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…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has summoned Enyia Akwagaga, acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, to appear before it on Tuesday over the award of N65 billion contracts. Matthew Urhoghide, Chairman Senate Committee on Public Accounts, summoned Akwagaga over his absence at the hearing of the committee on the contract. The contracts…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Positive reactions from segments of the society have continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s pronouncement on Thursday for a forensic audit to be undertaken on the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). While receiving governors of the states that make up the Commission in Aso Rock, President Buhari said what…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2001 to 2019. The President was worried by the persistent criticisms of the operations of the NDDC. Buhari gave the directive while receiving governors of the states that make up the Commission…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ibim Semenitari, has said she was sexually harassed by a male lecturer while she was doing her undergraduate programme in a Nigerian university. Mrs Semenitari’s revelation followed the trending #SexForGrades conversation among Nigerians, prompted by a BBC undercover investigative report…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has ordered an immediate suspension of recruitment into the employment of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Minister, Mr Anietie Ekong in Abuja on Friday night. According to the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godwin Akpabio, has stressed the need for redirecting the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) affairs, saying that the commission has over N2 trillion debt to settle. Akpabio stated this at a meeting with the management team of NDDC on Wednesday in Abuja….
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Joint Venture, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) and its co-venture partners have contributed $2 billion to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Media Relations Manager, Shell Nigeria, Bamidele Odugbesan, stated this while reacting to the allegation that the oil giant was among the…