By Azu Ishiekwene THOSE who opposed the creation of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, 20 years ago must be having a good laugh now. Their biggest concern at the time was that creating another bureaucracy on top of the existing pile of corrupt bureaucracies would serve politicians, not the people in whose name this additional […]

Plans mass action against plot to frustrate exercise Urges Buhari not to allow any interest derail it By Chris Ochayi The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow any interest to derail the on-going forensic audit of the financial activities in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. […]

Dayo Johnson – Akure YOUTHS under the auspices of Ondo South Youth Assembly have dissociated themselves from planned sponsored protest against the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Hon Olubunmi Tunji- Ojo over the ongoing probe into the affairs and finances of the Commission. A statement signed by the […]

The immediate past Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh, Friday testified before the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC investigating the alleged financial impropriety at the Commission, leading to a fresh summons of the Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio and the current Acting MD, Prof. Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei.

By Perez Brisibe Fiery Niger Delta rights activist, AnnKio Briggs, has described the current controversies trailing the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, as an issue of systemic corruption beyond the personality of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio, and former Managing Director of the commission, Joy Nunieh. Briggs, who also described the […]

By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has threatened to sue the former Acting Managing Director of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Joy Nunieh. for the alleged defamation of his character. Senator Akpabio said he has already instructed his lawyers […]

UNDERSTANDABLY, traditional rulers, leaders and stakeholders of the coastal states of Niger Delta region are enraged about the endemic fraud in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, especially the up-to-the-minute revelations at the investigative hearing by the National Assembly, NASS, on alleged N40 billion scam in the commission.

Head of the Interim Management Committee, IMC and Managing Director, MD, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Professor Daniel Keme Pondei has declared that Hon. Olubuni Tunji-Ojo must recuse himself as the Chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta for them to make their presentation.

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio is to appear before the National Assembly investigations of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC with the background of a supremacy tussle by political leaders of the oil rich region. The ongoing revelations of sleaze in the NDDC according to sources is directly related to the struggle for positions in the now inchoate board of the commission.

Nigerians have condemned the Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei led Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for staging a walk out on the members of House of Representatives Committee on NDDC on Thursday.

Urges Buhari not to appoint a police officer as EFCC chair By Dirisu Yakubu A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Jackson Lekan Ojo, has called on the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio to step aside over allegations of financial recklessness in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC levelled against him. […]

By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has said the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and Commissioner of Police in the state, Joseph Mukan, were aware of the invasion of home of the former Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joy Nunieh, by officers of the Nigeria […]

By Donu Kogbara SOCIAL media – defined as websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or participate in networking – is under constant attack from those who regard Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc, as hotbeds of lies and libellous material. It is certainly fair to say that social media platforms are full […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Dismissed acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joy Nunieh, on Thursday, said she feels “very safe in the Government House”. Nunieh spoke at the Government House Port Harcourt, Rivers State, under the protection of Governor Nyesom Wike after he rescued her from police siege at […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, rescued Ms Joi Nunieh, former acting Managing Director (Interim Management Committee) of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, when he stormed her Port Harcourt residence and freed her from a siege mounted by Policemen.