IJAW PUBLISHERS’ FORUM (IPF) PRESS STATEMENT June 18, 2026 Briga News Nigeria The Ijaw Publishers’ Forum, IPF, calls on the governors of Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo and Delta States to urgently reactivate and fully fund the BRACED Commission as a coordinated regional response to the rising wave of insecurity across Nigeria. Recent reports…
Briga News Nigeria Environmentalist, Researcher, and Disaster Risk Management Expert, Dr. Franklin D. Magada, PhD, has called on the Delta State Emergency Management Agency, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Ecological Fund Management Office to urgently intervene in the devastating ocean surge threatening Obuguru Community, Ogulagha Kingdom, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. Dr….
By Peter Jonah The leadership of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Ogulagha Clan has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, the Federal Ministry of Environment, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, the Executive Governor of Delta State Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori and other relevant stakeholders to come to the aid of Obuguru Community in…
Briga News Nigeria A renowned environmental rights activist and development advocate, Comrade Mulade Sheriff, PhD has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, Executive Governor of Delta State and other relevant stakeholders to come to the aid of Obuguru Community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. According to…
Briga News Nigeria Prominent Niger Delta Advocacy Group, the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI has noted with concern a statement circulating under the name “Niger Delta Stakeholders Forum and Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities” containing a series of allegations, missive, baseless insinuations, and demands regarding the management of the Programme and its administrator, Chief Dennis Otuaro….
Briga News Nigeria • It Calls for Unity Leading advocacy group, the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, has dismissed misguided and sponsored attacks and allegations from enemies of Ijaw nation against High Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo and the newly sworn-in President of the Ijaw National Congress, INC, High Chief (Barr) Macdonald Igbadiwei, describing them…
Briga News Nigeria Thel Presidential Amnesty Programme, on Thursday, sent an additional batch of 15 foreign scholarship beneficiaries for post-graduate studies in the United Kingdom. The scholars will undertake master’s degree programmes in biomedical science, oil & gas engineering, data science, cyber security, software engineering, automotive engineering, communication culture and media, among others. Speaking at…
Briga News Nigeria The Ijaw Publishers’ Forum (IPF) has expressed concern over disagreements among ex-agitators and stakeholders over pipeline surveillance contracts in the Niger Delta region. In a press conference held on April 2, 2026, the group urged leaders to focus on pressing issues affecting the region, rather than squabbling over contracts. IPF President Comrade…
Briga News Nigeria The Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) on Thursday took a bold step towards restoring harmony in Warri with the inauguration of the Warri Indigene and Residents Peacebuilding Committee, alongside the rollout of strategic engagement programmes aimed at strengthening unity among the Ijaw, Itsekiri, and Urhobo ethnic nationalities. The initiative which…
Briga News Nigeria The Ijaw People’s Developm ent Initiative (IPDI) has faulted people ignorantly blaming Dr Dennis Otuaro, administrator of the presidential amnesty programme for not increasing stipends of delegates of the presidential amnesty programme, citing that increment of stipends is a sole decision of the president of the Nigeria federation, accountant general of the…