By Aherhoke Okioma The City of Houston in Texas, United States of America, has proclaimed July 5 as Ijaw Convention Day. The proclamation signed by the city’s Mayor, John Whitmire, was presented to the Ijaw National Congress of the Americas (INC-A) on Saturday during the award night and unveiling of the Ijaw Cultural and Heritage […]
..Debunks report of its planned attack on military across N’Delta The Ijaw National Congress (INC) declared on Sunday that the law must take its course in the killing of officers and men of the Nigerian Army at Okuama, Delta. Okuoma youths in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta ambushed and killed 16 officers and […]
By Nosa Àkenzua A combine team of Zonal and Clan Executive Members of Ijaw National Congress (INC) Western Zone was led by Chief Ogunkoru Robinson( Chairman INC Western Zone) on the 13th of March,2024, paid a courtesy visit to the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly and other high ranking members of Ijaw extraction […]
Ijaw National Congress President Benjamin Okaba has voiced his dismay that President Bola Tinubu has yet to warn the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, about the political crisis the latter is reportedly causing in Rivers State. Saying that Wike had dared the Ijaw people and that the Ijaw nation was outraged, Okaba claimed that […]
AHERHOKE OKIOMA,YENAGOA Scores of Ijaw leaders under the aegis of the Ijaw Forward Movement (IFM) have opened up the reasons why major contractors are after the jugular of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Col Milland Dixon Dikio rtd. In an online statement, the group Coordinator, Anthony Oki, posited that Dikios offence may not be unconnected […]
Patrick Okohue Former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, has expressed surprise at the fast rate of development of Bayelsa and its capital, Yenagoa, under the leadership of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. A statement by the Special Adviser to Governor Dickson on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, stated that Abdusalami, made the comment while […]
Youths under the auspices of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, on Friday, warned the new Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Quaker Dokubo, against using his office to fund political ambition. They urged Dokubo to pay attention to the core mandate of the amnesty programme particularly the educational component of the scheme. The […]
In view of the importance of boosting local content in the Nigerian oil and gas industry, an Ijaw socio-political group, Patriots of Ijaw Nation (PIN), has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the Zabazaba Deepwater Project. PIN made the call Monday in Yenagoa in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kesiye Newman. […]
Paramount ruler of Ikebiri community, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, Francis Ododo Timi Ike IIX, has debunked the news making the rounds that armed soldiers invaded the community. The Monarch’s rebuttal followed a newspaper report that armed soldiers invaded the community on December 15, in two gun boats to interfere in a peaceful […]
Vice Chairman, Edo State Council of Traditional rulers and chiefs, Onojie of Okpoji, Ehidiamen I, who led other chiefs from Edo Central and Edo North Senatorial Districts have urged the Ijaws resident in Edo State coastline to refrain from the abominable installation of a (“pere”/ king) in Benin kingdom. They all frowned at the illegal […]
Fresh hostility broke out on Monday night as Ijaw and Itsekiri youths clash. Although details of the fracas were still sketchy as at press time, sources said three persons from Ijaw community were injured in the crisis. Sources said that youths from Madagho, an Itsekiri enclave, allegedly attacked some local security men who were working […]
The last may not have been heard about last Saturday’s Presidential election won by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as foremost Ijaw youth group, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has called for a meeting of ex-militants to review the outcome of the election. The meeting is scheduled for Sunday, next week. The Daily Times gathered that the […]
Angry Ijaw youths have, again, threatened to disrupt operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited in Delta State, over the alleged unwarranted sack of three of its workers. Daily Times learnt that Comrade Okeoghene Timmy Okirika, alongside two others, were relieved of their posts by Chevron about two years ago, in a manner that had sparked wide […]
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