Tag: Ijaw
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2023: Ijaw agitation for governorship not feasible as Ijaw Mandate Group endorse Delta Central
The Ijaws in Delta State under the aegis of Ijaw Mandate Group have stated strongly that the Ijaw agitation for the position of governor of the state in 2023 was not feasible .
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Ijaws join league of Nigerians seeking exit from Nigeria
…barely 48hours after Ibom republic made presentation to UN …say the injustice in Nigeria is outrageous By Emman Ovuakporie The Ijaw ethnic nationality has joined the league of Nigerian ethnic groups clamouring for self determination. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports this is coming barely 48 hours after those clamouring for Ibom Republic made a presentation to…
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Why Buhari is in love with Ijaw people – Sylva
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says President Muhammadu Buhari has an exceptional love for the people of Ogbia, an Ijaw subgroup in Bayelsa State, because of their son, former President Goodluck Jonathan, who peacefully relinquished power to him in 2015. Sylva revealed this on Friday while inspecting the ongoing construction…
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Biafra: Ijaw communities demand apology from Asari Dokubo
Asari Dokubo, ex-Niger the Niger Delta militant leader is under fire from Ijaw people over his inclusion of their communities as part of the territory of his new Biafra Customary Government. Speaking under the aegis of Movement for the Survival of Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta (MOSIEND). Ijaw communities disowned Dokubo, describing him as…
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Ijaw Youths tackle Akpabio over comment on inauguration of NDDC board
Ijaw Youths from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have described as deceitful and diversionary the comments attributed to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, over the possible constitution of a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in April 2021 after the forensic audit of the commission.…
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Insecurity: Ijaw youths push for security outfit in Niger Delta
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has vowed to pursue the establishment of a regional security outfit in the New Year to police the Niger Delta region, especially the Southsouth geopolitical zone. In his New Year address in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, the IYC President, Peter Timothy Igbifa, said like the Amotekun in…
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Edo 2020: Why Ijaws must not vote, By Ben Nanaghan
Ben Nanaghan benanaghan@yahoo.com The first ship load of slaves from the Benin Kingdom arrived America over 400 years ago in 1616 and the kingdom harvested richly in Guns, Gun Powder, Gun Canons, Whiskey, Gin, Mirror, Regal Sceptres, Golden Plates and cutleries and of course lots and lots of money for slaves captured and sold.…
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57 marginal fields: Group threatens to cripple oil operations in Itsekiri land
The Itsekiri ethnic nationality in Delta State has decried what it called its marginalisation in the current bidding process for the 57 Marginal Fields by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). They expressed their grievance in Ode-Ugborodo, Escravos, Warri South-West Local Government Area (LGA), of Delta, in a statement, after a peaceful protest on Monday.…
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BREAKING: Ijaw youths begin shutting down of MTN, Glo, Airtel masts in Bayelsa
Ijaw youths have made good their threat to shut down masts belonging to MTN, Glo, Airtel and other telecommunication companies in Bayelsa State. The picketing was following issues bordering on complaints by the youths that the companies excluded indigenes from quick-win contracts especially the supply of diesel to their facilities. Details shortly…
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2019: Ijaw, Itsekiri youths declare support for Okowa, Otuaro
Hundreds of Ijaw and Itsekiri youths from Warri South-West council area of Delta state have vowed their resolve to return the Dr Ifeanyi Okowa/Barr. Kingsley Otuaro-led administration in next year’s election. The youths, under the aegis of the Warri South-West Youths for Okowa/Otuaro, comprising of various youths groups in the council area, in a statement…