A group, Northern Youths Progressive Network (NYPN) has called on warring communities in the Niger Delta to sheath their swords and cooperate with the indigenous private security outfit, Tantita Security Services’ peace and security initiatives in order to promote peaceful…
THE NEWS Youths in the Niger Delta have been challenged to explore the investment potentials in maritime sector peculiar to the region for employment and wealth generation rather than looking for white-collar jobs or venturing into vices. Ebipatei Apaingolo, a…
BUSINESS POST Youth leaders in the Niger Delta on Sunday applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for vowing to rid the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) of the moral and political rot that has plagued it for so long. “We are continually…
PUNCH NEWS The Principal and Chief Executive of Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State, Dr Henry Adimula, on Tuesday advised the leaders of the oil-rich Niger Delta region to set aside part of their host communities’ fund for training of…
THE GUARDIAN Corporation had no need for experienced new hires, says spokesman Some Niger Delta youths, yesterday, protested against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Abuja, for excluding the region and southerners in its recruitment exercise, especially the 2019…
DAILY POST The President of the pan-ijaw youth group, Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, Peter Timothy Igbifa, has regained freedom from his abductors. Igbifa was reportedly kidnapped on Tuesday morning by unknown gunmen in Rivers State while heading to the…
THE NATION The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) at the weekend said it would soon begin the training of Niger Delta youths at the Innoson Kiara Academy, a technical and vocational institution affiliated to the Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company. NDDC…
THE NATION The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has scheduled an all-inclusive stakeholders’ meeting to discuss issues affecting the Niger Delta region especially the current management structure of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The President of IYC, Peter Timothy…
THE CABLE In the last decade, several unemployed and restive Niger Delta youth, who feel entitled to oil wealth in their domains, have taken to the creeks, puncturing pipelines carrying crude oil to Nigeria’s export terminal, and refining it using…
THIS DAY Youths in the Niger Delta yesterday asked the federal government to review the extant revenue sharing formula in line with the principles of true federalism and in the spirit of fairness. The youths, also, challenged the federal government…
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