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Port Harcourt - IJAW youths, weekend, vowed to resist with the last drop of their blood further exploration and exploitation of oil in the Niger Delta, if Vice President Goodluck Jonathan if not allowed to function as acting president because he is an Ijaw man from the South-South geo-political zone.
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The study area is Nigeria, which has over three hundred and fifty350 ethnic groups in 36 states, but the reseach will focus on the three major once with interest in other group such as Ijaw, Edo and Isoko ethnic groups they are introduce briefly below;
Gender Sensitivity Among Nigerian Ethnic Group « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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Americans, who buy one-fifth of Nigeria's oil – and squeal loudly when just a fraction is spilt on their shores – remain ignorant of the reality of life on the delta and, as far as I can tell, give no aid at all to Igbo or Ijaw communities affected by their companies' spills.
UN report on the Ogoniland oil spills could be catalyst for change | John Vidal 2011
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Complicating matters, the vice president -- ironically named Goodluck Jonathan -- is a Christian and an Ijaw, part of a minority group from the southern Niger Delta region and far from the power centers of the northern Muslim elites who expect one of their own to run the country.
Todd Moss: After the Plane Bomber, Where in the World Is Nigeria's President? 2010
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Soon I was greeted by King Tom Mercy, leader of the local Ijaw community.
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Soon I was greeted by King Tom Mercy, leader of the local Ijaw community.
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The 7.7 million Ijaw are divided into 11 groups, all of which are found in Nigeria (except one, the 32,000 Kalabari of Ghana).
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Special emphasis was put on the female respondents, A geographic approach was also used, with group concentration as emphasis of choice of location as most Ijaw, Isoko people reside in the riverine areas of Lagos notably, Ilaje-bariga, Okokomaiko, Orile and Ajegunle while the Igbo people reside in Alaba International, ladipo etc where they do their business and the Hausa people are located in Alaba-rago, mile-12, and Isolo-Mushin.
Gender Sensitivity Among Nigerian Ethnic Group « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulani, and Ijaw are the most widely used Nigerian languages.
Gender Sensitivity Among Nigerian Ethnic Group « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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The kids were inspired to do service by Giraffe Joel Bisina, who is a fellow Ijaw, and by the book Voices of Hope, a compendium of stories about people around the world who have stuck their necks out for the common good.
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