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N’Delta Group Wants Buhari To Inaugurate NDDC Board

President Muhammadu Buhari
The 21st century youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience (21st CYNDAC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to without further delay inaugurate a substantive board of the NigerRead More

Niger Delta Youths Commend Akpabio On NDDC Forensic Audit

Minister for Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio
Urge Buhari to inaugurate board The 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience (21stCYNDAC) has commended the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio for delivering onRead More

Akpabio: Buhari Poised to Change N’Delta Narrative

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has restated President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination to change the story of the Niger Delta region from decades-long decay in infrastructure toRead More

Clark Chastises President, Northern Elders For Silence Over Jihadists’ Threat To Delta

Former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark
MEND warns Fulani group against planned attack The leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and Chairman of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday expressedRead More

Akpabio: NDDC Forensic Audit Ends July

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has set July ending 2021 as deadline for conclusion of the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), ordered byRead More

Dutch Court Orders Shell To Pay Damages For Oil Spill In N’Delta

Shell
Compensation to be determined soon Spillage caused by sabotage, oil firm insists Judgement came in favour of four Nigerian farmers yesterday when an appeal court in the Netherlands ruled thatRead More

Clark Urges Akpabio To Give NDDC Free Hand

Former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark
President, minister didn’t impose me, says sole administrator A former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has urged the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to concentrateRead More

Reps Question N15bn Fresh Allocation For East-West Road Project

The House of Representatives during plenary
Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta on Tuesday opposed some allocations contained in the proposed 2021 budget of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. The membersRead More

Afenifere, PANDEF Back Fayemi, El-Rufai, Insist On Restructuring

Governors Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State
The Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere and its Niger Delta counterpart, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), have expressed their support for the weekend’s call by Governors Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti StateRead More

Akpabio Fires Back, Lists Senators, House Members Awarded NDDC Contracts

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has finally picked up the gauntlet thrown down by the National Assembly to name lawmakers who got contracts from the Niger DeltaRead More