They observed that there has been an alarming invasion of communities and farmlands of Ijaw and Niger Delta people.
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The group has hired the legal services of Chief Anthony George-Ikoli (SAN) to seek justice over the demise of Oromoni.
The Leader of the forum, which is based in Bayelsa State, Chef T. K. Ogoriba, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Yenagoa.
Hundreds of women under the auspices of the Ijaw Youth Council, Women Wing embarked on a solidarity march on the streets on Abuja on Thursday in a show of support and appreciation for President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to the Presidential Amnesty Programme
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has rolled out a fresh initiative to seamlessly engage beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme from training to job placement.
Pan-Igbo group, Ohaneze, has again warned that Nigeria may not endure as an entity if political restructuring of the country is not carried out.
The Secretary-General of the IYC (Worldwide), Alfred Kemepado, said in a statement on Monday that only the implementation of the report of the Committee led by the Governor òf Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, before the 2019 elections would show seriousness on the part of the government.
Dickson stressed that both organizations were critical to the effective coordination of the people’s struggle against emergent challenges in the national space.
The Bayelsa State Police Command asked the youths to be calm
Pereotubo Oweilaemi, the President of council told newsmen in Yenagoa on Thursday that relocating the headquarters was necessary to fast-track development in oil rich states in the country.
The Ijaw youth elders insisted that the legally recognized and generally acceptable President of the Ijaw Youth Council worldwide is Eric Omare
Ikoli was on April 5 found dead in his Lagos home
In a statement issued in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State by IYC spokesman, Eric Omare, the group also blamed the delay in kickstarting peace talks in Niger Delta on the Federal Government
The IYC’s spokesman, Eric Omare, said Asari-Dokubo is hale and healthy
President Buhari had on Thursday said his government was negotiating with Niger Delta militants through International Oil Companies and law enforcement agencies
The exercise is based on the recommendation of the United Nations Environmental Programme
The attack occurred on Tuesday in Ogbembiri in Bayelsa State, residents said
He said the speculation that the 2016 budget for the amnesty was slashed from N50 billion to N20 billion had caused apprehension among the beneficiaries of the programme
Some Niger Delta region stakeholders have hailed the appointment of retired Brigadier General Paul Boroh, as the Coordinator of the…
The meeting, summoned by the leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, was later put off due to the tension generated