The NDDC Internship Program for Nigerian Students 2024
The Niger Delta Development Commission has announced its NDDC Internship Program for 2024 in a bid to empower Niger Delta youths. Read more about Opportunities The NDDC Internship Program aims to train 10,000 youth from the Niger Delta region in entrepreneurial skills. Participants will get a monthly stipend of N50,000 as well as get […]
Top 5 Locations for Real Estate Investment in the Niger Delta Region
Nigeria’s Niger Delta region is famous for being the country’s most oil-rich area (by a great margin). Thanks to the petroleum industry that’s developed in and around it, the major cities there have drawn in workers from elsewhere in Nigeria, as well as from across the world. These people are employed in the oil […]
Apply For The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Foreign Postgraduate Scholarship Program
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is inviting Nigerian graduates to apply for its Foreign Scholarship Program. This initiative is specifically targeted at indigenes of the Niger Delta who want to enrol on a Master’s Degree or PhD program in a foreign institution of higher learning. Read more about Opportunities According to the NDDC, this […]
Fact Check: The NDDC Quagmire
The tussle between a number of state actors, legislators and government officials over the mismanagement of funds, amongst other drama at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has been on for some weeks. Background: The controversy, however, did not heat up until the erstwhile Managing Director of the NDDC, Joy Nunieh, began to hurl […]
ThrowBack Thursday – James Pinson Labulo Davies: A Pioneer Nigerian of Many Firsts (2)
While captaining merchant vessels owned by Saros and navigating the coast between Freetown and the Niger Delta, Davies Labulo used the opportunity to trade in Palm Oil and cotton – a relatively lesser known trade commodity for African merchants. Within a few months, he had purchased two condemned slave ships at auction and began shipping […]
Origin of Nigerian Foods: Iribotor Soup
The Urhobo are located in the Niger-Delta region of Southern Nigeria. They are one of the major ethnic groups in Delta State. The word, Urhobo refers more to the language and the people than it does a territory. The Urhobo live near the River Niger and they are supplied by a large network of streams […]
Origin of the Nigerian Food, Native Soup
Traditional foods are ancient foods inherited from the ancestors; they are rooted in the strong foundation of customs, culture and natural environment. Even though they are foods with old historical background, they are continuously evolving to retain the culinary tradition of the people and to surmount the monotony in the diet. Traditional foods have the […]
Crazy About South-South: 4 Things To Do in Delta State
Welcome to Delta State, the big heart of Nigeria. Known for its petroleum resources, we hardly associate Delta State with tourism. As with all parts of Nigeria, the tourism potential of Delta is growing. For anyone who tours Delta State, here are 4 things worth enjoying. 1. Spend a Weekend at a Resort Lots of resorts have […]
Did You Know? 5 Correct Delicacies of The Ijaw Ethnic Group
The Ijaw are the largest ethnic group in the Niger Delta region. They are also the fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria. While Ijaw clusters are found in 6 out of the 36 states of the Federation, the largest Ijaw population is found in Bayelsa State which is the only homogeneous Ijaw state in Nigeria. […]
Nigerian Footballer William Troost Ekong Leads Campaign Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
Without doubt, football is the most popular sport on earth with footballers gaining global recognition for what they are capable of doing with the round leather object. Most football players are seen as role models due to their celebrity status and great show of athleticism while doing their job. However, the off-field activities of some […]
Origin of Nigerian Foods: Fisherman’s Soup
Nigeria is blessed with a number of waterways. These bodies of water- rivers and rivulets, creeks, lagoons and lakes, provide food, channels of communication and trade between various Nigerian communities. Fishing is an ancient profession in Nigeria. It used to be the dominant profession of people in riverine areas. It was a gendered occupation; only […]
Tribes in Nigeria- The Itsekiri Tribe
Predominantly found in the Warri South, Warri North and Warri South West local government districts of Delta State (and sparsely in Edo and Ondo states of Nigeria), The Itsekiri (also spelt and called with the following variations; Isekiri, iJekri, Itsekri, Ishekiri, or Itsekhiri) are an ethnic group of Nigeria’s Niger Delta area, Delta State. Traditionally, […]
Notice of Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) Shutdown
. Less than 24hrs after starting up the NCTL from repairs of identified leak points occasioned by activities of oil thieves, 2 new leak points were reported along the line near Awoba Riser Manifold. Our emergency response process was immediately activated, and containment boom deployed to limit oil spread on bodies of water whilst efforts to identify […]
Origin of Banga Soup
It is said that the best way to understand the traditions and cultures of a people is to eat their food. Cultural foods reflect the geography of a people and their rich agricultural products. The Niger-Delta region in Nigeria is the home of finger-licking delicacies. More often than not, their meals are stamped with their […]
When Militants Were Offered an Olive Branch
In a declaration of amnesty on June 2009, President Umaru Musa Yar’adua did something unprecedented which stamped his name in the golden annals of history and which generations will continue to benefit from. It was a huge strategic and political move, the kind so drastic no government or leader ever pushed for, where subjects regarded […]
Nigeria Today: Top 5 News Stories, Friday, Oct 21, 2016
To regain its share in the global oil market, NNPC offers discounts on crude oil. President Buhari has released names of 46 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate. The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, have pulled out of dialogue proposed by the Federal Government. The House of Representatives investigates PHCN on electricity bills and sale of non-core […]