TOP NEWS NDDC: Board crisis, power play cripple agency The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is at a historic crossroads having been caught in a web of intricate power play involving contending forces within the Presidency and the National Assembly. Kelvin Ebiri (South-South Bureau Chief)
Traditional heads seek immediate dissolution of NDDC’s interim management committee Julius Osahon (Yenagoa) and Adamu Abuh (Abuja)
Why governors, NDDC, should conduct environmental audit of Niger Delta, by environmentalist Kelvin Ebiri, Port Harcourt
Senate vows to recognise only new NDDC board Azimazi Momoh Jimoh, Joke Falaju (Abuja), Kelvin Ebiri (Port Harcourt), Chido Okafor (Warri) and Sony Neme (Asaba)
Senate suspends NDDC budgets, demands board’s inauguration Adamu Abuh, Azimazi Momoh Jimoh and John Akubo, Abuja
Refugee commission decries poor budgetary allocation for IDPs Matthew Ogune (Abuja) and Murtala Adewale (Kano)
IYC tells National Assembly to ignore budget from NDDC interim management Kelvin Ebiri (Port Harcourt), Julius Osahon (Yenagoa) and Sony Neme (Asaba)