IJAW GROUP WANTS OIL MULTINATIONAL TO QUIT NIGER DELTA FOR REFUSING TO RELOCATE HEADQUARTERS

Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, has urged multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region, which declined to relocate their operational headquarters to the area notwithstanding several directives from the Federal Government, to vacate the oil-rich region.   The rights group in a statement by the national president, Austin Ozobo, asserted: “Our attention has […]

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IPDI TO TAKE DSS TO COURT OVER A YEAR DETENTION OF ITS SPOKESMAN – Barr.Ogedegbe

Ijaw activist and spokesman of Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, (IPDI), is considering taking legal action against the Department of State Security (DSS) for the what it described as illegal detention of its spokesman Comrade Ezekiel Daniel, for over one year for allegedly being a member of the Niger Delta Avengers. IPDI legal adviser, Barr. Omemiroro […]

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Activists Slam Nigerian Navy Over Alleged Discovery of Forty Illegal Refineries in Jones Creeks

Some Niger Delta Activists yesterday, took a swipe at the Nigerian Navy Ship, (NNS Delta), over claims to have discovered over forty illegal refineries in Jones Creek, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State,  just as they called on the Federal Government to investigate the activities of the Joint Task Force code named Operation Delta Safe. […]

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Fulani herdsmen shift battle ground to Ayakoromo community, Delta state

There are palpable fears among the people of Ayakoromo community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State as some Fulani herdsmen have threatened to forcefully grab their land for rearing of their cattle, DAILY POST can exclusively report. It was gathered that three unidentified Fulani herdsmen who claimed to have been sent by the […]

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WHY IS SENATOR JAMES MANAGER AFRAID TO RENDER ACCOUNT TO HIS CONSTITUENT – by Omemiroro Maxwell Ogedegbe

We have watched with keen interest the demand on Senator James Manager by his kinsmen particularly from his own Ijaw brethren for him to render an account of his stewardship for the periods he has claimed to have represented the Delta south senatorial district arising from his inaction and prolonged silence in the face of […]

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INDUSTRIAL WASTE POLLUTION FROM DELTA STEEL COMPANY ALADJA. by Emmanuel Ogoigbe

Aladja is  a coastal town and one of the largest and highly populated indigenous towns in Delta State. It is located on the bank of southern part of River Warri, opposite old Warri city. The majority of the people are of Udu, a sub-group of Urhobo ethnic group. Until recently, a section of the town […]

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Pipeline Bombings: Ayiri’s Comment on NNPC is a True Reflection of Niger Delta Peoples Opinion – Groups

The statement accredited to Chief Ayiri Emami in some national dailies where he was quoted to have said the NNPC is by act or omission instigating pipeline bombings in the Niger Delta region is the view being held by the generality of the Niger Delta people. All issues raised by Chief Ayiri in the said […]

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GROUP CONGRATULATES DONALD TRUMP, WANTS NIGERIA SANCTIONED OVER COMMITTING WAR CRIME IN NIGER DELTA

The people of Niger Delta region in Southern Nigeria have congratulated Donald Trump on his historical election victory in the keenly contested election between Hillary Clinton, democratic party candidate and also requested that Nigerian government be sanctioned for committing genocide, war crimes and humanitarian crisis in Niger Delta region, especially in Gbaramatu Kingdom, and Ayakoromo […]

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Niger Delta leaders must eschew pursuit of personal interests, demand restructuring – Group

Ahead of the proposed October 29 meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Niger Delta groups under the aegis of Pan Niger Delta Civil Societies Groups (PNDCSG), have charged members of the Pan Niger Delta Leaders Forum to present template in consonance with requests by militants in the region. The groups, in a joint statement signed by […]

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Nothing to reconcile between Clark/Amaechi – Rights groups

NIGER Delta Security Watch Organisation, NDSWO and Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, said yesterday, that there was nothing to settle between the Pan-Niger Delta Consultative Forum steered in the interim by Chief Edwin Clark and Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, who is leading a factional group. They stated this in separate statements in Warri, […]

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