Chris ekiyor is a president emeritus of the organization. Thousands flee delta violence nigerian history channel. Flash we do not support niger delta avengers ijaw youth. The british youth council is the national youth council of the uk.
Ijaw youth council dissociates itself from biafra agitators dismissing claims credited to probiafra organizations that the ijaw nation is part of biafra, the iyc, in a statement signed by its. He hails from olei subclan of ogbia clan and the first niger deltan and the first ijaw. Goodluck ebele azikiwe jonathan, gcon gcfr born on november 20, 1957. Until you take an ignorant man through a preliminary knowledge he will continue to bask in the solitude of his foolishness and ignorance, that is the case of the ijaw and their falsified historical gibberish, i will like to quickly answer some of the delusional fact about a one paged history of the ijaw people, first and foremost this people are not recognized anywhere in the world but the. His soul is weeping because of the prevalence of the ills he fought against. Ipob to relaunch bss in the wake of amotekun scannews nigeria. Translations of poetry and the call of the river nun by gabriel okara are underway. Ijaw youth council names 10 youth languishing in dss cells.
Ipob bayelsa replies to ijaw youth council chairman you dont know your enemies. Ogele, bulletin of the ijaw youth council, december 30, 1998. The niger delta university is working to expand the range of books available in the ijo language. The ijaw did not develop the art of writing and, therefore, did not leave written records of their history. Aso rock cabal misleading buhari on nigerian maritime. Ijaw youth council iyc western zone has 2,930 members. May 04, 2020 the british youth council has been around since 1948. Iyc ijaw youth council jpdc justice, development and peacecaritas nigeria jtf joint task force. Ijaws and their clans cohabiting in the niger delta the. Ijaw youth library, nigeria iyc has entered into partnership with books2africa, a uk based international nongovernmental organization, which donated about books that formed the first stock of the library and ict center which has dozens of computers. Flags of the stateless nations the companion site to the book encyclopedia of stateless nations. I said they dont know the ijaw struggle nor the ijaw history. Eric omar has said the ijaw youth council does not see the justification in the niger delta avengers embarking on destruction of oil facilities because tompolo denounced the group.
May 28, 2017 miabiye kuromiema, 5th president of ijaw youth council, iyc, was to lament his acculturation, the social studies i was taught impacted me deeply with the stories of the ancient ibo nation. Jun 02, 2019 the ijaw youth council iyc, the umbrella body of youths in the niger delta has condemned president muhammadu buhari for failing to sign into law the nigerian maritime university, okerenkoko, delta state establishment bill 2018, claiming he is being misled by a cabal in aso rock. A major and deadly intervention by the nigerian army is underway for almost two weeks in the conflictridden, oilproducing niger delta. Jan 23, 2020 the bayelsa state branch of the indigenous people of biafra, ipob, yesterday replied the ijaw youth congress central zonal chairman, mr olorogun kennedy over his alleged unguarded utterances. In so far that they have written history it is post english colonization of ijaw land. Ijaw land is the birth place of biafra, bayelsa ipob. It was first suggested by 2nd district alderman joe davis, sr at the time, ald. Jonathan did not create niger delta avengers ijaw youth council. Ijaw youth council also indefinite as ijaw youths is a civil rights organization in nigeria, founded in 1998, which supports the interests of the ijaw ethnic group of the niger delta. The ijaw youth council, iyc, worldwide led by barr. Kemepadei made the call in a facebook post shared on his profile. Asari is the founder of the ijaw youth council iyc bbc 4 oct. A renowned ijaw youth leader and one of the frontline aspirants in the forthcoming ijaw youths council iyc elections, comr.
