The Ijaw Youth Council has raised the alarm that there were plots to turn the now peaceful Niger Delta region into a theatre of war ahead of Saturday’s Governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections in the region. The umbrella body for Ijaw youths worldwide, particularly warned politicians in the region not to throw the […]
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Stakeholders in Niger Delta have cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against signing the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), alleging that it seeks to privatise the country’s oil and gas assets and to further impoverish the people of the region. They warned that any attempt to privatise the oil and gas assets in the Niger Delta […]
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Justice Abubakar Malami Memo: The Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Justice Abubakar Malami has advised the National Assembly not to change the name of Maritime University, Okerenghigho to Okerenkoko, Delta State, as proposed in a bill to the National Assembly. In a memo from the office of the Attorney General, signed by H.A. Tahir, on […]
Continue ReadingIJAW YOUTH COUNCIL (IYC) WORLDWIDE Press Release 1st JANUARY 2018 GARBA SHEHU’S MISREPRESENTATION OF FACTS: ITSEKIRIS ARE NOT BIGGER THAN IJAW The attention of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has been drawn to a rather annoying and provocative umbrage by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu. […]
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PRESIDENT of Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, Mr Esimaje Awani, has warned that if care was not taken, the approach of the Federal Government to the resolution of the Niger Delta crisis would exacerbate it. In a statement, yesterday, he said: “I can say authoritatively that some of the proposals currently on the table do […]
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The President, Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, Barrister Peretubo Oweilaemi has said that the fight for resource control remains the cardinal point of Ijaw agitation, saying that the IYC will not stop the agitation until they achieve their aims. Barrister Oweilaemi who spoke at the reception ground after a thanksgiving service promised the Ijaw nation […]
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The Afenifere National Publicity Secretary Mr. Yinka Odumakin believes the APC should rob the PDP of an article of campaign by doing the restructuring, which he considers necessary and expedient instead of fighting the PDP for calling for restructuring. In a swift welcome of the PDP’s position on restructuring, the Pan Yoruba Group Afenifere through […]
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Military troops in Bayelsa State have carried out a retaliatory operation in Letugbene community of the state after gunmen ambushed and killed four soldiers in the area. Multiple security sources confirmed to Channels Television that a team of soldiers returning from the community on Monday fell into an ambush laid by armed youths believed to be militants. […]
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The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide , has insisted that Nigeria ’ s unity is negotiable. President Buhari had said in a nationwide broadcast on Monday morning that Nigeria ’ s unity was not negotiable , warning agitators to desist from such quest . But the IYC President, Mr . Eric Omare, […]
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The leadership crisis rocking the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has finally been laid to rest with the inauguration of the Barr. Owelaemi Roland Pereotubo led executives. Their inauguration came after due and intense deliberations by very eminent persons, elders and leaders of the Ijaw nation, arising from the report submitted by the Joshua Fumudor-led Eminent […]
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