The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), and other government agencies to appear before it over unresolved audit queries. The directive was issued on Monday after…
A military probe into an alleged coup plot has reportedly uncovered N45 billion disbursed from Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) accounts to some politically exposed persons and soldiers detained in connection with the purported conspiracy to topple President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Earlier this month, Sahara Reporters claimed that 16 Nigerian Army officers were detained for…
President Tinubu has emphasized that the NDDC must guide youths in the Niger Delta away from violence and instead channel their energy into entrepreneurship through meaningful engagement. Speaking at the grand finale of the NDDC’s 25th anniversary in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Tinubu—represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume—highlighted the…
