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 …
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NDDC : Standards must be delivered as regards the forensic audit of the Commission-Ojougboh
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 …
Read More »NDDC: Akpabio,Pondei and Ojougboh operating with Presidential spirit that fears no mafia but God
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 …
Read More »Herdsmen Occupation of Delta State: Some Monarchs Give Fulani Herdsmen Lands in Exchange for Money- Police Commissioner
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 …
Read More »Grassroots Publishers Excoriate NDDC Probe by the Senate
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 …
Read More »Covid-19: BEDC Advises Consumers To Pay Electricity Bill Or Face Disconnection
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 …
Read More »Grassroots Publishers Lauds Buhari Over Extension Of NDDC’s IMC
Grassroots Newspaper Publishers Network has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari over his refusal to be swayed by the campaign of calumny and blackmail against members of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Arising from an emergency meeting in Asaba,the Delta State Capital yesterday, members of …
Read More »FEATURE: NDDC: Isaiah 59:19 – that Spirit works in Akpabio!
By Douglas Dodiyi-Manuel 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 …
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Read More »Buhari Extends Tenure of NDDC Interim Management Committee
The tenure of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been extended by seven months. A statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Special Adviser to the President Media and Publicity, Mr Adesina, disclosed that the extension was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. With this …
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