WEDNESDAY, July 11, 2018 rekindled hope for a better Niger Delta and Nigeria as a political entity. By 2.pm when oil rich Niger Delta indigenes from all strata of the society including technocrats, diplomats, intellectuals, traditional rulers as well as youth and opinion leaders converged on the Main Hail of Eko Hotel and Suites in…
QUESTION….YOUR PROFILE SIR ANSWER……. MY name is Dr Awele Nwabuokei Am a sociologist and a rural development agent , I worked with the Federal Government of Nigeria for 35 years , retired in May 2018, I started work in 1983, I worked in Ministry of Labour, Defence, I was assigned to go for committee work…
Before the enactment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act in 2010, only a few International Oil Companies (IOCs) had deliberately put in place policies to build, enhance and sustain the capacity of indigenous companies and contractors to enable them to fully participate in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Eight years…
During the week the Regional Manager Media Trust limited Port Harcourt Vincent Egunyanga hosted some senior Journalists to a lunch in Port Harcourt. He did it to honour his friend Dr Ibitoye Abosede PHD Director Corporate Affairs Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) who just bagged his PHD. IT WAS PURELY A MEDIA AFFAIR [images_grid type=”carousel”…
WHY I AM LEAVING THE APC Politicians and political leaders, groups and group leaders, stakeholders in the development of our state and our nation, fellow indigenes of Sokoto State and citizens of our great country, members of the press, ladies and gentlemen. It is with gratitude to Almighty Allah, our Sustainer that I address you…
The Kano state Government has expressed great shock over what it described as unguarded remarks by the state deputy governor, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar who allege that, his life and that of his immediate family members are threatened. In a statement signed by the state’s commissioner for Information, Youth and Culture, Malam Muhammad Garba said that…
*NDDC to provide more facilities for NYSC in Niger Delta* The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has promised to sustain its support for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, especially in the area of providing facilities in the orientation camps in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Mr. Nsima Ekere, gave the assurance…
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The governor made the announcement during a meeting with elected local government chairmen and councillors on Wednesday at the Government House Makurdi, hours after protesting youths barred him from traveling to Abuja to attend the…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has inaugurated the 5.15-kilometre Oku Iboku Internal Road Project in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It also inspected the road and erosion control project which it is executing at the University of Uyo. Speaking at the commissioning of the Oku Ibokun roads and drainage, the NDDC…
Today, the Nigerian Senate passed the Report of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) Act 2006 (amendment) Bill, 2018 (SB. 557). The Report, which was presented by the Senate Committee on Environment, chaired by Senator Oluremi Tinubu, was read for the third time in the upper legislative chamber. Speaking on the passage…
