LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Gobum Mukan, has called on Governor Nyesom Wike to hand over former Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh, who is currently taking refuge at the Government House in Port Harcourt. The Rivers State Police boss called on the governor to…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-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…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Acting Managing Director of The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Daniel Pondei, has led a walk out on the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta. Mr Pondei, who appeared with other management staff of the commission, accused the chairman of the house committee on NDDC, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, of corruption. He…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed security operatives have surrounded the home of former managing director of the NDDC, Joy Nunieh, in Port Harcourt. Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike is reportedly moving to intervene in the stand-off. It was gathered that the former NDDC boss is due to appear before a House of Representatives Committee in…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Port Harcourt based group, Port Harcourt Elites For Justice has alleged that the management of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was practising double standard on promotion examinations for staff. A spokesman of the group who identified himself as Sir Clifford Douglas made the allegation in an interaction with our correspondent at…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In what represents a break from the norm, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has published the list of all payments made by it between February 20 and May 5 this year. The publication, which was in response to allegations that N40 billion was missing from its accounts, detailed the beneficiaries of…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Justice Department of United States of America (USA) is relying on the extradition treaty between her and Nigeria to get a serving General, Brigadier Charles Nengite, back on her soil to face multiple criminal charges of conspiracy, money laundering and stealing of over $16m (N6,208,000,000.00). He is wanted in the USA…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger Delta Development Commission approved N51.6m for its acting Managing Director, Prof Daniel Pondei, for the purpose of hotel accommodation, security and monitoring of projects during the lockdown in April 2020, Sunday PUNCH reports. The information is contained in the Treasury Single Account schedule of the NDDC with reference number TSA/REC/20/0-1…