Derasoft Consulting is partnering with The Whistler Communications Limited to organise a six online entrepreneurial, creative and problem-solving bootcamp, dubbed #CodeCamp for Youths. The first in the series will commence on Monday, August 10, 2020. According to a statement by the organizers, #CodeCamp focuses not only coding, but on …
Read More »Reps give Akpabio 48 hrs to name members who got NDDC contracts
The House of Representatives has asked Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to publish, within 48 hours, members of the 9th National Assembly who got sixty percent of contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The minister had alleged during Monday’s investigative hearing held to probe the allegations of corruption in …
Read More »FIRSTBANK CONVENES SMECONNECT WEBINAR, PROMOTES GROWTH OF THE EDUCATIONAL SECTOR
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced the convening of a Business Clinic to promote the growth and sustainability of the educational sector, especially in the light of the coronavirus which is having an adverse effect on the operations of schools …
Read More »FIDELITY BANK APPOINTS ONYEALI-IKPE, MD/CEO DESIGNATE AS OKONKWO RETIRES
Lagos July 20, 2020: The Board of Directors of Fidelity Bank Plc wishes to announce the impending retirement of Mr. Nnamdi J. Okonkwo, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Fidelity Bank Plc. He will be stepping down from the Board of Directors of the Bank, with effect from December 31, …
Read More »The Men’s Club season 3 set to screen on REDTV July 22
Despite the disruptions and prolonged lockdown occasioned by the global coronavirus pandemic, The Men’s Club season 3 (TMC3) series is set premiere on July 22, 2020 with a firm promise to do much more than excite its teeming and sophisticated audience with the adventures of four Nigerian men and how …
Read More »Most NDDC contracts go to lawmakers – Akpabio
Godswill Akpabio Niger Delta minister, Godswill Akpabio, has said that most of the contracts of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are given out to members of the National Assembly, Mr Akpabio said this during Monday’s investigative hearing held to probe the allegations of corruption in the NDDC. The revelation unsettled the hall …
Read More »NDDC boss: We spent N1.32bn, not N1.5bn on ourselves as COVID-19 palliative
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 …
Read More »NDDC reacts to acting MD’s sudden collapse at Reps c’ttee’s hearing
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 …
Read More »BREAKING: Buhari’s ally, Isa Funtua, is dead
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.
Read More »Drama as NDDC MD, Pondei, slumps during reps c’ttee interrogation.video
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:
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