The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said that it would create 10, 000 jobs for youths in the Niger Delta region. The commission said the jobs would be driven through its Holistic Opportunity Project of Engagement, codenamed ‘Project HOPE’. While flagging off the project at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said that it would soon reactivate its free health care programme covering communities in the Niger Delta region. In a statement on Tuesday, NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr. Ibitoye Abosede said that the commission’s Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Major General Charles Airhiavbere (rtd.), told a beneficiary of NDDC’s healthcare intervention, Miracle …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Friday assured the people of Akinima community in Ahoada West Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State of its speedy intervention on the damaged and unmotorable road linking the community with Joinkarama. On an inspection tour of the Akinima-Joinkarama road, which has been greatly damaged by erosion, NDDC Managing Director/CEO, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, …

The Niger Delta Youth Council (NDYC) on Tuesday urged the youth to eschew acts capable of destroying the peace being enjoyed in the region. Its National Coordinator, Mr Abido Jator, made the call in Abuja while pleading with the aggrieved youths to shelve their planned protest against the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The youth had accused …

Twelve winners have emerged in the 15th edition of the NCF/Ambassador Aduke Alakija Memorial National Schools’ Art and Essay competition, which has the theme “Only One Earth”. The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has announced 12 intelligent and creative students as winners among the their colleagues who participated in competition that was widely applied for across the nation. Environmental education is …

When the stormy petrel governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike threw his 13 percent derivation windfall bombshell last week, his fellow Niger Delta governors must have been gutted, even as ordinary Nigerians within and beyond the oil-producing areas were alarmed. It was a shock to me that some governors can receive such a humongous amount of money in these …