NO AMOUNT OF BLACKMAIL WILL CHANGE THE TERMINATION OF SALE OF STATE ASSETS TO SAHARA ENERGY LIMITED — GOVERNOR WIKE

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that no amount of blackmail and propaganda will alter the termination of sale of valued state assets to Sahara Energy Limited. “No amount of blackmail will change the situation. The courts are there for them to seek redress. “Rivers and Lagos States are not the same. No…

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World Bank Collaborates With NDDC on N102 Billion Project

The World Bank and the European Union, EU are collaborating with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to execute a States Employment and Expenditure for Results Project, SEEFOR, valued at 280 million Dollars or 102 billion Naira. This was made known by the Team Leader for the project, Mr. Parminder Brar, when a delegation from…

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Ijaw youths frown over delay in signing Zabazaba deepwater project by oil companie

he Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has expressed concern about the delay in the signing of the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the $13.5 billion Zabazaba Deepwater Project by different oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region. The IYC in a statement signed by its spokesman, Daniel Dasimaka on Thursday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state quoted…

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Sports Development Will Be One of My Legacies in NDDC – Ekere

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Nsima Ekere, has promised to uphold sports development in the Niger Delta region and list it as one of the legacies he will bequeath to the next management of the interventionist agency. Ekere, who is the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC,…

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200 Get Award Letters for NDDC 2018 Post-Graduate Foreign Scholarship

*200 Get Award Letters for NDDC 2018 Post-Graduate Foreign Scholarship* The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has presented award letters to 200 graduates from the Niger Delta region for its 2018 Post-Graduate Foreign Scholarship Programme. Making the presentations, during a pre-departure briefing and orientation at the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt, the NDDC Managing Director,…

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We will Sustain Manpower Development in Niger Delta, NDDC Assures

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Nsima Ekere, has assured that the Commission will continue to support the development of appropriate manpower to facilitate the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. Ekere gave the assurance when members of the executive of the National Association of Nigerian students, NANS, paid…

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Group advocates participation of N’Delta youths in NLNG Train-7

Port Harcourt — A group known as Niger Delta Youths Coalition for Peace and Progress, NDYCPP, says it is working on a bottom-top approach, to ensure active participation of Niger Delta youths in the upcoming Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, Train 7 project. The NLNG Train 7 project, which aims to increase the company’s gas…

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Buhari commissions Port Harcourt International Airport Terminal

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned the new Terminal at Port  Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers State. Commissioning the project President Buhari said  the ceremony represents a significant landmark for International air travellers, particularly from the South South region, and the entire Country. He said  after opening the major airport terminals in the country in…

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