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    Rivers Govt Takes Back former NDDC Headquarters Building

    The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has formally returned the custody of its former headquarters building, Harold Dappa Biriye House, on Aba Road in Port Harcourt to the Rivers State Government. The handover took place on Wednedsay when the Sole Administrator of the Commission,Afiong Akwa, handed over the keys of the building to the Secretary […] More

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    Sack NDDC Sole Admin Now or We Shut Down Oil Facilities, Block Entry Points to Edo, Angry Youths Tell Buhari

    Calls for Akpabio’s Resignation. [responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Angry youths in their hundreds on Friday threatened to shut down all oil installations in Edo State, as well as the East-west Road and other access roads to the state if the president, Muhammadu Buhari, did not sack the sole administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC whom […] More

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    Inaugurate Pius Odubu-led NDDC Board Now – HOSTCON Spokesman Urges Buhari

    Recently, the national leadership of the Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSTCON, and other stakeholders from the 10 oil producing communities in the country held a meeting where they advocated the dissolution of the Interim Management Committee running the Niger Delta Development Commission where humongous corruption has been reported. In this interview with Adekunbi Ero, executive […] More

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    Police asks Wike to Turn in Nunieh

    The police in Port Harcourt on Friday has asked Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to hand in former Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joi Nunieh. The Rivers Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, said the command had knowledge of the mission of the IGP monitoring unit that came to arrest Nunieh in […] More

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    Sack NDDC Interim Management Now – Itse Sagay tells Buhari

    Insists forensic audit can be done under regular board. The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, (PACAC) Prof. Itse Sagay has suggested a clean sweep of the embattled management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, amidst the multi-billion naira scandal rocking the interventionist agency. Sagay, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, who described […] More

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    Dissolved NDDC Board set up to Ensure ‘Business as Usual’ – Alasoadura

    …Says almost N3 trillion expended with no result The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs is upbeat about the dissolution of the erstwhile Pius Odubu-led board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Minister of State for the ministry, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, who accused some people he did not name of having rushed to constitute the […] More

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    Obaseki Rails against NDDC, Says Corruption in DNA

    …Canvasses Jail Terms for culpable Persons Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has once again lashed out at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, describing it as a cesspool of corruption. Some weeks ago, the governor had upbraided the interventionist agency accusing it of doing shoddy jobs and littering the state with abandoned projects.  This time, […] More

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    38 Organisations March Against Serial Killings in Port Harcourt

    Former Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Ibim Seminitari, is leading women and civil society organisations in Rivers State in a street protest against recent serial killings of young women in hotels in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The street protest, scheduled for Wednesday will take off at the Moscow […] More

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    Imo 2019: Ohakim Again?

      A former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim stages a comeback for the governorship seat with a covenant with the people to correct past misdeeds spanning two administrations if… Until recently, Ikedi Ohakim was seen by many indigenes of Imo State as the worst governor they ever had. His era as governor of the […] More

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    NDDC begins training of 150 teachers on ICT

    The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commenced the training of 150 secondary school teachers on Information Communication Technology, ICT, designed to equip them with requisite knowledge on ICT. Ibitoye Abosede, NDDC’s Head of Corporate Affairs, said in a statement in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, that the exercise was part of the commission’s educate-the-educators programme. He […] More

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    MNDA, NDDC to Partner on Niger Delta Development

    The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, are to collaborate and harmonise their efforts to accelerate development in the Niger Delta region. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Stephen Oru said this in Port Harcourt on Tuesday during a familiarisation visit to the headquarters of the Commission, where […] More