The former President, Goodluck Jonathan has urged youth in Nigeria to use their opportuned positions to make sacrifices for the country. Jonathan made the remarks when students and youth groups including the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), and Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), among others, paid him a birthday... Read More

Goodluck Jonathan, IYC, NANS, Nigerian Youth, NYCN

October 31, 2016

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BLOOD MONEY XII: Atomisation of agitation [Ijaw youth Council]

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

Asari Dokubo, blood money, citizenship, ijaw youth council, Isaac Boro, IYC, Kaiama, Magazine, sticky, Tompolo, Tuodolor, Udengs eradiri, YNaija Citizenship Series

August 30, 2016

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five news stories to monitor today 1. Presidency denies plot to investigate former CBN governors Garba Shehu, the SSA to the President on media and publicity, has denied that the Federal government was probing the activities of former CBN governors. 2. Avengers pen open letter to Buhari Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers,... Read More

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big 5, education, IYC, jimoh ibrahim, MEND, NDA, nigeria, PDP, School, sheriff

August 8, 2016

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories to monitor today 1. Jonathan alleges threat to his life Following accusations that he is a sponsor of militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, former President Goodluck Jonathan has alleged that there are plans to assassinate him. 2. Jibrin defies APC directives, speaks on budget padding The former chairman House... Read More

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APC, IYC, jonathan, Militants, NDA, nigeria, Obasanjo, wike

August 8, 2016

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‘I have no business whatsoever with the Niger Delta Avengers’ – IYC President

The President of Ijaw Youth Coucil, Udengs Eradiri, on Sunday, denied that he was the spokesperson of the Niger Delta Avengers militant group. The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers had in a statement, signed by its spokesperson, Cynthia Whyte, alleged that Udengs was the spokesperson of NDA, using the pseudo-name ‘Brigadier-General’ Murdoch Agbinibo. Speaking at Yenagoa, the... Read More

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Ijaw, IYC, MEND, Militants, NDA, Niger Delta, sponsor

July 4, 2016

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Niger Delta militancy: Temporary ceasefire falls apart as hostilities resume

The temporary peace agreement between the Federal Government and Niger Delta militants was, over the weekend, blown apart following the destruction of oil installations by the Niger Delta Avengers who had earlier expressed their grievance on the way the government breached and manage the peace process. According to Vanguard, a source said that the federal... Read More

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June 24, 2016

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Armed Ijaw youths invade Ben Bruce’s radio station in Bayelsa

Some members of the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC) on Thursday, invaded Rhythm FM radio station in Yenogoa, Bayelsa over internal scuffles within the leadership ranks of the group. The radio station, Rhythm FM, is owned by Senator Ben Murray Bruce who on Thursday forfeited his company, Silverbird groups to the Assets Management Corporation of... Read More

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AMCON, Bayelsa, Ben Bruce, corruption, Ijaw, impunity, IYC, violence, youths

June 23, 2016

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‘Buhari should lead negotiation with militants’ – IYC

The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC), on Wednesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to personally lead the negotiation with Niger Delta militants in the oil rich region. This was said by the IYC President, Udengs Eradiri, while speaking with newsmen in, Yenegoa, Bayelsa State. Eradiri noted that the President should emulate his predecessors by heading... Read More

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Buhari, dialogue, FG, Ijaw, IYC, Militants, negotiation, Niger Delta

June 1, 2016

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‘Massive genocide in Ijaw land’ | Youths cry out

A group, Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), on Tuesday, raised an alarm over what it described as genocidal attacks against the Ijaw people in the Niger Delta Region by the Nigerian military force. This was contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson of IYC, Eric Omare. Nigerian military had invaded Gbaramatu kingdom in Warri, Delta... Read More

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Avengers, Buratai, Ijaw, IYC, Militants, Military, Niger Delta

April 22, 2016

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‘Sponsors of pipeline vandals are in the military, National Assembly’

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari over his decision to treat pipeline vandals like Boko Haram insurgents. The IYC president, Comrade Udengs Eradiri, in a statement released on Thursday, said the President shot himself in the foot by making the statement while on a recent business trip to China. The IYC... Read More

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Buhari, IYC, pipeline vandals

April 11, 2016

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‘Buhari’s govt should stop trying to bring down Jonathan’

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is putting things in place for the arrest of former President Goodluck Jonathan, claims the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide. Speaking at a news conference on Saturday, the IYC President, Udengs Eradiri, said most of the former President’s cronies had been arrested by the EFCC, and as such, the anti-graft... Read More

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Buhari, IYC, jonathan

October 26, 2015

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‘Leave Diezani alone… are there no other governors that have stolen?’

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) claims that the anti- corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari is targeted at the Ijaws from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. President of the IYC, Udengs Eradiri, made the allegation over the weekend, while also urging the federal government against prosecuting the former minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke. “The UK government should stay away... Read More

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diezani, ijaws, IYC, jonathan, Niger Delta

July 26, 2015

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The Ijaw Youth Council believe Buhari plans to bomb the Niger Delta

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has said that it had uncovered plans by President Muhammadu Buhari to send federal troops to invade the Niger Delta with Ijaw communities as the target. In a statement by its spokesman, Eric Omare, IYC said that information at its disposal indicated that the Federal Government would begin the deployment... Read More

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Armed Ijaw youths invade Ben Bruce’s radio station in Bayelsa

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The Ijaw Youth Council believe Buhari plans to bomb the Niger Delta

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