…plans spending N2 billion on School Renovations The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has pledged to sustain the funding of its foreign scholarship programme which started seven years ago. Mr Ekere, who made the promise in an interview with newsmen in his office at... Read more

The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, has underlined the importance of traditional rulers in the quest to develop a new Master Plan for the Niger Delta region. Senator Ndoma-Egba spoke when the South-South Monarchs Forum led by King Edmund Daukoru, the Amayanabo... Read more

… debunks allegations of neglect of Kula, Belema communities       From: Dianabasi Effiong   The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd operated Joint Venture (SPDC JV) has said its commitment to the welfare of host communities in the Niger Delta remains unshaken   Its spokesperson in Nigeria, Mr... Read more

From: Dianabasi Effiong   The Cross River government is set to roll out 30 tonnes of cotton from its cotton farm by November this year as part of the “backward integration policy” of Prof. Ben Ayade’s administration.   The cotton farm situated in Woda community, Yala Local Government Area of... Read more

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has applauded the efforts of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to revive the two rice mills it built at Elele-Alimini in Rivers State and Mbiabet-Ikpe in Akwa Ibom State. The Minister expressed delight with the determination... Read more

The General Officer Commanding, GOC 6 Division, Nigeria Army, Major-General Enobong Okon Udoh, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for supporting the Army in developing infrastructural facilities in the newly established division headquarters in Port Harcourt. Major-General Udoh, who spoke during the ceremony marking the operationalization of... Read more

Both Chief Innocent Chukwuma, OFR, and Innoson Nig Ltd. have filed a fresh lawsuit against the Guaranty Trust Bank PLC in the High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja claiming a total sum of N400 billion Naira damages for injury to their reputation, moral character, credibility, office, vocation and... Read more

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Nsima Ekere, has called on public officers to play less politics and focus on development initiatives that will improve the lives of citizens. Mr. Ekere was speaking when the executives and members of Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral... Read more

Saviour Enoch, an undergraduate of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, was shot dead by suspected cultists in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. His family has urged security agencies in the state to fish the killers and bring them to justice.   Mr Ovieakini Enoch, the deceased’s uncle, made... Read more

 Ijaw stakeholders under the aegis of Ijaw Nation Forum (INF), an online social mobilisation platform for the Ijaws, have queried  Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa over the controversial allocation of a grazing land in Yenagoa measuring about 1200 hectares to cattle herdsmen.      In an open letter addressed... Read more