SPECIAL REPORT
FORENSIC LIES: AS SCANDAL IN HYPREP BLOWS OPEN, NDDC ACTING MD JOI NUNIEH OPENS UP ON HER TIME AS COORDINATOR
Secret Reporters
With the ongoing forensic audit by the Federal Government over the operations of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) that was established since 2000 with the mission of facilitating the rapid, even, and sustainable development of the Niger-Delta region into an economically viable, socially stable and politically peaceful place, accusations and counter-accusations have been emanating with the removal of the head of the interim management committee Dr Yimebe Joy Nunieh, the stake for the game.
SecretReporters in its investigation learned that the interim boss of the NDDC addressed as the Gbene of Nyokhana Kingdom owing to her dogged fight for the interest of Ogoni people may have been singled out for daring the cartel that once held the commission to the jugular with her years as the National Coordinator of HYPREP another twist to the drama.
The Accusations
In 2012, Joi Nunieh was made the Acting Coordinator of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), an agency set up by the Federal Government to implement the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report towards the restoration of Ogoniland and other parts of the Niger Delta affected by years of oil pollution.
As a daughter of the first lawyer in Ogoniland, she was believed to be upright in running the affairs of HYPREP meant to serve her people, by employing only qualified and approved personnel, but this was not to be according to sources after she fell out with the supervising Ministry of Petroleum Resources, which was then superintended by Diezani Alison Madueke.
Joi Nunieh was accused of running the place like an emperor, which prompted the government to hire PriceWaterhouseCoopers Nigeria one year after setting up the agency to conduct a staff audit to know the identity of staff recruited for the scheme.
The terms of the audit included checking staff nominal roll, employment letters, salary schedules, bank statements and staff files. The audit allegedly uncovered a huge disparity from 2012 to 2013. In 2012, the sum of N188 million was the salary strength of HYPREP but astronomically reached N2.8 billion the next year.
This was revealed from the alleged list of 201 names submitted by Joi Nunieh, made up of 142 regular and 59 contract staff, who would draw a total of N2.8 billion as salary. It was also alleged that more than two-thirds of the 201 acclaimed staff were illegally imputed by the then HYPREP boss, which allegedly led to a query by the legal department of the Ministry of Petroleum, demanding information on the terms of their employment.
Same sources accused the erstwhile coordinator of HYPREP of stashing the place with ghost names since Shell Development Company was the one responsible for 80% of the project, as they released a whopping sum of N2.5 billion to pay backlogs of salaries owed from January to December 2013. This action led to the arrears of genuine employees not paid in time, due to the ghost names that were inputted by Joi Nunneh and her inability to provide a reasonable explanation for weeks for the salaries she claimed belonged to staffers.
She was forced to resign in 2014 and replaced with Jamila Shuara.
Joi Nuniah Reacts
Speaking exclusively in a telephone chat with SecretReporters in response to the forensic lies of the alleged indictment by a previous audit from an international company, Joi Nuniah, tasked with heading the forensic audit of the NDDC as its Acting Managing Director stated that the allegations were all a ploy by people hell-bent on disrupting the activities of the commission as she reiterated that the audit must go on.
“When I was in HYPREP they didn’t pay one dime…Fifty kobo was not released” she said.
In what could best be described as a rather confident tone amid the numerous accusations, the former HYPREP national coordinator boldly stated that the whole attack on HYPREP was because she did not want them to “wack” the money.
On the allegation of stashing HYPREP with ghost workers while she was coordinator, Joi Nuniah debunked the claims stating that there was no such thing. According to her, the discrepancy is a ruse as only names of those who duly received their appointment letters were included.
The letters of appointments were halted after she was involved in a fatal car accident which claimed the lives of three other occupants: Dr Zakki Labbo from Sokoto State, Dr Aloy Agunwa from Imo state, and the driver Mr David while she miraculously survived after her car plunged into a river and was submerged on 1 May 2013.
“The facts will speak for itself, so there is no ghost, we were not paid…How can there be ghosts when they didn’t pay us”.
