The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has assured that it would address the needs of the youths and communities in the region. Receiving a delegation of the Ogoni Youths Peace Movement at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt on Thursday, the Board Chairman, Lauretta Onochie said: “We are determined to ensure that youths of the Niger Delta are empowered according …

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the Presidential Special Assistant on New Media, Ms Lauretta Ifeanyi-Onochie, as the Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). At the plenary on Tuesday, the upper legislative chamber also confirmed 12 other members of the NDDC board, except two of them who did not attend the screening conducted last Friday at the …

A sociopolitical group in the Niger Delta region, One Delta Initiative has kicked against the 14-day ultimatum issued by ex-militants in the region urging the Federal Government to withdraw the nomination of Ms. Lauretta Onochie as Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and replace it with Chief Bernard Okumagba. In a statement on Monday, the Coordinator of the …