THE VANGUARD The Federal Government yesterday promised to complete about 9,000 projects lying fallow in the Niger Delta region. This was disclosed by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswil Akpabio who briefed State House correspondents after the Federal…
THE NATION The high level of indebtedness of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been attributed to massive looting of the place across administrations. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed this in an exclusive chat…
VANGUARD NEWS The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has okayed a suit seeking to sack the interim management committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, constituted by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The public…
THE GUARDIAN Some former state Governors may have to return pensions and allowances received after leaving the office. This followed a judgment by a Federal High Court in Lagos ordering the Federal Government to recover pensions collected by former governors…
VANGUARD NEWS THE Appeal Court ruling in Calabar, penultimate Saturday, which ordered re-run poll in Essien Udim local government area within 90 days in respect of the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial seat has dominated discussions in Akwa Ibom polity. Arising…
PUNCH NEWS The House of Representatives has begun another investigation of the Niger Delta Development Commission over alleged illegal expenditure without appropriation. The House also invited the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the board of the…
DAILY POST Following the ruling by the Appeal Court in Calabar Cross River State, ordering a rerun of the National Assembly elections in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, the Peoples’ Democratic Party as well as the…
THE SUN NEWS The Appeal Court in Calabar, Cross River state, has ordered a re-run election in Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial district where Godswill Akpabio took on Chris Ekpeyong, a former deputy governor of the state, in February. The Independent…
VANGUARD Militants in Niger Delta were at loggerheads, yesterday, over the call to sack the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and disbanding of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, which he…
DAILY POST Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has said 12,000 projects lie abandoned across the nine oil producing states According to him, corrupt people who treated the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) like an automated teller machine (ATM),…