Niger Delta Development Commission

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed February 11 and 12 for the trial of a former Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Tuoyo Omatsuli, and others charged with alleged N3.6 billion fraud.

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the sum of N65 billion has been provided for the Niger Delta Development Commission in the 2019 Budget.

They were received into the PDP by the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson

The Peoples Democratic Party has berated former Governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over his alleged plots with the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere

Nsima Ekere was on Monday in Uyo declared as the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress for the 2019 general elections in Akwa Ibom.

The Niger Delta Development Commission on Tuesday dissociated itself from a skill acquisition scheme purportedly sponsored by the Managing Director, Nsima Ekere.

Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba,(SAN), Chairman, Board and Management of Niger Delta Development Commission, has expressed deep shock over the tragic death of Pastor Power Aginighan, former Acting Managing Director of NDDC.

The Delta State Treasurer of the APC, Hon. Ebiakpo Ezebiri, confirmed the incident

In a letter of condolence, Alaibe said the unexpected news of the demise of Madam Dickson brought back the sad feelings he personally experienced over the death of his mother some years back

Nsima Ekere, the Managing Director of NDDC, expressed his displeasure in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr. Ibitoye Abosede

Ekere, who said this  in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, also expressed optimism that the former governor of Edo would  unify the party to achieve victory in the 2019 polls.

The lawmakers made the position known on Friday at a news conference addressed by the Spokespersons of the Senate and House of Representatives, Senator Aliyu Sabi-Abdullahi and Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas, in Abuja

The Acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, stated this when a delegation of the National Association of Niger-Delta Students visited him in Abuja on Thursday

Ibitoye Abosede, NDDC’s Director of Corporate Communications, announced this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.

Ndoma-Egba gave the advice in statement on Friday in Abuja, noting that one of the basic components of the Ramadan is to seek God’s mercies on our sins.

Ndoma-Egba stated this while reacting to a media report suggesting that the APC might postpone the date of the convention due to some problems relating to time, level of preparation and paucity of funds.

The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Akanbi was the Pioneer Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offence Commission.

Ayedatiwa made this known on Tuesday in  an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.

According to him, electrification and road connectivity among the oil producing communities are major desires of the people even as they appreciated other interventions by the commission.

Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.