By Eucharia Nzeabi, Asaba The Niger Delta Progressives Alliance (NDPA) has launched a sensitization campaign to educate young people across the region on how to access federal government programmes and policies designed to improve their lives. Speaking during a one-day sensitization forum held at Bon Hotel, Asaba, over the weekend, with the theme “Empirical Perspective…
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has assured that the Commission will assist the Nigerian Correctional Service with training and skills acquisition for inmates in custodial centres in the region. Ogbuku stated this during a courtesy visit by the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Mr. Sylvester Nwakuche,…
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has restated the Commission’s commitment to transforming the Niger Delta region into Nigeria’s food production hub through sustainable agricultural development and regional collaboration. Ogbuku spoke during a two-day strategic retreat tagged “Niger Delta Critical Stakeholders’ Agenda Setting on Unlocking Agricultural Potential of…
Ambassador (Chief) Godwin Okporoko, JP, Executive Assistant, Security Matters To Delta State Governor, has commended Mr. Ebie Chiedu, Chairman, Board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya, Commissioner, representing Delta State on the Board of NDDC and Rt. Hon. Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu, Member, representing Ethiope Federal Constituency for the completion and commissioning…
The Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has commissioned a model office complex of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in Warri, and reaffirmed the commitment of the Delta State Government to partnership and infrastructural development. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, Governor Oborevwori restated the state government’s willingness to collaborate for the socio-economic…
Across Africa, in the pantheon of Pan-African heroes, the story of liberation is never written in ink but in courage. Nelson Mandela’s steadfast walk, Kwame Nkrumah’s clarion call for independence, Patrice Lumumba’s fearless truth in the Congo, Aline Sitoé Diatta’s resistance in Senegal; there stand sons and daughters who shape not just their borderlines but…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has advised the European Union to retool its approach for its impact to be more noticeable in the oil region of Niger Delta. Governor Diri said the EU had spent huge financial resources on development initiatives in the region over the years but noted that the communities barely…
Amb. Chief Godwin Okporoko, JP, Executive Assistant, Security Matters To Delta State Governor, has congratulated Chief Keston Pondi, Managing Director, TANTITA Security Services Limited, for receiving the “ Niger Delta Man Of The People” Award. The Board and Management of Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper, presented the award to Keston Pondi in recognition of his immense contribution…
The United Nations, UN, and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have organised a stakeholders’ dialogue to identify challenges facing the Niger Delta region and to align it with the UN’s Six Transitions and the Niger Delta Regional Development Strategy. Speaking at the summit on the localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, in the…
Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has donated a 300kV transformer and ancillary electrification facilities to the Nigerian Army 16 Brigade in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State. At the presentation ceremony, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, who was represented by the Executive Director, Projects, Dr Victor Antai, said following a request to assist in strengthening security…