Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in his speech at the closing session of a two-week course on leadership, performance management and induction…
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EFCC acknowledges petition to probe Akpabio, Pondei
A petition requesting the probe of Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei has been received…
NDDC IMC defies Buhari’s order, yet to pay scholarship students
The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is yet to obey President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to immediately pay of all fees owed to the commission’s…
Breaking: Buhari orders Akpabio to pay fees, stipends of NDDC scholarship students
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally come to the aid of stranded scholarship students of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) studying abroad, and has ordered the payment of their outstanding…
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu explains his links to some NDDC contracts
Former Abia state governor and current Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, has come out to explain his link with some of the projects executed by the Niger Delta Development Commission…
You must publish names of lawmakers awarded NDDC contracts – Reps tell Akpabio
House of Representatives has said the letter the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio sent to Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila is not enough. In a statement released by its spokesperson,…
N100Bn NDDC contracts: Reps mandate 30 members to appear before probe panel
No fewer than 30 members of the House of Representatives have been mandated to appear before the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges for allegedly receiving contracts worth N100billion from the…
NDDC Contracts: Senator Nwabaoshi fires back at Akpabio for blackmailing him
Chairman of Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwabaoshi, has challenged Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio to released list of 53 NDDC contracts allegedly awarded to his companies…
Senator James Manager denies getting contracts from NDDC, demands proof
Senator James Manager representing Delta South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has denied claims he benefitted from NDDC contracts during and after his time as the chairman of the Senate Committee…
N81bn theft at NDDC is pick pocketing compared to theft by Nigerians from North – Asari Dokubo
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force, Asari Dokubo has reacted to the alleged mismanagement of N81 billion by the interim management committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). …
Akpabio finally names National Assembly members linked to NDDC contracts
Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, finally bowed to pressure and released the names of some members of the National Assembly whom he claimed received contracts from the…
Buhari accepts Senate’s recommendation, dissolves Pondei-led NDDC IMC
President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolve the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) led by Professor Daniel Pondei, following a recommendation from the Senate. This was…
Just in: Akpabio writes NASS, denies saying lawmakers got 60% NDDC contracts
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has written the National Assembly and expressly denied ever saying that the lawmakers got 60 per cent of the contracts awarded…
Failing to name lawmakers who receive NDDC contracts, Reps move to sue Akpabio for perjury
Having failed to publish names of lawmakers who receive contracts from Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the House of Representatives has initiated moves to sue Minister for Niger Delta Affairs,…
Flashback: What Kwankwaso told President Jonathan, of ‘stinking corruption in NDDC’ (Video)
Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, had raised alarm over massive corruption in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in 2010 during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Senator Kwankwaso who…
Just in: Reps give Akpabio ultimatum to release names of members who got NDDC contracts
The House of Representatives has given the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio 48 hours to publish names of its members who got the alleged sixty percent of…
More Drama as Akpabio reveals N’Assembly members take 60% of NDDC contracts (Video)
Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs has accused members of the National Assembly of getting contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The minister made this known…
“Akpabio isn’t above the law” – Protesters storm NASS, demand Minister’s sack
Youths have now stormed National Assembly complex, the venue of the ongoing probe into the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by the House of Representatives Committee on…
Breaking: Reps Committee chair, Tunji-Ojo steps aside as panel set to grill Akpabio, Pondei over NDDC funds
Chairman of the House Committee on Niger Delta, Bunmi Tunji-Ojo on Monday stepped aside from presiding over the affairs of the investigative Committee. Tunji-Ojo said he was stepping aside from…
More trouble for Akpabio, Pondei as Youths call for their sack, back NASS’ NDDC probe
Prominent Nigerian youths under the aegis of Emerging Leaders Forum of Nigeria (ELFON) on Sunday, July 19, expressed their displeasure over what they tagged “plans to scuttle democracy in Nigeria…
