The acting Chairman of NDDC, IMC Professor Pondei just collapsed. Pondei was reported to have slumped during the Reps Committee interrogation today, July 15, 2020. Chaos as acting md of Nddc slumps momentarily in public hearing #NDDCProbe pic.twitter.com/YwXF4dMllo — Mazi KC (@talk2kcnani) July 20, 2020 More details to come…
– Acting Managing Director of NDDC, Akpabio appears before the committee over the alleged fraud in the commission. – Security operatives surrounds the venue of the investigative hearing on the alleged fraud. – Other stakeholders are expected to appear before the committee later today. The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Acting … Read more
By Simon Kolawole Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, I come to you in peace. Nevertheless, I do not have a nicer way of putting this to you: your government is falling apart. I do not know how to make it sound less brutal. That is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth — … Read more
Blames interim management committee, staff, others for rot in commission Makes damning allegations against Akpabio The embattled former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joy Nunieh, on Friday made another series of damming allegations against the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the interim management committee (IMC) of the … Read more
Rivers police command on Friday said the attempted arrest of former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joi Nunieh, was legitimate duty. The state police command made this known in statement by its spokesman, Nnamdi Omoni. EkoHotBlog had reported how policemen stormed Nunieh’s residence at GRA, Port Harcourt, hours before she … Read more
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Joseph Mukan has called on the Governor of the state, Nyesom Wike to release former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joy Nunieh to him. This followed the decision of the Governor to take the former MD into his protection after the police stormed her residence … Read more
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has resorted to litigation over allegation of sexual harrassment levelled against him by Joy Nunieh, a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Anietie Ekong on Thursday, Akpabio directed his lawyer to institute legal action … Read more
Former acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joy Nunieh, is appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC at the ongoing investigative hearing as a witness on the alleged illegal expenditure and mismanagement by the commission. Recall that the investigation of the NDDC got rough on Thursday, 16 July 2020 as … Read more
The Governor’s in the South-South region of Nigeria under the auspices of South-South Governors’ Forum has backed forensic auditing of the Niger Delta Development Commission and frowned at the crisis currently rocking the Agency. In a statement released by its Chairman who equally doubles as Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the governors equally aligned … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a speedy and coordinated investigation into the corruption scandal in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He explained that the President gave the directive for better coordination among security and … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the various security and investigating agencies to work together with the National Assembly to foster sanity, transparency, and accountability in the management of the large amount of resources dedicated to the development of the Niger Delta sub-region. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity made … Read more
The ex-Managing Director of the Interim Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joy Nunieh has expressed her appreciation to the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyemsom Wike, for coming to her rescue from an attempted arrest by the operatives of police. Governor Wike had moved the former NDDC boss out of her residence at Herbert … Read more
There was drama in the house of representatives on Thursday after the acting managing director of the the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei, walked out on a panel investigating the dealings of the commission. At the meeting of the house committee on NDDC on Thursday, Pondei refused to be part of the the … Read more
Tension as the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Prof Kemebrandikumo Pondei, and other top officials of the commission walked out of the venue of an investigative hearing being held by the House of Representatives. The House Committee on NDDC is probing the alleged mismanagement and illegal spending by the commission, especially … Read more
Former, Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh’s residence has been rounded up by police operatives. The security agents came at the home, 3, Owuru Creek view, off Herbert Macaulay Street, Old GRA, Port Harcourt, early morning. Nunieh was due to come before a Senate panel in Abuja, today. The upper chamber … Read more
The Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has addressed the allegations of sexual harassment against him by Joy Nunieh, the former Managing Director, Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The Minister described the allegation as a cornucopia of false, malicious, and libellous allegations. Akpabio said it was … Read more
There was a mild melee at the national assembly on Tuesday as lawmakers bicker during the 2020 budget defence of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The situation led to the session being ended abruptly at the senate. The interim management committee (IMC) of the commission had appeared before a joint panel of the national … Read more
Nigerians were mesmerized by the tragic drama by Malami vs Magu graft joke when the “grab your copy now” of Nunieh vs Akpabio NDDC house of scandals was flashed in what has become the worst wretchedness of event in the history of the country. MsJoi Nunieh, the immediate past Acting Managing Director of Interim Management … Read more
Former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh said she slapped the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, God’s will Akpabio for harrassing her sexually. In an interview on Arise TV, Monday, July 13, Nunieh warned Akpabio not to joke with her especially as she is from Rivers State, Ogoni to … Read more
Former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh, has made startling revelation concerning happenings in the commission. Nunieh levelled some grave allegations against minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio. The allegations range from nepotism to fraud. Nunieh addressed journalists after appearing before the senate ad-hoc committee investigating the NDDC. … Read more