Ijaw, Itsekiri Youths Clash Over Delta South Senatorial Seat
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-As pressure mounts ahead of 2019 general elections, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Western Zone, has lambasted Itsekiri, who are currently agitating for power rotation/sharing More...
Ijaw Youths Accuse Police Boss Of Alleged Attempt To Polarise Bayelsa Security
IGP Idris LAGOS JULY 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), has raised the alarm over the recent decision of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to post four Commissioners of Police to More...
Niger Delta: No Trace Of $10b Infrastructure Fund-Stakeholders
Ibe-Kachikwu LAGOS JUNE 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Close to two years after the Federal Government launched the $10b Infrastructure Fund to stimulate development in the Niger Delta, there is no trace of the fund anywhere.In More...
Ijaws Celebrate 50 Years Of Demise Of Isaac Boro, Demand Creating Of Two New States
LAGOS MAY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) on Tuesday called for the creation of two additional states in the Niger Delta to give the Ijaw people space to achieve their aspirations in the Nigerian More...
Ijaw Youths Condemn Gruesome Murder Of Renowned Journalist, Famous Giobaro
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ijaw Youth Council worldwide, (IYC), apex youth body of all Ijaw youths worldwide has condemned in its entirety the gruesome murder of renowned Bayelsa radio journalist and member More...
Ijaw Youths Commend FG on Modular Refineries, Insist On Resource Control
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa LAGOS APRIL 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government of Nigeria has been given a path on the back for its recent acceptance of the conversion of the illegal refineries to modular refineries More...
Delta: Suspect Shots Police Officer To Death in Burutu
IGP IDRIS LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A police officer said to be on ‘illegal duty’ was on Monday shot dead by a suspect he attempted to arrest in Burutu town, Delta State. Sources disclosed that More...
NIMASA Debunks Report of Opposition to Establishment of Maritime University
NIMASA DG DR Dakuku Peterside LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has debunked speculations in a section of the media and a press statement from the More...
IYC Chieftain. Porri Condemns Extra-judicial Killings of Ijaws By Security Agents
Barr. Tare Porri By Amos Okioma LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (URHOBOTODAY)- A lawyer and frontline leader of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, Barr. Tare Porri has condemned the frequent harassment and killings of More...
Ijaw/Urhobo Crisis: Ijaw Youth Council Sue for Peace
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Foremost sociocultural group in the Niger Delta, the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC Worldwide have appealed to the Urhobo youth leadership over a 14 days ultimatum handed out for Ijaws More...
Ijaw Youth Council Accuses Federal Govt Of Insincerity On Niger Delta Crisis
LAGOS JULY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has accused the Federal Government of insincerity in its bid to resolve the issues of resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta parts of the country. Eric More...
Ijaw Youths Slam Buhari over Ruthless Plan To Deal With Pipeline Vandals
Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS APRIL 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-On Thursday, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) described President Muhammadu Buhari’s comments on the preparedness of his administration to deal with oil and gas pipeline More...
Ijaw Youths To Embark On A One-Million-Man March Against Buhari Policies
Udengs Eradiri LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-On Tuesday, the umbrella body of the Niger Delta Youths, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) unveiled a plan to conduct a one million man protest march against the policies More...
Corruption: Group Accuses Buhari of Witch Hunting Ijaws, against Stoppage of Illegal Refineries
Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of focusing his anti-corruption war on Ijaws from the Niger Delta part of Nigeria. The council also rationalised More...
Buhari Anti-Graft Campaign Is Selective-Ijaw Youths
Buhari LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), said on Wednesday that they are ready to support the anti-corruption and restructuring campaigns embarked upon More...
N’Delta Youths Protest Citing of NLNG Dry Dock in Badagry, Block Spokesman in Radio Station
the protesters and Sec Gen of IYC Emmanuel BristolAlagbariya (white cap) at the radio station By Anderson Hart LAGOS JULY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The raging controversy over proposed citing of the Nigerian Liquefied More...
PIB: Ijaw Youths Vow to Resist Any Attempt to Enslave N’Delta Region
LAGOS MAY 17TH (URHOBTODAY) – Foremost Ijaw youth organisation, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has warned those it called enemies of the Niger Delta region not to take the collective resolve of the region to allow More...
Itsekiri Youth Leader, Ayiri Calls for Probe, Scraping of Amnesty Programme
Ayiri LAGOS MAY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Controversial Itsekiri youth leader, Chief Ayiri Emami, has called on President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to probe and scrap the multi-billion dollar Amnesty Programme designed More...
Rivers: Ijaw Youth Council, Civil Society Groups Protest against Kidnap of Medical Doctors
IYC Protesters LAGOS MARCH 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ijaw Youth Council, (IYC) Worldwide Thursday took to the street of Port Harcourt protesting the incessant kidnapping and killing of doctors and others in the state. Other More...
Eradiri Remains Our President, Ijaw Youth Council Insists
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY) –The apex Ijaw youth organisation, Ijaw Youth Council, (IYC) Worldwide has set up a disciplinary committee to penalise erring members of the council after report of alleged suspension More...
Ijaw Youths Threaten Showdown with Shell over Refusal to Display EIA
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide is threatening a showdown with multinational oil giant Shell over alleged refusal by the oil company to publicly display the Environmental Impact More...
Abuja Failed Jailbreak is Act Of Sabotage – Ijaw Youths..Vow to Resist Attempt on Jonathan’s Life
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (URHOBOTODAY) – The foremost Ijaw youth organisation, Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), worldwide, has described Sunday’s failed jailbreak in Abuja as an act of sabotage. Alleging that the security More...
Angry Jonathan’s Kinsmen Write E.K. Clark, Says He is Unpatriotic (READ FULL TEXT)
Chief Edwin Clark AN OPEN LETTER TO CHIEF DR E K CLARK JANUARY 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-There comes a time in life when silence is betrayal and that time has come for us in relation to the crisis bedevilling the IJAW More...
The ‘Jangalization’ of Ijaw Youth Council
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriaki Dickson LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-On the 24th of May 2013, the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) conducted an election and the Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon Rotimi Amaechi More...
Crisis Rocks Ijaw Youth Council as Two Electoral Committees Emerge
LAGOS JULY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)—The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide is now being threatened following the emergence of two electoral committee ahead of its National Convention More...