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.
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Indigenes of communities under Apoi clan, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, in Bayelsa State, have started fleeing their homes for fear of a reprisal attack by the military following the killing of a soldier by gunmen on Monday.
The killing is coming a few days after DAILY POST reported an attack by unidentified gunmen on a team of NSCDC personnel.
The gunmen had engaged the NSCDC personnel in a gun battle leading to the loss of weapons and abduction of one officer in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state.
DAILY POST, also gathered that there is now fear among residents over an alleged plan to invade Azuzuama and its surrounding communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government of Bayelsa State by Military personnel.
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The Nigerian Army has appointed Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima as its Director of Public Relations.
NAN reports that Yerima will be replacing Brig.-Gen. Sagir Musa, who has been redeployed to the Nigerian Army Training Centre, Kontagora in Niger State.
A top military personnel who spoke in anonymity told newsmen that the Chief of Army Staff said the move became necessary to reposition the information units of the Nigerian Army.
Before his new appointment, Yerima was at the PR unit of Defence Headquarters, Abuja.
He joined the Nigerian Army in October 1989 and served as Aide De Camp to the Commander Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) between 1990 and 1993.
Unknown gunmen suspected to be oil thieves have killed a soldier and made away with his weapon in Apoi Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa.