Suspension of Fubara, Lawmakers: Tinubu misled – Ijaw leaders explode
Ten days after Rivers State Governor Dr. Siminalayi Fubara was suspended and a state of emergency was declared, Ijaw leaders in the Niger Delta assessed the situation over the weekend and concluded that President Bola Tinubu had been misled.
Ijaw activist laments underdevelopment in Ijaw communities in N Delta
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME An Ijaw activist, Comrade Ebipams Johnny has decried the state of underdevelopment across Ijaw communities in the Niger Delta, adding that it was sad that the Niger Delta Development Commission and the presidential amnesty programme had not been encouraged to function optimally in this current administration. Ebipams who is also known as […]
Stay away from our forests, Ijaw group warns armed herdsmen
AS the dry season bites harder amidst migration of herders and their cattle to the southern parts of the country, Ijaw rights group, Ijaw Unity Watchdog, IUW, has warned armed Fulani herdsmen to stay away from the forest areas in the South-South and South-Eastern parts of the country.
Ijaw, Itsekiri Communities threaten violence protest over ELCREST/NPDC failure to adhere to MoU
By Gab Ejuwa Delta Ijaw and Itsekiri communities in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, have threatened to embark on violence protest against ELCREST/NPDC Operators of OML 40 over failure to fully recognised them as host communities. In a statement by the communities’ chairmen, Monday Agbeyi, Abigborodo; Roland Kiri, Asisabubotie; Dennis Okoro, Ubebrakui; […]
Ignore Ijaw’s demand for ward in Warri South, INYC tells Delta govt
The Itsekiri National Youths Council, INYC has called on the Delta State government to ignore the demand for the creation of ward in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State by the Ijaws, noting that the original 13 Wards in the defunct Warri Division, later Warri Local Government Area, clearly shows that the Ijaws have […]
We’re our own problem, not Buhari ― Ex-IYC president counsel Ijaws
By Perez Brisibe – Ughelli Former President of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Oweilaemi Pereotubo has counseled his Ijaw kinsmen from the Niger Delta region that they should stop seeing President Muhammadu Buhari as their problem stating that the Ijaws are their own problem. Pereotubo in a statement yesterday, also ask the Ijaws to expunge […]
