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IPC raises alarm over growing violence in South Eastern states On Kindly Share This Story: The Ikwerre Peoples Congress (IPC) has raised the alarm over what it described as “the spate of violence that is currently being perpetrated in parts of Old Eastern Nigeria”. The group in a press statement signed by its convened, Livingstone Wechie, noted that the developments have resulted in the armed and violent attacks on security formations in some of the Eastern States “and this is very unacceptable”. In part, the statement reads thus; “We have been monitoring the Ikwerre is one of the ...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The people of Ikwerre under the aegis of Ikwerre Peoples Congress, IPC on Tuesday cautioned the acclaimed leader of Biafra, Asari Dokubo for putting Ikwerre land and its people on his imaginary map. The IPC, reacting through a statement sent to DAILY POST by the Convener, Livingstone Wechie, frowned at claims in the media that the Niger Delta region, which Ikwerre is a major component of has been mapped out as Biafran land. The group insisted that Ikwerre land was not part of the Biafra agenda, hence Asari Dokubo should excuse them as he embarks on his journey of ...

AsarI Dokubo Kinsmen of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, elders and youths from the Niger Delta have distanced themselves from the declaration of Biafra by ex-agitator Alhaji Asari Dokubo. The kinsmen of Wike under the auspices of the Ikwerre Peoples Congress (IPC) said Asari’s proclamation was an abuse of his fundamental human rights, describing his inclusion of Ikwere and the Niger Delta as part of Biafra as vexatious. The convener, IPC, Livingstone Wechie, said: “For the records, Ikwerre is an independent ethnic nation in Nigeria with a global spread and Ikwerre are not subservie...

Nationalism And The Rupture Of Nigeria – Re: Lower Niger Bloc By Ndidi Uwechue Being that there are several ethnic nationalities in the Bloc, ethnic nationalism like the Yoruba can use in their Oodua Nation is not appropriate here, but CIVIC NATIONALISM, the type that is used in multi-ethnic countries like the USA, Canada, and Australia, is the way into the future for the Lower Niger Bloc. by Ndidi Uwechue Mar 05, 2021 From Wikipedia we learn that there are about sixteen different types of nationalism. This article is about good nationalism, the kind that is shaping up in the Lower Niger Bl...

It is said that wherever there is a river an Ijaw born is not far off. Although this is not always the case yet those words hold great significance. The Ijaws are a collection of people that are indigenous to the Niger Delta in Nigeria. And owing to the affinity they have with water, a good number of them are found as migrant fishermen in camps as far west as Sierra Leone and as far east as Gabon. With a population of over fourteen million, the Ijaws are unarguably the most populous tribe inhabiting the Niger Delta region and arguably the fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria.