Wike yet to react
Several hours after the police requested for the hand over of a former top shot of the NDDC, Joi Nunieh, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is yet to react. There has been no comment either by the Governor or his Government. The former Acting…
The Joi Nunieh story: Police dispels rumour
The Police has finally dispelled rumours making the rounds that some policemen who were drafted to the Port Harcourt residence of a former Acting Managing Director of the NDDC were there illegally. Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State had stormed the residence Thursday, ordered the…
NDDC: Several heads may roll
The Presidency which has been silent since initiating the forensic audit at the NDDC has reiterated its determination to get to the bottom of the pilfering of public funds meant for the development of the Niger Delta region. Billions of dollars budgeted for the transformation…
Akpabio orders lawyers to sue “Esther of Ogoniland “
Joi Nunieh otherwise known as the “Esther of Ogoniland” may be dragged before a Court for comments considered defamatory by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godwin Akpabio. The Minister’s decision to seek legal redress is coming even as he dispels allegations of gross…
Ibrahim Magu regains freedom
The suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has regained his freedom. He was freed from the custody of the police which had held him for 10 days. Magu’s lawyer Tosin Ojaomo who has been demanding for his client’s bail…
Buhari may face running battle with NASS
The National Assembly and the Presidency may be headed for a face off if utmost care is not taken. The National Assembly and the executive arm represented by Festus Keyamo, Ministet of State of Labour and Employment have clashed over a new scheme which would…
Developing story: Chase them out, Sagay urges Buhari, as Akpabio sits on a time bomb
Leaders of the Niger Delta have been accused of looting funds meant for the transformation of the region, and sharing the loot amongst themselves to the detriment of the people and their communities. Professor Itse Sagay who is in charge of the Presidential Advisory Committee…
Developing story: Plot to separate the NDDC from the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs
As the squabble surrounding the NDDC intensifies and sworn opponents go for one another, there are emerging indications that a plot to remove the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, from the control of the Niger Delta Affairs Ministry may be gathering steam. It is not…
Nobody can tell me how to spend N78b – Governor Nyesom Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared that no one is in any position to tell him how to spend the N78 billion windfall expected from the Federal Government. Wike’s declaration has come close on the heels of an ongoing debate which has crept…
Igo Aguma talks tough
Suspended Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon. Igo Aguma has called for the dismantling the State Party Secretariat. Aguma said in a statement circulated to the press that he has the authority of persons whom he did not name to shut down what…
