ON Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari, tumbled numerous calculations by leaders, political heavyweights, groups and ex-agitators concerning the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and by extension Niger Delta, with his executive imprimatur.

SENATOR Christopher Ekpenyong of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has said that the decision of Senator Godswill Akpabio to withdraw from the Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial re-run election will foster peace and development in the area.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has okayed a suit seeking to sack the interim management committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, constituted by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. 

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Akwa Ibom state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to treat the withdrawal of Senator Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress, APC from Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial re-run election as a concession to defeat. Briefing newsmen on behalf of the […]

THE political atmosphere of Akwa Ibom State had been calm since Wednesday after Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress, APC,  withdrew  from the Akwa Ibom North West senatorial rerun between him and Senator Chris Ekpenyong of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

***Urges APC to send his replacement to INEC By Henry Umoru – Abuja Ahead of the rerun election in Essien Udim Local Government Area, North West Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State, former Minority Leader of the Senate and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has written to withdraw from the election. Akpabio […]

A foremost socio-political group, Akwa Ibom Liberation Movement, AILM, ha raised alarm over a plot by the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the All Progressives Congress, in Akwa Ibom to substitute his name for another candidate ahead of the re-run election in Essien Udim Local Government Area.

A socio-political group, the One Nigeria Movement (ONM) has advised the Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio to come and test his popularity at the re-run election in Essien Udim rather than hiding behind the cover of a nebulous group, the Forum of APC Aspirants to malign the sterling reputation of the Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Mike Igini.

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs,  Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has called on critical stakeholders and multilateral organisations to invest more in Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to move the region forward. Akpabio made the call at a meeting with directors, donor agencies, permanent secretaries and development partners in Abuja on Thursday. He said the ministry […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos in a landmark judgment has ordered the Federal Government to “recover pensions collected by former governors now serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly, and directed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN to challenge the legality of states’ pension laws permitting former governors and other ex-public officials to collect such pensions.”

Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Goodwill Akpabio has said that that forensic audit of the activities of the  Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC was necessary to uncover the alleged illegalities that had taken place there.

Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Goodwill Akpabio has said that that forensic audit of the activities of the  Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC was necessary to uncover the alleged illegalities that had taken place there.

The Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District, Senator Chris Ekpenyong, has advised the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio to avoid unnecessary distractions and use his tenure to address the challenges confronting the Niger Delta region.

By Harris Emanuel, Uyo Ahead of the rerun election for the Ikot Ekpene Senatorial seat, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Dr. Chris Ekpenyong, have once again engaged in a war of words over the coveted seat. Appeal Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, last week, ordered a rerun in Essien Udim Local Government Area, following […]

By Perez Brisibe THE Niger Delta Development Watch-Dog, NDDW, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow what it described as the personal interest of the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio destroy his legacies in the region. NDDW director-general, Vincent Hitler Egbogbo in a statement on behalf of the group, also […]