Owan Enoh Flags Off Ikom-Etomi-Agbokim Waterfalls Road Project
The road links four government owned cocoa estates established in the 1960’s by the Michael Okpara administration while serving as Premier
The road links four government owned cocoa estates established in the 1960’s by the Michael Okpara administration while serving as Premier
By Glory Odey The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has announced the launch of the livelihood improvement family enterprises – Niger Delta (Life-ND) initiative in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Imo, and River States. The project, a collaborative effort with the federal government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), aims to improve the livelihoods
By Patrick Obia Senators representing Cross River Southern Senatorial district – Asuquo Ekpenyong Jrn and his brother representing the Central Senatorial district – Eteng Jones Williams have sponsored Bills seeking the creation of the South-South Development Commission and the Chartered Institute of Petroleum and Gas Engineers of Nigeria, respectively. The proposed bill for the creation
By Our Reporter Cross River Governor, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has commended President Bola Tinubu for replacing Asu Okang with Orok Duke the State Commissioner for the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC). August 29, 2023 Mr. Okang was announced as the NDDC Commissioner from the State, immediately, APC members began protesting. Their reason for protesting
By Ogar Monday Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) have listed 51 federal agencies, including the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar, the Supreme Court, the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) as “high corruption risk.” In a statement on its official Twitter account, the agency said that the “52
By Johnson Agada, The Cable The new board members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) were inaugurated on Wednesday in Abuja. The inauguration was conducted by Umana Umana, Minister of Niger Delta affairs. The senate had, on December 20, confirmed Lauretta Onochie, a presidential aide, as the chairperson of the NDDC board. A list of
By Yusuf Alli and Onyedi Ojiabor, The Nation Newspaper Contractors of the 1, 250 terminated Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) projects have refunded cash, Niger Delta Affairs Minister Umana Okon Umana has said. He said the recoveries, made by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) due to non-performance, were made following the forensic audit
By Ogar Monday President Muhammad Buhari has nominated Orok Duke, a former speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly as the member representing Cross River State in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. In a letter signed by the president and read before a senate plenary, the president appointed his Laureta Onochie, as