Godswill Akpabio

Just in: Sen. Godswill Akpabio is 10th Senate President

Akwa Ibom Senator, ex-Gov. Godswill Akpabio has emerged the 10th President of the Senate. Akpabio also a former Senator Minority Leader of the...

10th NASS: Akpabio, Abass nominated by APC as Senate President, Reps Speaker

Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced its nominations for principal officers that...

Supreme Court restores Akpabio as APC Akwa-Ibom North-West Senatorial candidate

After months of legal tangle, the nomination of Sen. Godwill Akpabio as the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa-Ibom North-West Senatorial...

INEC’s list: Senate President Lawan dropped, Shekarau, Akpabio’s senatorial candidacies confirmed

INEC has published the final list of National Assembly candidates for the 2023 national elections. With the omission, Lawan might have lost his...

N6trn squandered in NDDC in 18 years, reveals forensic audit report, FG vows to implement report

  A total of N6 trillion naira ($14 billion) has gone down the drains at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in the...

International oil companies must pay the $4bn owed NDDC, says Akpabio

  …East-West road will be ready for inauguration in 2022 International oil companies (IOCs) will be made to pay back the $4 billion...

NDDC final forensic audit report ready in July, says Akpabio

After several years of agitation, the final forensic audit report of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be ready and presented to...

25 years after, Buhari inaugurates NDDC headquarters

      By Ajuma Edwina Ameh 25 years after the groundbreaking ceremony, President Muhammadu Buhari has officially opened the headquarters of Niger...

Clark hits Akpabio hard: Stop meddling in NDDC affairs 

    The Ijaw National leader and Chairman of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF),  Chief Edwin Clark, has sent a strong warning to the...

NDDC Contracts: Akpabio eats his words, denies lawmakers got 60 per cent of contracts

  In a bid to beat the 48-hour ultimatum by House of Representatives, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, has finally...

Nigerian House of Representatives presses perjury charge against Buhari’s minister 

  Following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum given a Minister to publish the names of NDDC contracts beneficiaries, the House of Representatives...

NDDC slough : Sack Akpabio now, Sagay tells Buhari 

  Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council Against Corruption (PACAC), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve the Minister...

Probe: Publish names of NASS members who benefited from NDDC contracts, Speaker tells Akpabio 

Barely 20 hours after the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio, alleged that 60 percent of NDDC contracts were given to federal...

Akpabio to NASS: 60 per cent of NDDC contracts given to lawmakers

        A scandalous allegation of 60 per cent contract awards of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) given to National...

NDDC N81.5bn fraud: Suspend Akpabio now, probe commission, SERAP tells Buhari

  Worried by the humongous corruption at the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu...