By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The Conscience of Ogoni People, COOP, has urged groups in the Niger Delta that have been in protest over the inauguration of the interim board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, led by Joy Nunieh to allow the board complete the mandate given it by the Minister of […]

By Save Niger Delta Coalition In the book, Orchestra of the Minorities by Chigozie Obioma, the Chi (the guardian spirit) of Nonso, a poultry farmer in a Niger Delta community when it arrived the celestial court to plead its case said “I have come in haste, soaring untrammelled like a spear through the immense tracts […]

By Dapo Akinrefon Chairman of the Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, central zone, Mr Kennedy Olorogun has raised an alarm over a move by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to have allegedly coerce Ijaw leaders to endorse the interim management committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, set up a few […]

Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, 55, one of the founders and former president of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC and founder of the Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, is an unabashed Niger Delta activist with his NDPVF being one of the most prominent armed groups in the region in recent time. In this interview, former Niger Delta militant leader, spoke among others on what he described as open feasting on Niger Delta commonwealth without control under President Muhammadu Buhari, alleged rising wave of graft in the Niger Delta Development of Commission, NDDC and the sack of a sole administrator and replacement with a three-man Interim Board for the NDDC, a day before the Senate screening of Presidential nominees for a new substantive board.

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has flayed the incessant cases of oil theft in the Niger Delta, bemoaning the loss of about 22 million barrels of crude oil in the first quarter of 2019, estimated at $1.35 billion. The governor disclosed this when he received a delegation of National Executive Committee of the […]

**Says, one Senator with over 300 contracts attacking C’ttee **10 Firms to handle Forensic Audit By Omeiza Ajayi The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has expressed its commitment to facilitating an efficient forensic audit of the Commission, lamenting that the NDDC is currently indebted to some phantom contractors to […]

Wants SGF to oversee board By Dirisu Yakubu The Niger Delta Youth Council, NDYC, Friday lauded the National Assembly (NASS) for successfully screening the 16-member Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Council also advised government to inaugurate the board without delay insisting that the constitution of […]

…as nationwide raid on criminal elements continue By Kingsley Omonobi In continuation of efforts at tracking and clearing criminal elements across the country for the yuletide season, troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 9 kidnap victims from abductors, killed 2 bandits, arrested 2 drug dealers and detonated 3 large Improvised Explosive Devices planted by […]

Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has bemoaned the poor condition of critical infrastructure in the Niger Delta region, particularly roads, calling on the Federal Government and relevant  MDAs, to give immediate and urgent attention to transportation in the region. The group in a communiqué by the national chair, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (retd.), after a national […]

By Ochuko Akuopha Niger Delta Leaders & Stakeholders Development Movement has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his directive for a forensic audit of the activities and projects embarked upon by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. It also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently rescind his decision to place the supervision of the NDDC […]

Perez Brisibe – Ughelli Leaders of the Niger Delta region, yesterday, said they are in support of the call for a forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC by President Muhammadu Buhari stating that it is the best decision taken by the federal government in the development of the region. The leaders at […]

By Perez Brisibe LEADERS of the Niger Delta region, yesterday, said they are in support of the call for a forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC by President Muhammadu Buhari stating that it is the best decision taken by the federal government in the development of the region. The leaders at a […]

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Again the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has again expressed disappointment over the non-implementation of the 16-point agenda, designed to promote the development and ensure lasting peace in the Niger Delta region and the country at large. National Chairman of PANDEF, and a former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, […]

The Senate says it is probing the award of Water Hyacinth Emergency and Desilting Contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2017 to 2019. Chairman Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Sen. Matthew Urhoghide made this known when the Director, Special Duties of the NDDC, Nosakhare Agbongiasede appeared before the committee in Abuja […]

Shell Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says it is prioritising development of its host communities which provide peaceful operational environment for oil and gas exploration in Niger Delta using the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) template.