The interim management committee (I MC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was on Thursday grilled by an ad hoc senate panel over the N3.14 billion it disbursed to its 4,000 workers and police commands in nine states as COVID-19 relief. The panel was set up to investigate the alleged mismanagement of N40 billion … Read more
A Former Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Commissioner, Chief Tom Amioku is dead. Amioku who represented Delta State in the board died on Saturday after suffering from a protracted illness. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/06/13/french-protesters-clash-with-police-at-anti-racism-rallies/ Hon. Julius Evwoja who confirmed his death said the former commissioner for Works, Delta State died in the afternoon. The deceased … Read more
Three staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) test positive for COVID-19 disease. Ekohotblog reports that NDDC disclosed this via its official Twitter handle early hours of Monday. READ ALSO: Sexual Violence: FCT Minister Wants Rapists Castrated, Says Death Penalty Not Enough The tweet said: “As NDDC headquarters staff undergo isolation and Covid19 screening, … Read more
The National Assembly has said no amount of Blackmailing and media campaign will dissuade from investigating massive corruption at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The National assembly said this in reaction to statements from the Executive Director of Projects Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, alleging that members of the National Assembly are “behind the fraud in … Read more
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has suddenly shut down its office for two weeks after the death of Ibanga Bassey Etang, the acting executive director of finance. There are fears that he might have contracted the coronavirus as the NDDC has issued a memo approving the shut down of the commission for two weeks. … Read more
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 2019 budget was padded with atleast 500 Ghost Projects, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Managing Director reports. Professor Pondei, who spoke to journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, explained that a huge amount of money was appropriated for bogus projects. He was reacting to allegations of corruption levelled against the Commission’s … Read more
There was palpable apprehension amongst residents of Delta state after the National Spokesman of Ijaw Interest Advocate, Mr. Famous Belief Wonikiri-ebi, aka Izanzan, was assassinated by gunmen It is learnt that the Niger Delta activist was shot dead along Udu Road in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State by unidentified shooters. A source … Read more
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has ordered some of its key staff to embark on mandatory leave immediately. The placement of the officials on mandatory leave is coming on in the wake of the ongoing forensic audit of the commission ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. However, Director, Corporate Affairs of the commission, Charles … Read more
Four Nigerian students studying in the UK, sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission, have tested positive for covid-19. Gathered reports revealed that the four students were said to have contracted the virus while moving from one part of the UK to another to find means of survival. The students are beneficiaries of the 2019 … Read more
Banks,Contractors owing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are beginning to make refund. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who made this known in Abuja, said that millions of funds, in naira and hard currencies, had been disclosed by some banks he described as ‘culpable’ in the alleged fleecing of NDDC over the … Read more
The Niger Delta Coalition for Unity and Progress, NDCUP, has warned the Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, not to drag the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC into his battle with the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole. The group while reacting to claims by Governor Obaseki that the composition of … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC. The president disbanded the governing board of the commission on Thursday. Buhari however, left the interim management in place to run the affairs of the commsion pending when a new governing board would be formed. The Thursday knock has sent … Read more
The Niger Delta Peoples Assembly (NDPA) has said that it was Delta state turn to produce the next Niger Delta Development Commission Managing Director. The Group criticized claims by Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC’s) interim management committee, Ms. Joi Nunieh that it was Rivers State’s turn to produce the commission’s … Read more
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has called for more investment into the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC. The minister appealed to corporate organization to look into the NDDC with the view of investing in the commission to move the Niger Delta region forward. Akpabio disclosed this at a meeting with directors, … Read more
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) chairman Dr. Pius Odubu, has raised the alarm over activities of fraudsters who had opened several Facebook accounts in his name. Odubu who said he does not operate a personal Facebook account stated that the fraudsters created the Facebook accounts with the intent to dupe the unsuspecting public with claims … Read more
Ekohotblog learnt that a probe of Presidential Amnesty Office’s involvement in the $44.9 million wire deal linked to Air Peace chair Allen Onyema in the United States has opened. Following the bursting of alleged deals, a former top officer of the Amnesty Programme has sneaked out of the United States to evade arrest. The U.S. … Read more
Ex-militants under the aegis of Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators has pledged its support to the Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The group also urged the former Senator not return to the Senate while distancing him from the recent controversy in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NNDC. The ex-agitators also stressed that the … Read more
– Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio said that those against the forensic audit are behind the attacks and spurious allegations – He assured Niger Delta People that the President would make a huge impact on the region in the next four years and urged them to continue to support the President – The … Read more
The All Progressive Congress APC South South has pleaded with president Muhammadu Buhari to return the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to the office of SGF. The party disclosed this in a statement signed by APC National Vice Chairman, South South, Prince Hilliard Eta in Abuja. Eta noted that the president’s forensic order on the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has order the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, to ascertain the result of the billions of naira invested in infrastructural development of the region. Buhari revealed he gave the order to enable the commission explained the various project its had carried out with the funds provided by the … Read more