Tag: NIGER DELTA
Niger Delta Stakeholders fault Akpabio on NDDC leadership
Niger Delta Stakeholders led by Demiebi Jackson have
said that the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, told “serial
lies in his grand design to...
David Ekuetafia: NDDC Interim management committee unknown to law
In recent weeks, there has been a rash of misconception being peddled in both the print and electronic media about what next steps Mr...
I’m queen bae of Niger Delta – Ibinabo Fiberesima
Actress and former president of the
Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Ibinabo Fiberesima, has declared herself ‘Queen
Bae of the Niger Delta’.
The 49-year-old shared a...
Isoko youth group cautions Akpabio on NDDC
The Isoko Nation Youth Congress (INYC) in Delta State,
led by its president, Godstime Akokotu, has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari
for nominating Bernard Okumagba and Jones...
Group urges Buhari to immediately dissolve NDDC interim management
Following the successful confirmation by the Senate of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees to the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and call...
Senate rejects budget for Akpabio’s ministry
The Senate Committee on Niger Delta has rejected the
2020 capital budget of N23 billion for the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs due
to uncompleted projects...
Gunmen abduct Niger Delta varsity lecturer’s wife
Gunmen on Sunday at Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa abducted
the wife of a lecturer with the Niger Delta University (NDU).
Sources in the community told the...
Amnesty: Dokubo warns contractors to implement agreement
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger
Delta, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has warned contractors awarded jobs for the
Presidential Amnesty Programme to implement the contracts...
Ex-militants storm NASS in protest as lawmakers expect Buhari
Several former Niger Delta militants have on Wednesday stormed the main entrance of the National Assembly with placards to demand payment of their allowances.
They...
Amnesty Programme distributes relief materials to flood-ravaged communities in Niger Delta
Inhabitants of some communities ravaged by flood recently in the Niger Delta region received foodstuff and other household items from the Presidential Amnesty Programme over...