Graduates of Itsekiri, Ijaw and Ilaje ethnic nationalities in Delta and Ondo states, have threatened to shut down operations of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), in 21 days over alleged “gross marginalisation and oppression” of its host communities. Under the auspices of National Association of Itsekiri Graduates (NAIG), (KOMBOT) – Egbema and Gba...
•Maj Gen Olarenwaju (rtd) The Ijaw Youths Network yesterday faulted a former Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Tajudeen Olarenwaju, on the grisly murder of 16 personnel of the Nigerian Army by Okuama youths on March 14, 2024 over alleged land dispute. In reacting to the killings which shocked the entire country, according to the IYN, […]
The President of the Ijaw National Congress, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has expressed dismay that President Bola Tinubu has refused to caution the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over the political crisis the latter has allegedly fuelled in Rivers State. Okaba stated that for the president to remain quiet while Wike was caus...
•Wike The Ijaw National Congress has called on President Bola Tinubu to prevail on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and his loyalists to stop their moves aimed at sacking the Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara. This is as the INC condemned what it labelled as open support by security agencies for […]
•Wike The Ijaw National Congress, INC, has cautioned the minister of the federal capital territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike over his claims to the ownership of political structures in Rivers State. INC posited that political structures should not and cannot be anyone’s personal property, adding that as power is transient, so also the political archit...