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Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has denied reports that he is gearing up to run for the country’s presidency in 2023.   Lawan spoke a statement issued Saturday by Ola Awoniyi, his Special Adviser on Media, in response to media reports.   The media aide made this known in a statement on Saturday while reacting […]

Joi Nunieh, former Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), on Friday heaped tons of allegations of wrongdoing on Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs as she testified before the committee of the House of Representatives probing the affairs of the commission.   According to Nunieh, with Akpabio’s instructions, some contracts […]

Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Friday summoned Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta Affairs, to appear before its Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission.   Akpabio, a former member of the Senate has featured prominently in allegations of fraud and other wrongdoings in the affairs of the commission, which is under the supervision of his […]

  Former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, who was rescued from a kidnap attempt on her Thursday, is currently testifying before the House of Representatives committee on the commission.   Nunieh was billed to testify at the committee on Thursday but was prevented from traveling to Abuja by a team of […]

As much as 63 percent of hand sanitizes being used in Nigeria against the COVID-19 virus is not registered, the government has said.   Such sanitizers could, therefore, be fake, Boss Mustapha, chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the government, said Thursday.   Mustapha spoke at the daily briefing […]

In view of the federal government’s resolve to ensure transparency and accountability in the management of the huge resources allocated for the development of the Niger Delta sub-region, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday ordered security agencies and the National Assembly to undertake a speedy and coordinated investigation into the allegations and counter-allegations of sleaze rocking the […]

Some stories are best told straight. True or not, the allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio by Ms. Joi Gbene Nunieh, former acting managing director of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is most embarrassing to Akpabio’s image as […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday reversed itself and ordered the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to return two houses in Ilorin belonging to a former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.   Justice Rilwan Aikawa released the houses back to Saraki, while delivering judgment on an application filed by the […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 595 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rose to 34,854. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday.   The NCDC said that as at the July 16, 595 new confirmed cases and nine deaths were […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a speedy conclusion of the ongoing forensic audit of the finances of the Niger Delta Development Commission. “All investigating agencies and auditing firms currently working collaboratively with National Assembly Committees to audit and reposition the NDDC must act with urgency and a sense of purpose, and ensure that I am […]

South-South Governors Forum has criticized the current crisis trying to tear the Niger Delta Development Commission apart, saying it supports neither of the principal gladiators in the fight. It said that its desire is to see a commission that performs it duty, which is to foster the development of the oil-producing region. “The South-South Governors […]