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The acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei, has said the commission spent N1.32 billion as ‘COVID-19 relief funds’ for staff, not N1.5 billion as earlier reported in the news. Mr Pondei said this during Monday’s hearing by the House of Representatives’ NDDC committee on the alleged financial recklessness …

Pondei collapses during Reps c’ttee’s hearing…on Monday The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has explained that its acting managing director, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, collapsed at the National Assembly because he ignored his doctors’ advice on his state of health. A statement signed by the Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, said Pondei has been ill for the …

Founding managing director of Democrat Newspaper and an associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua, is dead. He died of cardiac arrest Monday night, according to THISDAY newspaper. He was life patron of Newspaper’s Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and Chairman of Bulet Construcion company. He will be buried according to Islamic rites Tuesday.

Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), passed out during a session of the house of representatives committee probing the commission, on Monday. He passed out while testifying before the panel. More to follow… Video:

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has revealed the identity of the driver that killed Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile in an accident last week. It said the driver, Nehemiah Adejoh, does not have a valid driving licence. Arotile was knocked down by a vehicle driven …

New leadership of The Nigerian Labour Congress The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC) have settled their lingering crisis that split the labour movement in the country. The President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, disclosed this at a joint meeting of the two labour unions in Abuja on Thursday. The briefing …

The former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has narrated what happened at her residence in GRA, Port Harcourt, before the arrival of Nyesom Wike, the Rivers state governor. This newspaper reported that some suspected policemen laid siege to Nunieh’s residence hours to her appearance before a national assembly panel investigating …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has reportedly stormed the residence of a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh, after police operatives laid siege to her house in the early hours of Thursday. The security agents were said to have prevented Nunieh from leaving her residence …

Akpabio and Nunieh Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta affairs, says he did not sexually harass Joy Nunieh, former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). It was reported that Nunieh had accused Akpabio of sexually harassing her. Speaking through Anietie Ekong, his media aide, on Wednesday, Akpabio said he has never made sexual …

Sympathisers around the parents of the deceased pilot Akintude Arotile, father of Tolulope, the late first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force, has revealed some shocking revelations about the death of his daughter. Speaking with NAN on Wednesday, Arotile said being devastated “is an understatement,” recalling how the late Tolulope aspired to …