Itsekiri group passes confidence vote on Boroh
A group, Itsekiri National Development Initiative, has passed a vote of confidence on the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Matters/Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, General Paul Boroh (retd), over the prudent management of the amnesty funds and his resolve in ensuring that the programme benefits all those concerned, irrespective of ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region.
Itsekiri debates on Warri, maritime varsity unnecessary —Ijaw group
IJAW People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, Warri, Delta State, yesterday, joined issues with the Iwere People Congress, IPC and Niger Delta Omega, both Itsekiri groups, over their separate contentions on the ownership of Warri and ultimatum to rename the location of Nigerian Maritime University, NMU, Okerenkoko, describing their outpourings as needless distractions.
Group seeks solution to Itsekiri devt
WARRI—AN almagam of Itsekiri intellectuals under the auspices of Itsekiri Summit Group, ISG, has concluded arrangements for the maiden Itsekiri International Summit as part of strategies to seek solution to the poor infrastructural and human capital development of Itsekiri land amid its huge deposits of crude oil and gas as well as agro-allied potentials.
Ownership of Warri: Itsekiri slam Ijaw over outburst
THE Iwere People’s Congress, IPC, Warri, Delta State, has lashed out at the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, and the Niger Delta Scholars, NDS, which recently faulted the claim to the ownership of Warri by the Itsekiri ethnic nationality, saying that the groups were misguided and misdirected in their eruption.
Itsekiri group tasks EFCC on missing community fund probe
Itsekiri Integrity Crusaders, IIC, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to speed up the investigation of some elders of Koko community in Warri-North Local Government Area, Delta State, over alleged missing N567million community funds.
Itsekiri group lambasts Reps for rejecting relocation motion
WARRI—THE Itsekiri Progress Club, Warri, Delta State, weekend, condemned the recent decision of the House of Representatives turning down the motion calling on oil and gas companies in Nigeria, particularly the upstream operators, to relocate their administrative headquarters to the areas of their operations, describing the decision as baseless and provocative.
In style, the Itsekiri celebrate unique identity
THEY are unique in every sense.The things they seem to lack in size are richly present in their affairs, thereby making them one of the most admired ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Groups slam Itsekiri over claim on New Warri
THE Ijaw People Development Initiative, IPDI, and Niger Delta Scholars, NDS, Warri, Delta State, have expressed concern over the recent claim by the Alpha-May Club, an Itsekiri organization, that the Itsekiri ethnic nationality owns New Warri, also known as Ogbe-Ijoh.
We’re being ignored, Itsekiri leaders tell FG
PROMINENT Itsekiri leaders lamented, yesterday, in Lagos, that the ethnic group was being neglected by the Federal Government, noting that their non-violent disposition was being taken for granted.
Itsekiri excluded from NDDC’s 2017 budget —Maku, Warri North chair
WARRI—CHAIRMAN of Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, Chief Francis Maku, has decried the exclusion of the Itsekiri ethnic nationality in the state from the 2017 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene.
Itsekiri youth leader tackles NDDC on projects
The senior special assistant to the Delta state Governor on special Duties (public/ private partnership) Mr Besidone Samuel Eyengho has tackled the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over alleged exclusion of the Itsekiri nation in the commission’s recent tender for projects to be executed in the region.
