NDDC Director of Accounts and Finance Eno Ubi Otu, has reportedly been arrested and currently being questioned by operatives of the EFCC. According to reports from Daily Trust Eno Ubi Otu was arrested by the detectives of the anti-graft agency at about 11:15am in relation to a case of alleged diversion of over N25 billion tax […]
The Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC ) which was in the news towards the end of last year over allegations of corruption and name calling of federal law makers who are beneficiaries of stolen loots has been declared broke. The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs – Senator Godswill Akpabio speaking on Friday at the […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has frozen the accounts of top officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), The Street Journal has learnt. This development comes a week after the ICPC quizzed top NDDC staff and recovered documents that allegedly showed the diversion of funds, procurement fraud and misappropriation […]
Former Abia state governor and Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, has come out to explain his link with some of the projects executed by the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godwill Akpabio, in a letter sent to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, listed Kalu as one […]
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has reportedly linked two former governors of Delta State, James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, to some of the projects that have been executed by the Niger Delta Development Commission, Punch reports. Akpabio in a letter sent to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, listed the former governors […]
Nigerian students on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) scholarship program, today August 3, staged a protest outside the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom, over the non-payment of their tuition fees by the commission. The Nigerian students were awarded scholarships by the Commission to study abroad but according to the students, the commission […]
The Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is once again compelled to alert members of the public of the activities of scammers offering placements in non-existent empowerment programmes purportedly being run by the Commission. We have received several inquiries from potential victims, who were deceived into believing that the NDDC was currently running […]
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, on Sunday, July 26, revealed the names of some members of the National Assembly involved in contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission. However, Akpabio explained that he is unsure whether the lawmakers were directly awarded the contracts; or they nominated the projects under their Zonal […]
President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has been advised to scrap the Niger Delta Development Commission and the North East Development Commission for allegedly taking advantage of the masses. Isah Abubakar, National President, Northern Youth Council of Nigeria and Chairman, Nigeria Citizen Action Group, in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna, said, “We advise that Mr […]
The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei, collapsed due to the heavyweight of corruption, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said. It was earlier reported ,that Pondei slumped on Monday while answering questions from members of the House Committee on NDDC investigating the alleged mismanagement of N40 billion by […]