The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commenced a Performance Management System Training to strengthen the capacity of its key personnel, equip them with essential skills, and provide a structured roadmap for cascading the Performance Management System, PMS, in the Commission. Speaking during a three-day Performance Management System training for Directors and Change Champions in Port Harcourt, the NDDC Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, Dr Patterson Ogon, stated that the training marks the start of a series of sessions aimed at enhancing overall efficiency and accountability in the Commission. He explained: “This training serves as a foundational step in…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The attention of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has been drawn to the fraudulent activities of scammers using the Commission’s Youth Internship Scheme as bait to defraud unsuspecting people. In a message circulating on various social media platforms, the fraudsters are requesting that “all Nigerian youths” submit their account details to receive a N50,000 monthly stipend from the Commission as beneficiaries of its Youth Internship Scheme. The criminals behind this deception are luring youths into falling for their phantom scheme, hiding behind the cover of NDDC’s various youth empowerment schemes. Please note that the NDDC has painstakingly documented beneficiaries,…
It is going to be another gathering of who-is-who in Nigerian sports as the6th edition of Sportsville Special Recognition Award holds on Friday, 3 April, 2026, in the nation’s commercial capital. The event, fixed for 6p.m. at the Lagos Country Club, will have as Chairman, Dr. Larry Izamoje, founder of Brila Media Group. Among the dignitaries already in town are Hon Sunday Dare, former Sports Minister, and now Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications; Dr Danladi Bako OON; Dr Amos Adamu; Chief Segun Odegbami MON;and the Managing Director of LAPO, Dr Godwin Ehigiamusoe PhD. Other top…
By Temitope Ajayi Nigeria returned to global significance with the just-concluded state visit to the United Kingdom by President Bola Tinubu. The President and his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, played their roles well to critical acclaim. Both the President and the First Lady brought grace to the occasion with their poise, elegance, and comportment. Since the visit ended on Thursday, if the Nigerian brand stock had been traded on the London Stock Exchange, the share price would have risen astronomically, delivering unprecedented value to shareholders. The reception at Windsor by the British Royal Family, led by King Charles III and…
Zenith Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Kennedy Onuwa Okwudili as an Executive Director of the bank effective May 1, 2026. The appointment, which is consistent with the bank’s tradition and succession strategy of grooming leaders from within, will further strengthen the bank’s Executive Management. Mr. Okwudili graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Accounting in 1998 from the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, with a Second Class Upper division. He obtained a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria in 2008 and a Masters of Science in Accounting from Veritas University, Abuja,…
The Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC has distributed relief materials to the people of Ogu-Bollo community in Rivers State, as part of its efforts to ameliorate the sufferings of the people of the Niger Delta region. Presenting the relief materials on behalf of the NDDC Managing Director, the Director II of Education, Health and Social Services, Engr. Jeremiah Onolejoloni, noted that the gesture reflects the commission’s unwavering commitment to the well-being of the people of the Ogu-bollo kingdom and vulnerable communities in the Niger Delta region. He observed that the gesture was in response to the recent flood disaster, which…
Fresh facts have emerged countering allegations that the member representing Apapa Federal Constituency, Hon. (Dr.) Samuel Adesola Adedayo, diverted constituency projects to Kwara State, describing the claims as misleading and politically motivated. The controversy had trailed reports suggesting that the lawmaker facilitated the establishment of a Federal Medical Centre in Ajase-Ipo, Kwara State his hometown at the expense of his Lagos constituency. However, sources familiar with the legislative process have clarified that Hon. Adedayo was not responsible for the siting of the medical facility in Kwara. According to the sources, the decision did not originate from the Apapa lawmaker but…
Lawmaker representing Apapa Federal Constituency of Lagos State, Hon. Adesola Adedayo has projected that President Bola Tinubu would make a clean sweep of South West votes in the January 2027 presidential election. Adedayo was elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on the sidelines of the South West Zonal Congress on Wednesday, 25 March, 2026, the Vice Chairman of House of Representatives’ Committee on Health institutions, disclosed that the Political Action Committees (PACs) leading the reelection efforts of the President, “are penetrating rural areas where social media might not be popular or available but the…
By Tanimu Yakubu There is criticism, and there is confusion elevated to performance art. Suyi Ayodele’s “History Tinubu Should Have Learnt” is not an argument—it is a cascade of assertions built on a startling ignorance of how modern economies function. It is one thing to oppose policy. It is quite another to do so while demonstrating no working knowledge of public finance, sovereign borrowing, external reserves, or international trade architecture. Mr Ayodele manages all four confidently. Subsidy Removal: Fiscal Space Is Not a Cash Windfall The article’s animating question—why a government that removed subsidies still borrows—rests on a false premise.…
The large expanse of land at the Police College, Ikeja was packed full of empowerment items on Monday, 23 March, 2026, report thegazellenews.com It was the empowerment programme of the member representing Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable James Abiodun Faleke. Faleke has been very consistent and well known all over Lagos for his mega empowerment programmes but this was colossal hence it was dubbed ‘Xtra-large Empowerment’. It was the first time in the history of the state that empowerment items almost matched the number of people on ground. Among the items distributed by the Chairman of…