The NDDC acting MD further disclosed that the former NNPC boss Mutiu Sunmonu who is still alive could be contacted to corroborate her assertion that no single amount was released to HYPREP. She, however, reiterated that the accusations are only arising because of the ongoing forensic audit in NDDC, which in her words must go on as anybody who has not done his work will not get paid.
SPECIAL REPORT
Nigerian Government Accuses Secrets Reporters Publisher Fejiro Oliver of Espionage, Invites Him For Questioning Days After Kidnapping Its Reporter
Secrets Reporters
The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) has invited the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Secrets Reporters, Mr. Tega Oghenedoro, also known as Mr. Fejiro Oliver, for questioning over an ongoing investigation into alleged offenses bordering on espionage, cyberstalking, and computer-related crimes, days after kidnapping one of SecretsReporters Senior Reporter Stanley Ugagbe
Recall that at the close of work on Wednesday the 1st of July, 2026, Ugagbe was kidnapped on his way home by officers of the NIgerian Police force in connection with a report published by SecretsReporters, titled “EXCLUSIVE: CBN Deputy Governor Emem Usoro Linked to N3.6bn Los Angeles Property Amid Questions Over Asset Declaration Compliance (Part 2)”
Mr Stanley was released on Monday by 7:30pm to the President of the International Press Institute (IPI), Mojeed Muskilu, who was on ground to ensure he was not detained further.
A letter dated 6 July 2026, with reference number CR: 3000/X/NPF-NCCC/FHQ/ABJ/TDP-LM/VOL.1/364, was issued by the National Cybercrime Centre and addressed to Mr. Oghenedoro at the media organization’s office in Wuye, Abuja.
According to the letter, the Cybercrime Centre stated that it is investigating “a case of espionage, cyberstalking, and computer-related offenses in which your name featured prominently.”
The police requested the publisher to report to the National Cybercrime Centre for an interview through the Assistant Director, Defence and Protection Unit, NPF-NCCC Abuja.
The invitation is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 8th July 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre office, Plot 625, Mission Road, Diplomatic Zone, Abuja.
The letter also directed the invitee to contact a phone number listed in it for directions upon arrival. It concluded by requesting his cooperation with the investigation, stating that it “will be highly appreciated.”
The invitation letter was signed by DCP Olufemi Akinola, psc (+), Deputy Director (Operations), NPF-NCCC, Abuja.
In the course of detaining its senior reporter, Stanley Ugagbe, the government through the police accused Secrets Reporters of leaking government documents through its medium and spying on the government to foreign countries, a claim the publisher has denied.
As at the time of filing this report, the publisher has stated that he’s currently not in Nigeria and will answer the invitation as soon as he gets back to the country.
BEHIND THE SCENCES
Kidnapped SecretsReporters Journalist Stanley Ugagbe Found at Police Headquarters After 48 Hours Blindfolded Over Government Secrets Leak and Petition by CBN Deputy Governor Emem Usoro
Secrets Reporters
Fresh details have emerged regarding the whereabouts of abducted SecretsReporters journalist, Stanley Ugagbe, who was allegedly seized by armed men in mufti on his way home before being taken to his residence, where his laptop and mobile phone were confiscated.
SecretsReporters has obtained videos showing masked security operatives handcuffing and taking Ugagbe away. According to information available to this newspaper, he was intercepted by armed men in Karu, Abuja, while returning home from official training on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at about 6:00 p.m.
Policemen in masks abducting Journalist Stanley Ugagbe
The operatives handcuffed him, took him to his residence in Jikwoyi, seized his work laptop and phone, blindfolded him and drove him to an undisclosed location.
As earlier reported by this newspaper, Ugagbe’s arrest is believed to be connected to a report published by SecretsReporters titled: “EXCLUSIVE: CBN Deputy Governor Emem Usoro Linked to N3.6bn Los Angeles Property Amid Questions Over Asset Declaration Compliance (Part 2).”
