Tag: Godswill Akpabio

Court of Appeal don sack Akpabio as APC senatorial candidate
Court of Appeal don sack Akpabio as APC senatorial candidate

Abuja division for the Court of Appeal don set aside Federal High Court Abuja judgment wey remove Godswill Akpabio as All Progressives Congress candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. Three-member panel of justices wey Justice Danlami Senchi read, hold say Akpabio fail to file him proof of arguments within the time wey de provided by…

Protesters block East-West Road over NDDC Sole Administrator
Protesters block East-West Road over NDDC Sole Administrator

Some protesters earlier today blocked Mbiama-Yenagoa junction on the East-West Road in protest over the appointment of a Sole Administrator for the NDDC. The protesters stopped the movement of vehicles on the federal highway, which runs from Akwa Ibom though Rivers, Bayelsa, and down to Delta state. In a separate interview with Lasgidi FM News Desk, a…

FEC approves N722.3m for NDDC Forensic Audit
FEC approves N722.3m for NDDC Forensic Audit

The Federal Executive Council has approved seven hundred and twenty-two point three million naira for the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The Council approved that payment for the investigation, which is in eight dimensions, would be made directly from the Presidency. This is because the National Assembly is on break and the 2020…

NDDC Scholarship: President Buhari approves payment for Beneficiaries
NDDC Scholarship: President Buhari approves payment for Beneficiaries

Good times are here for Nigerians who are studying overseas on scholarship from the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. This is because President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has directed the NDDC to pay the school fees and allowances of the scholarship beneficiaries. This was made known by the NDDC’s Director of Corporate Affairs, CHARLES ODILI, after recent protest by…

SEN, Akpabio denies supervising award of fraudulent NDDC contracts
SEN, Akpabio denies supervising award of fraudulent NDDC contracts

The House of Representatives Committee on NDDC has turned down the request by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator GODSWILL AKPABIO, to begin its investigative public hearing on NDDC afresh. Senator AKPABIO made the request when he appeared before the investigative hearing after the Chairman of the Committee stepped down over allegations of bias, but he…

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