By Victoria Ojeme The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio has said that the region must witness uncommon development. Senator Akpabio who spoke through his Special Assistant Project Monitoring and Special Duties, Anthony Ekene Onwuka, said ‘NDDC must succeed and Niger Delta must register uncommon development. […]

Niger Delta People’s Forum, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to listen to South-South governors and inaugurate governing board. Disclosing this in a statement sent to Vanguard, Chief Boma Ebiakpo, National Chairman, said: “Less than two months after the South-South Governors’ Forum rose from their meeting in Port Harcourt and called for the urgent inauguration of […]

***Urges FG to give room to EFCC to take over audit By Ochuko Akuopha – Oleh Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said the governors of the South-South region were “totally embarrassed” by the ongoing forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying “we currently being fooled, we are not happy about […]

Delta Governor and Chairman of South-South Governors’ Forum Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reconstitute the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) without further delay.

By Dayo Johnson The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said that the era of duplicating projects in states in the region was over. Its Interim Administrator of NDDC, Efiong Akwa said this in Akure, the Ondo state capital during a courtesy visit to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Akwa said that the past practice where the […]

By Davies Iheamnachor A former President of Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, Worldwide, Udengs Eradiri, has advised youths from Ijaw nation to shelve their plans to shut down the Niger Delta region in the protest designed to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Eradiri, who is […]

Niger Delta Peoples Forum, Wednesday, advised President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), noting that the region would does not need to be thrown into crisis before he acts. Disclosing this in a statement obtained by Vanguard, Chief Boma Ebiakpo, the National Chairman of the forum, said: […]

The Niger Delta Youth Movement, NDYM, has given the Federal Government a month’s ultimatum “to inaugurate the legally screened and cleared Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.”

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has issued President Muhammadu Buhari a one-month ultimatum, from April 25, to inaugurate the substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) otherwise the Council will not guarantee the safety of oil operations in the region. The ultimatum was declared by the President of IYC, Comrade Peter Igbifa, […]

By Emma Amaize THE 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, 21st CYNDAC, Sunday, said   the Presidency placed the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, under the supervision of Ministry of Niger Delta, MNDA, to put the interventionist agency in check. Coordinator of the group, self-styled “General” Izon Ebi, who revealed this in […]

The people of Ntighauzo Amairi community and Isiala Ntighauzo communities in Obingwa council of Abia State, have handed a 30-day ultimatum to the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over the abandoned Apu na Ali and Iferife road projects linking the two communities.

President Muhammadu Buhari should listen to the voice of reason from all well-meaning Niger Deltans, and the elected governors of the region, the true representatives of the people, and inaugurate the Senate confirmed Board of NDDC, which Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs had promised will be inaugurated on April 1, 2021. Beyond […]

AN amalgamation of five Niger-Delta groups has appealed to monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the oil region furious over the protracted delay in inaugurating the governing board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to demonstrate patience for few more months.

By Steve Oko Claims by the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, that the federal government is the one funding the various road projects in Aba the commercial capital of Abia State, may have landed him into trouble as one of the major contractors handling the projects has threatened to sue the former governor […]

YENAGOA THE Senator representing Bayelsa West senatorial district, Senator Seriake Dickson has kicked against the call by some stakehokders for the transfer of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the Presidency.