THE SUN The Interim Administrator, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Effiong Akwa, has asked youths and other stakeholders to expect the completion of more abandoned projects within the region in the New Year. Akwa in a zoom meeting that had…
PUNCH NEWS The president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has said that one way to fight corruption in Nigeria is for citizens to live within their means. He added that as long as Nigerians want to live flamboyantly, corruption would…
THIS DAY Royal Dutch Shell has placed more of its onshore oil assets in Nigeria for sale with at least five Nigerian oil and gas companies preparing to submit their respective bids for the acquisition of the assets this month.…
THE SUN President Muhammadu Buhari recently vowed to recover all the funds looted from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and probe all those involved in the financial malfeasance. The President made the disclosure during the virtual commissioning of the…
PUNCH NEWS The large quantum of uncompleted projects in Nigeria was estimated to cost N12 trillion as of August 2021. The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors who gave the estimate also hinted that there are about 56,000 abandoned projects in…
THE GUARDIAN About one year after a judgment by a Dutch Appeal Court in the Hague, Netherlands ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to pay compensation to four Niger Delta farmers for devastating their farmlands, the oil company has opened…
THE NEWS Youths in the Niger Delta have been challenged to explore the investment potentials in maritime sector peculiar to the region for employment and wealth generation rather than looking for white-collar jobs or venturing into vices. Ebipatei Apaingolo, a…
VANGUARD NEWS Reminiscent of the George Floyd saga, the people of Rivers State are finding it difficult to breathe due to the environmental challenge of soot scientifically known as black carbon. Floyd, it must be recalled, choked to death when…
PREMIUM TIMES An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari declined to say which government department or official is handling the report of the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The aide, Ita Enang, who is a senior special…
BUSINESS POST Youth leaders in the Niger Delta on Sunday applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for vowing to rid the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) of the moral and political rot that has plagued it for so long. “We are continually…