The Niger Delta Development Commission has invited the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to inaugurate a 29-kilometre Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa State. The commission, in a statement on Tuesday, titled ‘NDDC Invites President Buhari To Commission Signature Project’, said the project, which cuts across 14 other communities, costs N24 …

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the payment of fees and stipends of stranded scholarship students of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) studying abroad. A statement signed by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, said Buhari conveyed the directive to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, …

GOVERNORS have joined the growing list of Nigerians bemoaning the security situation in the country. They have planned a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and the Service chiefs to discuss “this worrisome and rapidly degenerating situation.” The states helmsmen conveyed their feelings in a letter to their counterpart – Borno …

Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Muhammed Hafiz Inuwa, has debunked reports making the rounds that police personnel shot dead a protesting youth in The Polytechnic community of Ozoro in Isoko Local Government Area on Monday. Rather the CP stated that it was a bullet from one of the armed …

Anambra Vigilante Group, AVG have warned operators of illegal cells or detention facilities of any form in the markets, communities and other places to desist or be arrested. The authorities directed that major operations of AVG must be supervised and spearheaded by the police. A communiqué issued in Nnewi by …

The Edo State Government has said secondary schools in the state will not resume tomorrow, August 4, 2020, as announced by the Federal Ministry of Education but on Monday, August 10, 2020, for graduating students. In a statement, Commissioner for Education, Hon. Jimoh Ijegbai, said only Senior Secondary School students …

The imbroglio between Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) and the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) over jurisdiction in respect of stamp duty collection worsened on Tuesday. Director Communication and Liaison FIRS, Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad, in a statement vowed the FIRS is determined to ensure all monies collected by NIPOST into its …

THE N6.25bn approved by President Muhammadu Buhari as COVID-19 palliatives for indigent persons in  Niger Delta   was diverted by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chairman of the Palliative Distribution Committee (PDC) , High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich,  has alleged. Jackrich, in a petition he …

Men of the Nigeria police in Ikot Abasi division of Akwa Ibom State on Saturday arrested and detained a trader, Amechi Nnamuchi, after the remains of a 65-year-old woman were found in his shop. Nnamuchi, a fast food dealer from Enugu State, is resident in Ikot Abasi, where he does …

Access Bank Plc has called on customers to be vigilant of the common tricks used by fraudsters to rob them of their monies. The Executive Director, Retail Banking, Access Bank, Victor Etuokwu, made the call on Friday in a statement, entitled ‘Be fraud smart – Access Bank urges customers.’ He …