services, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC,  in a letter dated July 5 addressed to Senator Peter Nwaoboshi asked him to refund N2.552 billion within two weeks In the July 5, letter to the Delta North senatorial district representative in the Nigerian Senate, Okoro said: “That sometime […]