LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Thursday condemned the absence of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, at an investigative public hearing on the alleged financial recklessness in the Niger Delta Development Commission. The Chairman of the Senate ad hoc panel, Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi, expressed disappointment at the absence of Akpabio whom…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger Delta Affairs Minister Godswill Akpabio failed to execute a contract he got from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) worth N500million, according to Senate Committee on Niger Delta Chairman Senator Peter Nwaoboshi. He alleged that Akpabio used his position and influence as Senate Minority Leader to secure the contracts. But, the…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A legal practitioner, Mr. Ojeh Godwin, has lamented what he called flagrant abuse of statutory procedure and due process, calling for an urgent investigation of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). ‘’It is disheartening that the leadership of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS Ex-militants in the Niger Delta region, have alleged that certain dubious and corrupt contractors to the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC were sponsoring the incessant attacks against Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. The ex-militants who spoke through their leader, Gen. Romeo Fynebone, Coordinator, Niger Delta Liberation Movement NDLM,…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ijaw Stakeholders for Good Governance, ISGG, has revealed that some Niger Delta leaders sponsoring falsehood and malicious publications against the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio were after the resources and dubuous contracts in the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC. In a statement issued yesterday in Warri, Delta State,…
LAGOS FEBRUAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio was denied entry into the United State (US) as the embassy in Nigeria refused to grant him visa. Akpabio’s visa application was turned down because the President Donald Trump administration is in possession of petitions filed against the minister for series of murders, corruption and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have threatened to boycott the rerun ordered by the Court of Appeal in Essien Udim local government area. The rerun is to determine the actual winner of the Akwa Ibom Northwest senatorial district between Akpabio and the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has to decide whether to resign his recent appointment and pursue his ambition to return to the senate or to remain as a minister. His dilemma follows the ruling of Appeal Court ordering a rerun of the national assembly election in Essien Udim…