Reveals hearing begins February 17   The four Concerned and Aggrieved Niger Delta indigenes, Messrs. David Odeli, Anino Ajemigbogho, Adidi Preboye and Albert Edumogiren, have vowed to pursue the suit, seeking the reversal of the appointment of Mr. Effiong Okon Akwa, as the Interim Sole Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to a logical […]

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike on Tuesday hinted that he would sue the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for contempt of court if the commission embarks on any development project for Rivers state without the consent of his government based on a subsisting court order.

A Delta State monarch from the Ijere Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, King Monday Obukowho Whiskey has lambasted those asking for the scrapping of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying they don’t exist in the coastal region.

…Recognise the Host Communities as Stakeholders in the Production, development of oil and gas assets, HOSTCON …As Sylva tackles Kinsmen over Percentage for Host Communities …Says Proposed 2.5% in the Bill is fair …We want to have women representation in governing bodies like NNPC governing council, Women in Energy Oil and Gas By Henry Umoru […]

*What really went wrong between Akpabio, Pondei, Ojougboh? By Emma Amaize SINCE last Thursday when a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja said that it never made an order dismissing the Prof. Kemebradikumo  Pondei-led Interim Management Committee, IMC, of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, concerned stakeholders of the oil-rich region have been waiting to hear […]

We’re not recruiting — NDDC By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Due process advocates, the Transparency, Accountability, Equity, and Unity Network have urged President Mohammadu Buhari to cancel the perceived resumption of secret employment in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) against due process. But NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Dr Ibitoye Abisede, in the commission’s […]

The Niger Delta Development Initiative (NDDI), a socio-cultural, political and economic pressure group has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate the legally recognised Board of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) which he appointed in August 2019. In a petition signed by the President of the Group Chief Ebikalome Tonye Anselm and Secretary Comrade Johnson […]

Ms Ankio Briggs, an environmental and human rights activist operating in the Niger Delta region has called for attitudinal change toward the running of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Briggs made the call while fielding questions from journalists after receiving the Sole Administrator of the commission, Mr Effiong Akwa on a courtesy visit at her […]

Group known as Niger Delta Renaissance Coalition, Thursday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to follow the law and inaugurate a Governing Board for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in order to avert the looming anarchy that will befall the commission. Disclosing this in a statement sent to Vanguard by the group’s National Chairman, Comrade Damian […]

A Professor of Economics, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Chris Ekong has cautioned against the entitlement sense of some States in the Niger Delta over the ownership of the resources sharing in the region.