Two self-determination groups, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Thursday faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s position that the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable. Buhari had on Wednesday pleaded with Niger Delta militants to “give Nigeria a chance”, vowing to keep the country […]
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The attention of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), worldwide has been drawn to a publication in several national newspapers of Sunday, the 19th of June, 2016 with the above caption. In the said report, some leaders of ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region threatened to destroy oil facilities in their areas because of steps […]
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Foremost Ijaw youth organization, the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide has warned that not until President Muhammadu Buhari put machineries in place for the relevant constitutional amendment to revert Nigeria back to the practice of fiscal and true federalism or immediately began the implementation of the resolutions of the 2014 national conference, agitations including militancy in […]
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The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Worldwide has expressed concern over the recent massive deployment of security operatives to the Niger Delta. They called for intelligence gathering as against all out confrontational approach to Niger Delta issues The IYC described the current development as “ineffective” pointing out that the presence of the military and other security […]
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Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) yesterday called on the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Dan Ali to prevail on military officers, particularly those attached to Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS Delta) to immediately stop the directly opposite the Warri Naval Base. The group recalled that for some time now and for no reason, military officers attached to the […]
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The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Saturday, July 25, 2015, said that it had uncovered plans by President Muhammadu Buhari to send federal troops to invade the Niger Delta with Ijaw communities as the target. The IYC, in a statement by its spokesman, Eric Omare, said that information at its disposal indicated that the Federal […]
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