A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced an ex-Group Executive, Exploration and Production of the NNPC Limited, Abiye Membere, and a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, (NPDC), Victor Briggs to two years imprisonment each upon their conversation for official corruption. In a judgment on Tuesday, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba convicted Membere and Briggs for accepting gifts …

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku has assured that the people of the region would experience something new and different in the coming weeks and months. In a live interview on Arise News television News Night programme on Monday, Ogbuku said that the new leadership of the NDDC was going to make a …

Itsekiri leaders have advised President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Umana Okon Umana to resist the urge to defy the judicial process by refraining from conducts which will render irrelevance issues presented in the court by representatives of Itsekiri Leaders of Thought and the Omadino Unity Forum. The representatives of Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, Chief …

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 …

The Itsekiri National Youths Council (INYC) has kicked against the newly-composed board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) describing the nominations for both the Chairman and Managing Director as “a calculated attempt by the administration of the President Muhammadu Buhari to subjugate the oil bearing people of Warri kingdom”. In a strongly-worded petition signed jointly by INYC President, Isaac …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has assured flood victims in the region that relief materials would get to them soon. A statement on Thursday by the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr Abosede Ibitoye referred to the recent visit to the NDDC headquarters by some affected victims of communities in Bayelsa and Delta States, and stated that action was already …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has commenced repair works on the East-West road to restore vehicular movement on sections cut off by the flood on the stretrch from Bayelsa to Delta States. Inspecting the restoration works at the failed stretch at Ihuike, Ahoada East Local Government Area, Rivers State, NDDC Acting Managing Director, Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua noted on Tuesday that …

An acting Managing Director has been appointed for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), He is Engr. Emmanuel Audu Ohwavborua, an Urhobo from Delta State. This is coming hours after the commission’s sole administrator, Mr Effiong Okon Akwa was relieved of his appointment. According to a statement issued by the Director of Press in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, …