LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians who benefited from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 2018 Scholarship programme are currently facing deportation due to non-payment of their academic fees. The 200 Nigerians, who were selected out of over 4,000 applicants, were given scholarships to pursue postgraduate studies abroad, fully funded by NDDC. The commission in an elaborate…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have ambushed and attacked an ambulance conveying medical materials along the boundary between Owo in Ondo State and Edo State. The ambulance is a white Toyota bus conveying some medical personnel and members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) when it was attacked, Saharareporters report. An impeccable source who spoke…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, Professor Nelson Brambaifa, was on Monday invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Also invited for questioning by the EFCC over alleged financial impropriety was the Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the NDDC, Chris Oyirindah. It…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s foremost deep-water oil and gas company, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), paid N366 billion in 2018 as revenue to the federal government from its exploration activities, while it made another N2.1 billion as statutory payment to the Niger Delta Development Commission, SNEPCo’s Managing Director, Bayo Ojulari, has said….
By Amos Okioma LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) sponsored non governmental organization, Potters Heritage Foundation (PHF), has trained and empowered no fewer than 30 physically challenged persons in skills acquisition training programme in Bayelsa State. The 30 beneficiaries were trained on bead making, shoe making, photography, GSM repairs, make up, confectionary…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of an acting Managing Director for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). He is Professor Nelson Braimbraifa. The President, following a Federal Executive Council (FEC) resolution, has equally vested the supervisory role of the commission in the Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, as well…
LAGOS JANUARY 25T (NEWSRANGERS)-Massive protest rocked the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Friday. Protesters took to the streets with placards, dancing and singing solidarity songs. They are protesting the transfer of power to the Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mr. Mene Derek by Nsima Udo Ekere, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate for…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson have not only been given a path on his back by the public service reforms that had unraveled startling revelations of massive pay roll frauds , certificate falsification, rot in the civil service , multiple employments which has increased unemployment of graduates in…