I had an interview with udengs eradiri, secretary general of the ijaw youth council iyc. Ijaw youths reacts to buharis endorsement towards 2019. Hello have you heard about the deadly virus called coronavirus. Miabiye kuromiema, 5th president of ijaw youth council, iyc, was to lament his acculturation, the social studies i was taught impacted me deeply with the stories of. Ipob bayelsa replies to ijaw youth council chairman you don. Meanwhile, ipob has also responded to the threat by the central zone chairman of the ijaw youth council iyc kennedy olorogun to beat biafrans of ijaw origin in bayelsa state. Prominent ijaw groups and elders urge goodluck jonathan to take responsibility for his defeat in the 2015 presidential election the president of iyc, mr eric omare, faults jonathan for not being aware of the conspiracies against him before the election the immediate past president of iyc, udengs eradiri, says jonathan lost the election because he failed to establish the required. The december 1998 all ijaw youths conference crystalized the struggle with the formation of the ijaw youth council iyc and the issuing of the kaiama declaration see tearoff panel. Movement uyomo, ikwerre youth movement iym, and ijaw youth council iyc materialized. Angry members of ijaw youth council iyc have locked down the headquarters of nigeria content development and monitoring board ncdmb in yenagoa. Apr 30, 2018 the ijaw youth council, iyc, has urged president muhammadu buhari to seek foreign assistance from the united states, us, and other foreign countries in tackling the herdsmen menace in nigeria.
A youth, indeed d appointment is a well deserved one n it fully represent the wishes n aspirations of the ijaw youth. Ijaw youth council dissociates itself from biafra agitators. He was president of the ijaw youth council for a time beginning in 2001 and later founded the niger delta peoples volunteer force which would become one of the most prominent armed groups operating. Aug 14, 2017 ijaw youth council dissociates itself from biafra agitators dismissing claims credited to probiafra organizations that the ijaw nation is part of biafra, the iyc, in a statement signed by its. Doctor who performed surgery on bayelsa billionaire. In it, longheld ijaw concerns about the loss of control of their homeland and their own lives to the oil companies were joined with a commitment to direct action. Oweilaemi rolland pereotubor on wednesday, january 24 dissociated itself from the purported endorsements of president muhammadu buhari for a second term by its abuja chapter. Checkmating the resurgence of youth militancy in the niger. Some are natives of akwa ibom, edo and ondo states also in nigeria. Despite the challenges we intermittently faced as a group and as a nation last year, we have remained as one indissoluble entity, courageously fighting for the interest of. Ijaw youths council issue strong worded warning to nnamdi. Bayelsa ipob replies iyc over alleged utterances by its.
The ijaw youth council iyc has discredited the claim by exmilitant israel akpodoro who alleged that former president goodluck jonathan founded the. Ijaw youth council iyc western zone public group facebook. As author amartya sen so brilliantly demonstrated in his book development as. Ijaw flag image contributed by chrystian kretowicz, 08 feb 2009. The stated intent of the book is that by helping others to understand the crisis, the prospects for more balanced, more humane and lifesensitive policies toward the. Ijaw youths shut nigerian content board vanguard news. Aug 07, 2019 opinion exactly eight years ago this month scores of ijaw youths met at kaiama, the hometown of the late isaac idaka boro, the ijaw warrior. The ijaw youth council iyc, the umbrella body of youths in the niger delta has condemned president muhammadu buhari for failing to sign into law the nigerian maritime university, okerenkoko, delta state establishment bill 2018, claiming he is being misled by a cabal in aso rock. Jonathan did not create niger delta avengers ijaw youth. Between discourse and reality openedition journals. The ijaw youth council gave the youths clear instructions not to carry weapons and not to drink. Modernising ijaw language the guardian nigeria news. Ipob to relaunch bss to encourage the spirit of amotekun. Tare porri heartily felicitates with the entire youths in the zone as we kickstart the year 2018.
Ethnic and national groups around the world 2016 james minahan the following flags of stateless nations images are presented for aspect and information only. Ijaw, itsekiri youths clash over delta south senatorial seat. Jonathan caused his defeat in 2015 election ijaw leaders. According to a press statement ipob warned iyc not to allow itself to be ridiculed by olorogun, pointing. The ijaw also known by the subgroups ijo or izon are a collection of peoples indigenous mostly to the forest regions of the bayelsa, delta and rivers states within the niger delta in nigeria. Ijaw youth council is a civil rights organization in nigeria, founded in 1998, which supports the interests of the ijaw ethnic group of the niger delta. Ijaw youth council names 10 youth languishing in dss cells against the law at the time of issuing this statement, niger delta youth such as mr. This group of people are popular across nigeria for their beautiful culture, food and attire but here are a few facts you probably didnt know about them.
