The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has called on security agencies operating in the Niger Delta region to stop economic saboteurs from destroying the assets and infrastructures in Nigeria’s oil-rich region. The NDDC managing director, Samuel Ogbuku, spoke during two…
Buhari sacks NDDC’s interim administrator
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Effiong Okon Akwa after acting in that capacity for almost two years. Also, in line with presidential approval the most senior director in the…
Lack of substantive NDDC board impeding devt, group tells Buhari
A group, the Niger Delta Youths Leadership Forum (NDYLF) has attributed the alleged ‘ground zero’ activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in the region to the non-appointment of a substantive board. It also declared that the president could…
In Nigeria we laugh to stop ourselves from crying – Kanayo Dike
A consideration of the ongoing mess at the National Assembly where the grilling of ministers and NDDC officials is throwing up gargantuan instances of official malfeasance and corruption has left many Nigerians reeling. I woke up on Thirsday morning to…
NDDC denies owing Rivers govt N50bn tax revenue (Leadership)
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has denied claims that it owed the Rivers Internal Revenue Service (RIRS) N50 billion. NDDC director of corporate affairs, Charles Odili, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt yesterday, expressed surprise at the claims…