The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has decried the underdevelopment of the oil-rich Niger Delta despite the N15 trillion intervention funds released since 2000 to develop the communities and the indigenes of the area.

Foremost Niger Delta activist and Coordinator of Ijaw Monitoring Group (IMG), Comrade Joseph Evah, in this interview with ONYEDIKA AGBEDO, says the people of the Niger Delta are fully in support of President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent order for a forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

I came into this office with a mindset that I will like to make a difference to the programme. After reading about the programme and going through the various ideas...

The Ijaw and Itsekiri youths have hailed the Federal Government for the approval of contract to dredge the Escravos bar to Warri Port, Delta State. In a joint statement yesterday signed by President of the Ijaw Youth Council, Eric Omare and President of the Itsekiri National Youth Council, Weyinmi Agbateyiniro, described the approval of the…

The Youth wings of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) and Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) have canvassed a lasting solution to the lingering boundary disputes between the Aladja and Ogbe-Ijoh communities in Delta State. They said Aladja, an Urhobo community in Udu Local Council and Ogbe-Ijoh, an Ijaw enclave in Warri South West Local Council, should end…

The Bini in Edo State have, again, stressed that they would do everything within the ambits of the law to ensure that the Ijaw do not take away any parcel of land in Benin Kingdom. Traditional rulers, priests, chiefs, elders and political leaders including serving legislators at the state and National Assembly made the declaration…

As part of efforts to forge a common front to fight injustice, insecurity and discuss issues that would improve the well being of its people, Ijaw traditional rulers and leaders from the six states of Bayelsa, Edo, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Ondo yesterday met in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.   The meeting, which was…

IZON-Global Policy Network (IGPN), an Ijaw socio-political group, yesterday, said it would mobilise support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) at both national and state levels, starting with the forthcoming local government elections in Edo.
    Spokesman for the group, Dennis Ayubalayefa, in a statement after a meeting in Benin City, said the IGPN would…

Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s New Year message, especially his comment that the solution to Nigeria’s problems did not lie in restructuring. He said the President shocked most Nigerians when, instead of reassuring the nation with his message, he clearly stood against restructuring, which was what almost everybody…

LIKE thunderbolts out of the blue, the announcement of the planned installation of a traditional ruler in Olodiama, not only jolted many, but also left in its wake unease. Till date, the planned merger of some communities, predominantly Ijaw-speaking from Gelegele and other areas of Edo State, to form a separate kingdom within the Benin…

After years of constant conflicts, the Itsekiri and Ijaw people of Warri South West Local Council of Delta State have resolved to live in peace and strengthen the bond of love and unity.

Angry Ijaw indigenes in Otuoke yesterday took to the streets over their alleged victimisation at the Federal University, Otuoke.