The ijaw youth council iyc has issued a warning to the leader of the indigenous people of biafra ipob, nnamdi kanu over his recent utterances against ijaw leader, chief edwin clark the ijaw group gave the warning to nnamdi kanu while addressing journalists in warri, delta state. The kaiama declaration also gave birth to the ijaw youth council iyc. Bayelsa ipob replies iyc over alleged utterances by its zonal. General of the ijaw youth council within the time constraints of this response. Lagos september th urhobotodayas pressure mounts ahead of 2019 general elections, the ijaw youth council iyc, western zone, has lambasted itsekiri, who are currently agitating for power rotationsharing more. Ijaws are the smallest minorities in the south facts only. Ijaw youth council news latest breaking stories and top. Today, we are shining the spotlight on the ijaws also known as the ijo or izon.
Ijaw youth council the guardian nigeria news nigeria and. Jul 30, 2018 ijaw youth council names 10 youth languishing in dss cells against the law at the time of issuing this statement, niger delta youth such as mr. In 2001, threatened by the growing success and moral legitimacy of felix tuodolos ijaw youth council, odili had engineered a split in its leadershippitting asari against the original founders. The ijaw youth council iyc, founded in 1998, had united youth in a. The irony, of course, was that dokubo asari and the ndpvf owed their existence to rivers state governor peter odili. Population figures for the ijaws vary greatly, though most range from million to 15 million. Dokuboasari born 1964, formerly melford dokubo goodhead jr. Ijaw national congress inc and ijaw youth council iyc and finally dovetailing to the first ijaw son who became the civilian president of nigeria, dr. Others, especially former student activists, were more ambitious and embarked upon the formation of panethnic youth organizations, notably the movement for the survival of ijaw ethnic nationality mosien, the movement for reparations to ogbia moreto, and the ijaw youth council iyc. The milwaukee youth council is a relatively new endeavor. The ijaw youth council iyc has described governor nyesom wikes assertion that the governorship position is open to all ethnic nationalities of rivers state in 2023 as insensitive. The ijaw youth council worldwide, iyc, has advised nigerians to take up other measures of protecting themselves, adding that the president muhammadu buhariled federal government has failed. Ijaw youths says buhari should seek help from trump, stop. Apr 10, 2010 a brief history of the ijaws of southern nigeria.
The ijaw youth council, iyc central zone under the able leadership of barr. From 2001 to 2004, it was headed by mujahid dokuboasari, until asari split from the movement to found the niger delta peoples volunteer force. According to a press statement ipob warned iyc not to allow itself to be ridiculed by olorogun, stating that ijaw is the birth place of biafra. Ipob bayelsa replies to ijaw youth council chairman you.
The indigenous people of biafra ipob, has also reacted to the threat by the central zone chairman of the ijaw youth council iyc kennedy olorogun to beat biafrans of ijaw origin in bayelsa state. May 16, 2016 the ijaw youth council iyc has discredited the claim by exmilitant israel akpodoro who alleged that former president goodluck jonathan founded the niger delta avengers nda responsible for the. Muhammadu buhari rtd in the presidential election may have polarised the ijaw youth council iyc, the umbrella body of all ijaw youths in the. Many are found as migrant fishermen in camps as far west as sierra leone and as far east as gabon. Opinion exactly eight years ago this month scores of ijaw youths met at kaiama, the hometown of the late isaac idaka boro, the ijaw warrior. Opinion exactly eight years ago this month scores of ijaw youths met at kaiama, the hometown of the late isaac idaka boro, the ijaw warrior, who in 1966 declared the niger delta republic, to re. Aug 18, 2017 the ijaw youth council iyc has issued a warning to the leader of the indigenous people of biafra ipob, nnamdi kanu over his recent utterances against ijaw leader, chief edwin clark the ijaw group gave the warning to nnamdi kanu while addressing journalists in warri, delta state. The ijaw youth council, iyc, has urged president muhammadu buhari to seek foreign assistance from the united states, us, and other foreign countries in tackling the herdsmen menace in nigeria.
