NIGERIAN students in the UK studying under the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) foreign scholarship scheme have started another round of protests over the inability of the agency to pay their tuition fees.
Established by former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000, the NDDC was tasked with both developing the...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has presented Nigeria's most ambitious budget ever to the National Assembly when he unveiled a record-breaking N13trn ($33.68bn) package before lawmakers this morning.
Historically, Nigeria's budget has averaged between $20bn and $25bn but for 2020, the federal government presented a radical one of...
HUMAN rights pressure group the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap) has filed a lawsuit against the leaders of the National Assembly over their failure to publish reports of all completed public hearings and corruption probes since 1999.
In the first such suit of its kind, Serap, named senate president Senator...
HUNDREDS of Nigerian students studying abroad are now facing the prospect of having to terminate their studies after the interim management committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has refused to pay out an additional sum of $3m.
Established by former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000, the NDDC was...
NIGER Delta Development Commission (NDDC) officials have asked Senator Peter Nwaoboshi to refund the sum of N2.5bn which he received for the supply of plastic desks and chairs for primary and secondary schools in the region.
Senator Nwaoboshi is the chairman of the senate committee on NDDC, whose job it is to provide...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has given the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) one week to pay the school fees and allowances of its scholars stranded in the UK who are now living like destitutes.
Established by former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000, the NDDC was tasked with both developing the Niger Delta and...
