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- 22 Feb 2021
Senate Orders Arrest of NDDC Boss over Alleged N6.25Bn Fraud
The senate committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions has ordered the arrest of Effiong Akwa, sole administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), over the non-appearance of…
- 9 Jul 2020
NDDC Spent N1.5Bn on COVID-19 Palliative for Staff— MD
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has reportedly spent some N1.5 billion on staff as ‘COVID-19 relief funds’. Kemebradikumo Pondei, acting managing director, made the investigative hearing…
- 18 Dec 2014
NDDC Begins Training of 150 Teachers on ICT
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has commenced the training of 150 secondary school teachers on Information Communication Technology, designed to equip them with requisite knowledge on…
- 26 Dec 2022
CSOs Sue NDDC over Alleged Failure to Make Available 2020 Budget Breakdown
Three civil society organisations (CSOs) have dragged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to court over alleged failure to furnish them with its 2020 Budget breakdown in line with the…
- 17 Nov 2017
NDDC Chairman Seeks the Use of ICT to Re-position Niger Delta
Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), Chairman, Governing Board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has reiterated its commitment to re-position the region through the development of Information…
- 30 May 2024
NDDC Receives $142m from Shell Nigeria, Partners in 2023
A total of $142.5 million was paid to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) last year by The Shell Petroleum Development of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production…
- 13 Feb 2022
Senate Summons NDDC Officials over N100Bn Contracts Scandal
Senate Public Accounts Committee has summoned officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission on contracts scandal of over N100 billion. It relied on special periodic checks on the activities and…
- 6 Feb 2014
NNDC Plans ICT Centre in Calabar
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has said that plans are underway to establish an Information Communication Technology in Calabar, Cross River State where youths will be trained on basic…
- 1 Feb 2013
NNPC Cornered $5Bn in 3 Years-NEITI
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been indicted over failure to remit $4.84 billion from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) to the Federation Account in line with statutory…
- 10 Oct 2023
Shell Supports Nigerian Firms with $1.9Bn Contracts
Shell companies in Nigeria have awarded contracts amounting to $1.9 billion to registered Nigerian contractors within a year. According to a 2023 Shell Briefing Note, the oil multinational also paid…
- 12 Oct 2023
Minister Targets 90% Digital Literacy for Nigerians by 2030
Dr. Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, has set an ambitious target for Nigeria, stating that “by 2030, 90% of Nigerians should be digitally literate.” He…
- 19 Sept 2024
Polaris Bank Announces New Board Appointments
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has constituted a full Board of Directors for Polaris Bank, Nigeria’s leading digital commercial retail Bank in a major transition that signals the remarkable…
- 25 Aug 2008
OPTS Budgets N18 Bn to Develop Oil Producing Areas
Mr Basil Ominyi, chairman of Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS), has said that the group will this year spend N18 billion on various development projects in oil producing areas of the country.…
- 2 Jan 2026
HURIWA Demands Accountability from SEDC Over N140Bn Budget Utilisation
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has challenged the South East Development Commission (SEDC) leadership to provide transparent details on achievements recorded in its…
- 15 Feb 2010
Standard Alliance Life pays N4.74bn claims in 3 years
Standard Alliance Life Assurance Ltd, a member-company of Standard Alliance Group, says it has paid out N4,741,170,262.17 as maturities, value and death claims to its affected group and…
- 22 Jul 2015
Distinguished Speakers as NCS Int’l Conference “Akure 2015” Begins Today
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has scheduled prominent IT/ICT experts as speakers at the 12th International Conference “Akure 2015. The Conference which starts today is intended to provide a…
- 13 Nov 2016
Shell Wins SERAs Awards for CSR Innovations
Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN) continued to earn more recognition for their sustainable development efforts as they took home two trophies at the 10th edition of The Sustainability, Enterprise and…
- 23 Jun 2017
NTDC to Leverage On Technology to Boost Tourism Potential
Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) said it would use the best modern technology to explore more potential across the country. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Mrs Adamma…
- 16 Feb 2018
ICRC,NPA Partner To Boot Nigerian Economy
Mr Chidi Izuwah, Acting Director-General of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), says the Commission will partner the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) to develop the ports and enhance…
- 21 May 2019
FG Raked in N366Bn in Revenue from SNEPCo in 2018
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), Nigeria’s foremost deep-water oil and gas company, paid N366 billion in 2018 as revenue to the federal government from its…
- 9 Sept 2019
Shell Loses N202m Daily to Vandals, Oil Thieves —GM
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Joint Venture has said it loses about N202 million daily in revenue to activities of criminals in the Niger Delta. The company attributed the…
- 14 Jul 2020
Uzodinma Taps Mrs. Njoku, Harvard-bred Oil & Gas Expert as SSAA, Petroleum
Governor Hope Uzodinma has appointed an oil industry expert, Mrs Chioma Nonyerem Njoku as Senior Special Assistant Adviser on Petroleum, as part of his efforts to strengthen Imo State’s maximization…