Ijaw land is the birth place of biafra, bayelsa ipob replies ijaw youth leader by steve oko the leadership of the indigenous peoples of biafra, ipob in bayelsa state, has lambasted the leader of central zone chairman of ijaw youth council, iyc, mr olorogun kennedy, over his anti biafra comment. The ijaw, the largest ethnic group in the niger delta, was represented by prominent ijaw. The bayelsa state branch of the indigenous people of biafra, ipob, yesterday replied the ijaw youth congress central zonal chairman, mr olorogun kennedy over his. A youthled charity, we empower young people aged 25 and under to influence and inform the decisions that affect their lives. Ijaw people also known by the subgroups ijo or izon are people in niger delta in nigeria, inhabiting regions of the states of ondo, bayelsa, delta, edo, and rivers state. Bodmas kemepadei has called on the ijaw nation to investigate the untimely death of business mogul, keniebi okoko.
Sep 01, 2017 angry members of ijaw youth council iyc have locked down the headquarters of nigeria content development and monitoring board ncdmb in yenagoa. Iyc ijaw youth council jpdc justice, development and peacecaritas nigeria jtf joint task force kii key informant interview lga local government area massob movement for the actualization of the sovereign state of biafra mend movement for the emancipation of the niger delta mosop movement for the survival of the ogoni people. Kennedy had reportedly threatened to beat up biafran agitators of ijaw origin in bayelsa. We support young people to get involved in their communities and democracy locally, nationally and internationally, making a difference as. On december 11, 5, ijaw people representing over 40 ijaw clans, chose the town of kaiama to articulate their aspirations for the ijaw people, and to. The kaiama declaration was issued by the ijaw youth council iyc of nigeria on 11 december 1998 to attribute the political crisis in nigeria to the struggle for the control of oil mineral resources, while asserting that the degradation of the environment of ijawland by transnational oil companies and the nigerian state arise mainly because ijaw people have been robbed of their natural rights. The weeping ghost of major isaac jasper adaka boro naija.
Jan 24, 2018 the ijaw youth council, iyc, worldwide led by barr. Ijaw youth council july, 2015 we the ijaw youth do appreciate the governor of delta state for appointing our own eric omare as s. This book is a collection of excellent academic materials by experienced and renowned. Apr 16, 2020 a renowned ijaw youth leader and one of the frontline aspirants in the forthcoming ijaw youths council iyc elections, comr. Davis said he came up with the idea after talking at length with young people in the city. Boro fought oppression, repression, suppression, marginalization, deprivation, subjugation, exploitation and the. From 2001 to 2004, it was headed by mujahid dokuboasari, until asari split from the movement to found the niger delta peoples volunteer force dr. In june 20, the izon fie instructional book and audio cds were launched at a ceremony attended by officials of the government of bayelsa state.
Horror in paradiseis grounded in the ideas and perspectives of nigerian academics. Rowling, harry potter and the chamber of secrets by j. This is why major isaac adaka boro in his book the twelve days revolution where he was trying to describe the location of the ijaw nation he was agitating for which he called niger delta republic, he wrote and i quote the niger delta we shall consider is strictly the area occupied by the ijaws, the aboriginal tribe of the delta. In 2008 we celebrated 60 years of our activities thats a lot of young people, youth issues, music, fashions, governments and politics. Asari, once a leading public figure in the ijaw activist scene, said he was driven underground soon after the ijaw youth council publicly rejected the april 2003 election result, which gave president olusegun obasanjo a second term and his pdp party a huge majority.
I say this because they claim that ijaw nation is not biafra and accused ipob of attempting to cause trouble in ijawland which according to them is not biafra. Displaced people idp in the history of that community icg, 2006a. According to a press statement ipob warned iyc not to allow itself to be ridiculed by olorogun, pointing out that ijaw is the birth place of biafra. Colemans seminal work on nigerias political history, nigeria. Many are found as migrant fishermen in camps as far west as sierra leone and as far east as gabon along the western africa coastline. I think tompolo did the proper thing by coming out to inform the entire world that he was not part of the niger. Then the book will turn to an examination of the quantitative and qualitative findings of this. Jan 22, 2020 ijaw land is the birth place of biafra, bayelsa ipob replies ijaw youth leader by steve oko the leadership of the indigenous peoples of biafra, ipob in bayelsa state, has lambasted the leader of central zone chairman of ijaw youth council, iyc, mr olorogun kennedy, over his anti biafra comment. Others, especially former student activists, were more ambitious and embarked upon the formation of panethnic youth organizations, notably the movement for the survival of ijaw ethnic nationality mosien, the movement for reparations to ogbia.