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The City of Houston in Texas, United States of America, has proclaimed July 5 as Ijaw Convention Day. The proclamation signed by the city’s Mayor, John Whitmire, was presented to the Ijaw National Congress of the Americas (INC-A) on Saturday during the award night and unveiling of the Ijaw Cultural and Heritage Centre as part of activities of its three-day second Ijaw Global Convention with the theme: “Effective Leadership in Ijaw Nation,” held at the Marriott Hotel in Westchase. The document was received by the Governor-General of the Ijaw nation and Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, represented by his Chief of Staff, Dr. Peter Akpe, alongside the INC President, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, and the INC-A Chairman, Mr. Ken Anga. Mr. Whitmire described the Ijaw community in H...

Elder Asu Beks Daniel Kanu Elder Asu Beks, president, Ijaw Media Forum is a journalist’s journalist. The Niger-Delta activist and publisher of Shipping World has been passionate and involved in the struggle for the emancipation of the Niger Delta region. He has gone through the thick and thin of the struggle told Sunday Sun that there is need for a new narrative in the region.He spoke on the nullification of the election of Bayelsa governor, Douye Diri by an election tribunal, what Bayelsa state needs, assessment of President Mohammadu Buhari’s leadership, 2023, and its strategies by different regions and the need for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023, among other issues. Excerpt: The election tribunal gave a verdict during the week, nullifying the election of your st...

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U.S City Proclaims Ijaw Day As Diasporans Honour Jonathan, Diri, Fubara, Clark, Others

Why Bayelsans should stop infighting, support Diri – Asu Beks