By Perez Brisibe YOUTHS from Ijaw ethnic nationality under the umbrella body of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC and League of Niger Youth Leaders, LNYL, have advised President Muhammadu Buhari to transfer the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC from the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs back to the Presidency for proper monitoring of the agency. The […]

By Dapo Akinrefon A civil society coalition for the Niger Delta, the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy, UNDEDSS, on Thursday, expressed worry over what it described as undue interference in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, adding that the Niger Delta cannot breathe because of the National Assembly’s stranglehold on the commission. In […]

***As Clerk disowns Letter Seeking Probe of Akpabio by EFCC By Henry Umoru ABUJA – THE Senate has asked Security Agencies to as a matter of urgency, carry out a holistic investigation into the source of forgery of a letter written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC), with a view to unveiling […]

The current drama that has enveloped the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is needless. It has come about because the current administration has treated the Niger Delta Region as a conquered people to be disregarded and treated without dignity.

THE Senate Tuesday lampooned those raising accusations and counter accusations on the probe into the alleged  financial impropriety in Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC that led to the current probe investigation into the  N40billion expended by Interim Management Committee, IMC of the Commission within the first three months of the year.

By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt Niger Delta Rights Advocates, NDRA, has urged the Federal Government to immediately yield to the calls for the dissolution of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, led by Prof. Kema Pondei. The rights group alleged that the administration of the IMC was filled with […]

Apparently not satisfied that the forensic audit the Federal Government ordered on the accounts of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch is calling for President Mohammadu Buhari’s direct intervention in sanitizing the commission because “all previous aims at sanitizing the place have been frustrated by the system that benefits from it

CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta North, Monday, said he has no hand with the companies allegedly used for fake contracts at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has denied awarding contracts worth N500,000,000 to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio. This denial was coming following an allegation raised by Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, that the said contract was awarded to Akpabio, regretting that same was not executed. But […]

Perez Brisibe THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Monday, said six out of the 33 staff working in the office of the commission’s Executive Director of Project, Dr Cairo Odjougboh, have tested positive to COVID-19. The commission in a statement on its twitter handle @NDDCOnline, also disclosed that the test result of Dr Odjougboh came […]