Lockdown: Document Indicts NDDC Boss Of Receiving N51.6m For Project Monitoring

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…

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Lawyer Accuses NDDC IMC Of Corruption, Calls For Investigation

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)…

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Stranded Students On NDDC Scholarship In Europe Write Senate President, Lament Of Hardship

LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some students sponsored to Europr for postgraduate studies by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are  reportedly stranded abroad because of the alleged lack of funding from the commission. The students this month sent a letter to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, complaining that life for them abroad has been…

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Buhari Extends Tenure Of NDDC Interim Management Committee, Approves N6bn COVID-19 Spending

LAGOS  MAY 1ST  (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Professor Keme Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from May 1 to December 31, 2020. The extension is to cover the period of the forensic audit of the NDDC, earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, under…

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NDDC: Dubious, Corrupt Contractors Behind Attacks On Akpabio- Ex-Militants

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,…

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NDDC Places Key Senior Officials On Mandatory Leave Pending Conclusion Of Forensic Audit

LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)– The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has placed some members of staff on mandatory leave pending the conclusion and outcome of the on-going forensic audit. A statement from the commission says the action is based on the advice of the Lead Consultant on the Forensic Audit exercise, which has been accepted…

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N’Delta Leaders Fighting Akpabio Are After NDDC Funds, Dubious Contracts-Ijaw Stakeholders

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,…

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