THE NATION THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has extended the deadline for the verification of contractors and consultants till February 7. Only 770 out of the 2,500 companies have been verified so far. NDDC’s alternate Chairman of the Contract…
THE GUARDIAN Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh, has denied nursing ambition to become governor, insisting that her target is to revamp the commission to serve the interest of the region and the…
THE GUARDIAN A professor of Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Emmanuel Oladipo, has cautioned that if proper measures are not taken to harness the effects of climate change, the Niger Delta region could be submerged in flood. Oladipo,…
SAHARA REPORTERS Residents of Abuetor, Agbere, Osekwenike and Osifo communities in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have raised the alarm over what they described as “continuous pollution and degradation of their environment by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company…
VANGUARD NEWS President Muhammadu Buhari says the appointment of a new board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been put on hold. Buhari stated this in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and…
THE GUARDIAN Leaders of former agitators from the Niger Delta region have attributed the frequent defiant attitude of youths from the region to the policies of exclusion adopted by some state governors. The ex-militant leaders, who formed bulk of the…
PREMIUM TIMES The Federal Government has assured Nigerians of its readiness to strengthen surveillance at five international airports in the country to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. The five international airports are in Enugu, Lagos, Rivers, Kano and the FCT.…
DAILY POST The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ruled out the possibility of changing its name, ahead of the 2023 general election. Recall that Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan had started a campaign on social media…
THE NATION The Presidency yesterday presented a long list of the areas the Muhammadu Buhari administration has touched in the Niger Delta region. It showed how the administration elevated the region and the progress it made in the Ogoni clean-up.…
THIS DAY President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio was a carefully thought out phenomena. In his characteristic style, the President started off by setting up a probe dating back to the beginning of the Niger Delta Development…
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