LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has finally picked up the gauntlet thrown down by the National Assembly to name lawmakers who got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The minister, in a document attached to his response to the threat by the House of Representatives to sue…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are indications of imminent tension in Niger Delta as stakeholders from the region are set to stage a massive protest against Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee IMC of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over the misappropriation of funds belonging to the agency…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Apparently overwhelmed by the implications of his earlier allegation against the National Assembly (NASS) members, the embattled Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has reversed himself, replying the legislative Chambers with denial of accusing the lawmakers of involving in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) contract scams. Speaker of the House…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate ad hoc committee investigating the misappropriation of funds in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has asked that the Interim Management Committee (IMC) refund all “unjustifiable funds” paid to staff of the commission. The panel also recommended that henceforth, the NDDC report directly to President Muhammadu Buhari and asked that…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The current probe of the National Assembly is an attempt to delude Nigerians, foremost Nigerian anti-corruption group said on Tuesday. Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) in a statement signed by its Chairman Olanrewaju Suraju said the Federal Government should take two important steps to ensure a transparent and meaningful…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has been advised to scrap the Niger Delta Development Commission and the North East Development Commission for allegedly taking advantage of the masses. Isah Abubakar, National President, Northern Youth Council of Nigeria and Chairman, Nigeria Citizen Action Group, in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna, said, “We…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians on Twitter have reacted to the news of the acting MD of Niger Delta Development Commission, Daniel Pondei, fainting during interrogation by the National Assembly. It will be recalled that the House of Representative had set up a committee to look into the case of misappropriation of funds at the agency…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to appear before it over allegations leveled against him on the N81.5bn fraud saga. The summon was necessitated by weighty allegations pressed against Akpabio Friday by the immediate Managing Director…