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Against the backdrop that the Director of Finance of the NDDC died of food poisoning, preliminary reports from samples collected by Rivers State University Teaching Hospital before the deceased was transferred to a private hospital in Uyo where he gave up the ghost revealed that he died of COVID-19 related …

Indeed, times have changed, and the youth of this generation are learning and imbibing what may have easily been apostate to the youth of prior generations. In my recent article, The Pharaoh knows no Joseph in Forensic Audit, I quoted the legendary Malam Nuhu Ribadu, when he said, “when you …

A vote of confidence has been passed on President Muhammadu Buhari over his determination to move on with the probe of past managements of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This development came as Nigerians are beginning to be aware of the true state of things in the commission which, according …

There Are Powerful Forces Behind Fraud In NDDC- Cairo Ojougboh Question: The activities of the NDDC,  especially the Interim Management Committee which you are a member have come under the searchlight. As an insider, can you take us through the nature of the crises? Answer: Thank you very much. What is happening …

The senate committee on Niger Delta affairs says no amount of intimidation or blackmail will stop it from probing the interim management committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The committee said this in response to an allegation made by Kemebradikumo Pondei, acting managing director of the commission. Pondei accused …

The Senate and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) bickered yesterday over alleged inclusion of projects worth N80 billion in the commission’s 2019 Budget by the National Assembly without the consent of the executive. The Executive Director, Projects (EDP) of NDDC, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, had made the allegations yesterday while …

The ongoing probe of an alleged N40 billion fraud at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by the Senate amid the forensic audit ordered by the President Muhammadu Buhari suggests there are many forces fighting for the soul of the interventionist agency. As Nigerians await the outcome of the ongoing …

The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, has disclosed that some royal fathers in the state were accumulating money from Fulani herdsmen and giving them sanctuaries to build camps. He said this while responding to questions thrown at him by Vanguard Newspaper correspondents last Friday. The Commissioner expressed …

Grassroots Newspaper Publishers Network(GNPN) has faulted the Senates probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, maintaining that it could disrupt the ongoing forensic audit of the commission.Grassroots Publishers has reiterate her surprise at what the group termed “unusual interest” of the National Assembly in the tenure of the Interim …

The Benin Electricity Distribution Company Electricity (BEDC) has advised its customers to continue with the payment of bills as the proposed free electricity supply to all Nigerians for two months to make life easier during the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to be implemented. In a statement yesterday in Benin by …