THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is seen as one of the most corrupt federal establishments. The common impression is that those appointed to commanding positions in the organisation routinely go there to acquire enough financial “war chest” with which to actualise political ambitions in their states. Today, the NDDC, which was set up by […]

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.

By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate has taken a swipe at the Executive Director, Projects of the Interim Management Committee, IMC of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, warning that the National Assembly will not succumb to cheap blackmail from him or from any other quarters. According to the Senate, it […]

Last week, a report was published online by Vanguard, Sun, The DEFENDER and five other Nigerian newspapers titled, “NDDC: Corruption cartel angry with Buhari: Why they struck”.

THE week did not pass without a spectacle by some top officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and the National Assembly, whose planned investigation of the Interim Management Committee, IMC,  of the interventionist  agency over an alleged expenditure of N40 billion has ignited fiery controversy in Niger Delta region .

Niger Delta Renaissance Coalition, has condemned the statement credited to Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), where it called for the disbandment of both the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC overseeing the committees in both chambers of the National Assembly to enable any form of forensic audits of the interventionist commission in the heavily neglected crude oil producing states of the Niger Delta Region and the accusations of bribery and financial inducements leveled against the National Assembly by the Interim Management Committee of the Commission to be holistically investigated and the indicted persons arrested, prosecuted and punished by the competent Court of law.

Amid the probe of financial improprieties to the tune of N40 billion by the national assembly and the sudden death of the Executive Director, Finance, Chief Ibanga Bassey Enang, Thursday morning, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC has shut down its office headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Egufe Yafugborhi & Perez Brisibe – Port Harcourt Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, remains tight-lipped as Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, EDFA, Chief Ibanga Etang is reported dead. Chief Etang was said to have passed on in the early hours of Thursday as his 6th-floor office at the […]

Group known as Niger Delta Accountability and Development Congress, Wednesday, condemned the statement made against the National Assembly by the Interim Management Committee (IMC), wherein it accused NASS of inserting over 500 projects into the 2019 budget of the agency and also arm twisting the IMC from carrying out forensic audit as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

…calls for arrest of suspected criminals By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA – A High Chief from Odozi-Ani of Akwukwu Igbo Kingdom of Delta State, Nelson Agbamuche has dissociated himself from the brewing face-off between the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and the National Assembly over the probe of alleged financial improprieties, craving to be left alone. […]

Transparency in Petroleum Exploration and Development Initiative, TIPEDI, has asked NASS, not to interfere with the work of NDDC-IMC.

THE Senate has taken a swipe at  the Interim Management Committee,  IMC of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC over moves by  the agency to stop the National Assembly from probing alleged N40billion misappropriated within the last three months, saying that no amount of blackmail or intimidation would stop the investigation.

A High Chief from Odozi-Ani of Akwukwu Igbo Kingdom of Delta State, Nelson Agbamuche has dissociated himself from the brewing face-off between the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and the National Assembly over the probe of alleged financial improprieties, craving to be left alone.

Group known as Niger Delta Renaissance Coalition, Wednesday advised National Assembly to ignore lies and propaganda emanating from some faceless groups, as it threw its weight behind it.

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has raised the alarm of threat to his life by some militants over the resolution of the National Assembly to probe the Interim Management Committee, IMC for alleged financial improprieties.