By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2001 to 2019. President Buhari in statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, said the action was taken out of worry over criticisms of the operations of the […]

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and partners have remitted about two billion U.S. Dollars (about N720 billion) to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in 16 years, an official said.

A front line support group of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Government, Buhari For Better Tomorrow Movement (BFBTM), has thrown it’s weight behind the removal of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from the Presidency to the Ministry of Niger Delta.

STRONG indication have emerged that crisis looms following the transfer of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC from the Presidency to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs as Lawyers and a group under the aegis of Accountable Leadership for Better Nigeria Initiative have kicked against the action.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday revealed that the Federal Government and oil companies were owing the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC), a whopping N2.7trillion. 

By Chancel Sunday, Bomadi Sequel to Vanguard’s report on flood ravage on a portion of the ongoing Bomadi-Gbaregolor-Esanma-Akugbene coastal road project in Delta state, where it also overran Esanma community in Bomadi council area, the company handling the project, Setraco Nigeria Limited, has explained reasons behind the failed portion of the road. The construction giant, […]

A Coalition All Progressives Congress, APC, youth leaders in Ukwa West, Local Council of Abia State, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for renominating Mr. Nwogo Nwogu into the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying that the reappointment was based on merit.

By Alemma-Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State few days ago called for a probe into the claim by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC) that it spent N20 billion on intervention in roads projects in the state in the last six months which the government said is outrageous and that […]

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Rep. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (APC-Ondo) has called for the cooperation of all stakeholders to enable the committee deliver on its mandate.

BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE BENIN – LEADER of the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),  Abandoned Projects in Edo State, Mr. Sergius Ogun, has expressed disappointment with the state of the commission’s abandoned projects in the state, insisting  that some projects that were said to have been awarded since 2012 cannot […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja Chairman, House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Hon Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has assured the people of the coastal region and indeed, all stakeholders of optimal performance to deliver on the mandate of the commission. Tunji-Ojo who represents Akoko North East and Akoko Northwest Federal Constituency of Ondo State gave the […]

For Nigeria, a country, largely structurally federal but functionally unitary, where development initiatives within any of its component parts is largely dictated by the disposition of the government of the day, the creation of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, on June 5, 2000, by the government of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, signaled a major paradigm shift in the nature of interaction between the Federal Government and the Niger Delta region and its people.

Nigeria Female President Initiative, NFPI, has urged Managing Director-designate of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Olorogun Benard Okumagba, to review all abandoned projects awar-ded by the commission, when he assumes office.

President Muhammadu Buhari says the recent redeployment of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs is meant to enhance quality of life of people of the region.

By Dirisu Yakubu, PortHarcourt The last is yet to be heard of the unrest trailing the new appointments into the  Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC,  as two opposing groups staged protests in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital recently. The groups carrying placards with varying inscriptions led and by Johnson Amachree, Amadi […]