Tag: nunieh
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How I was pressured to spend N10b as Christmas ‘palliatives’ — Nunieh
The immediate past Acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joy Nuniel, on Friday recounted how pressure was mounted on her to give out Christmas palliatives last year to the tune of N10 billion. Her refusal to play ball, she told the House of Representatives on Niger Delta, was one of the…
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NDDC Probe : Akpabio’s forensic audit is biggest fraud of the decade-Ex-MD alleges
By Emma Ovuakporie The former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joi Nunieh on Friday alleged that the ongoing forensic audit of the agency is the biggest fraud of the decade. The former boss of the commission made the allegation while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC investigating contract scams…
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IGP, Rivers Police Commissioner distance self from siege at Nunieh’s residence
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Gobum Mukan, have said they knew nothing about the deployment of a team of policemen that laid siege to the residence of dismissed acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joy Nunieh, on Thursday. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers…
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NDDC Crisis: Why I stopped Nunieh’s ‘abduction’ by over 50 police officers from IG’s monitoring team – Wike
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has explained he intervened in the alleged police invasion of the residence of a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Dr Joy Nunieh to save her from abduction. Wike, in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communucation, Paulinus Nsirim, called on the Inspector-General of…
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BREAKING: Wike rescues Nunieh from house arrest in Port Harcourt
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has “rescued” embattled former NDDC Managing Director Joy Nunieh from police detention at her residence to Government House Port Harcourt. Officers had stormed the home of the former Interim Chairman of NDDC, Joi Nunieh at 3, Owuru Creek view, off Herbert Macaulay Street, Old GRA, Port Harcourt. Governor Wike’s visit…
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NDDC Probe: Centre writes IGP, DSS, seeks protection for acting MD
Following the forensic audit of the activities of the Niger-Delta Development Commission, NDDC, the Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has written the Inspector- General of Police and the Director-General of the Directorate of State Services to beef up security around the Managing Director of the commission, Dr. (Mrs.) Joi Nunieh. The centre,…
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NDDC: Who is afraid of Nunieh?
By David Onmeje There is a new campaign in town, and it is hinged on bringing down a high profile target at all costs. The strategy is that if the target is not brought down, there would indeed be trouble, and the consequences might be severe. I have watched closely as the events are unfolding,…
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Trending: Watch 87-yr-old ex-lawmaker dancing with his lovely bride
87-year-old Dr. Cyrus Nunieh recently got married to his much younger bride, Ijeoma in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Over joyed, Senator Nunieh, who is also a former lawmaker in the Second Republic showed guest at his wedding occasion some of dance moves…watch video.