Tag: Niger Delta

NDDC Probe: Akpabio Releases Names of Lawmakers, Number of Contracts Received

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has finally published the list of lawmakers he claimed to be beneficiaries of over 60% percent of contracts awarded by the…

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Niger Deltans Spit Fire Over Planned Scrapping of Amnesty Programme

The Committee set up by Federal Government's to appraise the Presidential Amnesty Program has come under heavy backlash and criticism from notable Niger Delta individuals and groups. This is coming…

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Avengers Issues 21-Days Ultimatum to FG, Threatens Attack on Oil Facilities

A coalition of militant groups from all nine states of the Niger Delta region, known as the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) has again put multinational oil companies operating in…

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NDDC: Malami Denies Collecting bribe For Sole Administrator Appointment

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has denied the allegation that he collected gratification from the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio…

Photos: Akpabio Commissions NDDC Mega Complex, Praises Buhari

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Thursday commissioned the mega complex of the Niger Delta Development Commission in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. The former lawmaker…

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NUIS: President Hopeful Suowari Unveils 3-Point Agenda as Elections Beckons

A frontline aspirant for President of the National Union of Izon-ebe Students World-wide, NUIS, Comrade Gesiowei Paulinus Suowari has unveiled his would-be working template if voted in to lead the…

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Breaking: Tompolo Reluctantly Accepts Outcome of Consultative Meeting With Akpabio

Foreost Niger Delta warlord, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo has reluctantly accepted the outcome of the consultative meeting between stakeholders of the region and the minster for Niger Delta…

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South-South Governors Back Rivers, Lagos on VAT, Demands Substantive NNDC Board

South-South Governors on Monday threw their weight behind Rivers and Lagos State Governments in the ongoing suit against the Federal Government on the rights to collect Value Added Tax. The…

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NDDC Reviews Scholarship Scheme, to Invest in Nigerian Universities

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is reviewing its scholarship scheme suspended to conduct a forensic audit of its activities. It has consequently decided to invest in Nigerian universities. “The…

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“If Tompolo Was a Northerner, There’ll be Peace in The North,’ IYC Shades Arewa Youth

The Ijaw Youth Council Western Zone has thrown shades at the Arewa Youth Assembly over the northern group's attempt to disrespect High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo. In a…

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