Archives for November 14th, 2014
2015: VOTE OBORO AGAIN
EPZ commissioning: IYC warns against bloodshed
Ijaw Youth Council, IYC said it did not want bloodshed between the Ijaw and Itsekiri in Delta State over the Federal Government-owned Export Processing Zone, EPZ, project, now renamed Delta Gas City.
In a statement by IYC spokesman, Mr. Eric Omare, the council called on President Jonathan, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, and other Niger-Delta leaders to, “as ...
EPZ: Jonathan Bows To Pressure, Calls Off Commissioning
President Goodluck Jonathan has bowed to pressure and called off the commissioning of the $16bn Delta Gas City project in Delta State scheduled to hold today following a threat by the Ijaw of Gbaramatu kingdom to unleash violence if he went ahead.
Some Gbaramatu youths protesting the proposed EPZ groundbreaking at Oporoza recently
Reports that the ...