The umbrella body for Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, has expressed doubt about the sincerity of the Federal Government to have dialogue with the Niger Delta people. The group, in a statement on Thursday by its spokesman, Mr. Eric Omare, spoke against the backdrop of reported invasion of some Ijaw communities in Gbaramatu

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Prof. Azaiki There is a sense of déjà vu in the rise of the Niger Delta Avengers, whose activities of sabotaging oil and gas infrastructure have brought about dramatic impact on Nigeria’s economy, which is already faced with recession. A little over a decade ago, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) and

* Could it be that the Ameachi’s, Emami’s, Egbo’s etc are the modern day Dore Numas in the present Day Niger Delta? Militants The constant inequality and politically propelled executive rascality that is prevalent in the Nigerian State against minorities and the Niger Delta region and its people  have  indeed made the Ijaw man and

Tompolo High Chief Government Ekpemupolo better known as Tompolo has once again pleaded with the Niger Delta Avengers to lay down their arms and stop bombing Pipelines. Tompolo made this known in a statement, where he said, “I wish to once again write the members of the Niger Delta Avengers to embrace the Federal Government

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, Abuja, will on Thursday begin hearing in a case between some Niger Delta people and the Federal Republic of Nigeria over the alleged violation of the fundamental human rights of the entire Niger Deltans. The plaintiffs in the landmark case with Suit No. ECW/CCJ/APP/20/15 are Mr. Nosa Ehanire-Osaghae, Mr.

Ijaw Women Connect in Oporoza *We are Nigerians and not second class citizens.*Calls for true fiscal federalism*Rolled out five points demands The President of Ijaw Women Connect (IWC) Worldwide Comr. Rosemary Graham Naigba has stated that as mothers of Ijaw Nation they would not accept any further invasion of Ijaw Communities while urging the Federal

*Military still in possession of Golden Sword. The recent invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom by the Nigerian Military has taken a different dimension as it has been alleged that there was massive looting of the entire Kingdom by the military. This was later confirmed in a Press Statement  by High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) yesterday that

Propaganda has an expiration date, and it must now be abundantly clear that the expiration date for the hot air of Buhari’s government has long passed. George Santayana says: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” If Nigerians were not so forgetful, we would not now be saddled with the burdensome

The minister of transport, Chibuike Amaechi, and the minister of state for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday disagreed on the establishment of a Nigerian Maritime University, proposed for Okerenkoko in Delta State. Speaking alongside other ministers at a government town meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Amaechi defended the decision of the Buhari administration

 PRESS STATEMENT  MARITIME UNIVERSITY, OKERENKOKO AND NEGOTIATION WITH NIGER DELTA MILITANTS: IYC BLAST ROTIMI AMAECHI AND COMMEND IBE KACHIKWU UDENGS ERADIRI The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide condemns the reckless and false comments made by the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi about the establishment of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko and negotiation with Niger Delta

The Nigerian Military seems to have been breaching the cease fire order placed by the Federal Government as the invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom is presently ongoing with soldiers storming Tubujor Community as we write. Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper gathered that heavily armed Nigerian soldiers have stormed Tebujor Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom with several gunboats and fighter