Tag: Niger Delta

IPDI Urges Ex-agitators, CSOs, Youth Groups to Shun Nationwide Protest

The Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative (IPDI) has called on Niger Delta ex-agitators, civil society organizations (CSOs), and youths to withdraw from the planned nationwide protest. The pro-Ijaw group cited concerns…

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IYC Western Zone Unveils Secretariat Annex

The Ijaw Youth Council, Western Zone, has unveiled its annex Secretariat in Delta State. In a grandeur event in Warri on Thursday, attended by past and present leaders of Council,…

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IYC Tasks NEMA, Humanitarian Ministry to Aid Flood-Ravaged Niger Delta Communities

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Western Zone, has issued a strong appeal to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social…

Mulade Reaffirms Committment as Delta Peace and Unity Cup Final Holds Today

Niger Delta's renowned peace and development advocate, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, President of Center For Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) and initiator of the Delta Ethnic Peace and Unity Cup, has…

Pa Edwin Clark: The Colossus of the Niger Delta, the Father of the Ijaw Nation, and the Unyielding Voice of the South-South

By Oweikeye Endoro The news of the passing of Chief Edwin Clark, the venerable leader of the Niger Delta, has sent ripples of sorrow across the nation, leaving a void…

NDDC Probe: House Committee Chairman Steps Down, Declares Self Unfit

The ongoing probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission by the Federal House of Representatives has taken a new twist as investigations continued on Monday. The Chairman of the House…

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Bayelsa Communities Issue 21-Days Ultimate to SPDC, Seeks Review of Development Fund

A coalition of oil bearing communities in Bayelsa state have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC over an outstanding $14million sea Anchorage for vessels the…

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IYC Berates Factional UPU Youth Leader Over Derogatory Utterances Against Ijaws

- Tells Comrade Kelly Umukoro to apologize to Ijaw Nation - Insists that Amnesty Program is the right of Ijaws The Ijaw Youths Council of Western Zone has forewarned a…

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Zamfara Gold: You Lack Power to Proscribe Artisan Refiners, Aide Tells Buhari

A political aide to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state, Comrade Ozobo Austin has told President Muhammadu Buhari he now lacks power to proscribe artisanal refineries in the Niger Delta…

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MEND Reiterates Stand on 7-Day Ultimatum to Akpabio, NDDC

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has reiterated it's commitment to the seven-day ultimatum issued to the Ministry of the Niger Delta Affairs as well as…

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