Sources said Ugagbe remained blindfolded throughout the night at the first location until Thursday, July 2. He was then driven to another facility, still blindfolded, before the blindfold was removed. SecretsReporters has since established that the facility was the National Cybercrime Centre (NCCC).
Sources within the NCCC told SecretsReporters that one of the petitions against the journalist was submitted by the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Emem Usoro, who reportedly alleged that he published false information about her.
According to the same sources, a second petition, allegedly submitted anonymously, accused the journalist platform of leaking sensitive government information and official secrets considered detrimental by the authorities.
During questioning, Ugagbe reportedly maintained that, as a reporter, he was assigned stories by the management of SecretsReporters and was not the custodian of the source materials used in preparing some investigative reports, as all investigations belongs to the organization.
The sources further stated that he noted that laptops, communication devices and other equipment used by him and other reporters in carrying out their official assignments are company property belonging to SecretsReporters.
Meanwhile, an examination of Ugagbe’s mobile phone call records obtained by SecretsReporters showed that his phone was switched on by security operatives at about 4:00 a.m. on July 2. During that period, four calls were received but went unanswered before the device was switched off again.
The Police is yet to officially own up to kidnapping the journalist.
General News
Exclusive: Ex Militant Tompolo Moves Niger Delta Traditional Rulers To Beg President Tinubu Over N2.1 Trillion Pipeline Surveillance Contract Renewal
Secrets Reporters
The battle for the renewal and cancellation of the N2.1 trillion pipeline surveillance awarded to two companies owned by two cousins namely Tantita Security Services Limited and Maton Engineering Limited has shifted to Abuja.
SecretsReporters can exclusively report that the decentralization of the pipeline surveillance championed by social activist and businessman, Tega Oghenedoro, popularly known as Fejiro Oliver, has led to President Bola Tinubu giving his words to stakeholders that he will split the contract along ethnic line, which has caused worries to Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, who owns Tantita Security company covering the Western Corridors of the pipeline contract. His cousin Matthew Tolangha owns Maton Engineering Limited that covers the central corridor.
To convince the President that his company Tantita be solely responsible for holding the multi trillion Naira contract while subleasing to other minor companies, we can authoritatively report that he has bought flight tickets and reserved hotel accommodation for almost all the Niger Delta traditional rulers, apart from the first class kings who refused the gestures, to meet the President next week Thursday in Abuja. They will be leaving for Abuja on Wednesday, revealed several traditional rulers to this medium. The contract is due for renewal in August 2026 but has faced opposition from major stakeholders under the banner of ‘Guard your pipeline and I guard my own’, led by Fejiro Oliver and former Niger Delta agitators like HRM Ateke Tom, Victor Ben aka General Boyloaf, Ajube aka Shoot at Sight, Ateke Tom and many others. Recently, Niger Delta stakeholders such as Ayiri Emami and Diden Michael aka Ejele also joined in the call for the decentralization of the pipeline surveillance.
“We have been promised $5,000 per person after seeing Mr President, which is different from our already paid return flight tickers and hotel accommodation. We should be around hundred selected kings that will meet the President to discuss Niger Delta issues, pass a vote of confidence on Tinubu, endorse him for a second term, even though we know the main purpose is to tell him to give the contract back to Tompolo next month” narrated a king who craved anonymity. An estimated cost of the logistics and welfare package means over N5 billion may be spent by the warlord on the king’s alone.
The meeting we gathered was made possible by the embattled Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, who is facing national heat for allegedly demanding for over Ten billion Naira bribe from Prince Adeyemi ‘fake’ Presidential Investment Council and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, who is at the forefront of ensuring that the contract is awarded back to Tompolo despite obvious resistance from the region.
The National Assembly committees on Gas, Midstream, Upstream and Downstream recently passed a vote of confidence on Tantita, a move condemned by stakeholders led by Ijaw Youth Council President, Theophilus Alaye during a two hour live coverage on national television.
Since the award of the contract to the ex militant, local oil bunkering has reduced drastically, yet oil production has been below the OPEC benchmark.
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