₦airaland Forum

Streetinvestor2:
Tell us why efcc has not taken obi to court or is obi hiding in any government house. You can send the evidence to efcc if you think they don't have them.Obi is not equally a member of apc to say apc criminals are protecting him

The files were destroyed during the PDP corrupt era. Go and read what happened then. It was GEJ that rescued Obi from going to jail. That was how and why Obi decamped from APGA to campaign for GEJ

Dogalmighty17:
The shamelessness of these Tinubu sycophants. It is Yahaya Bello who looted over 89 billion naira from the treasury of Kogi state, the same Bello the EFCC appears to have suddenly forgotten about, that Tinubu's defenders of failure are using as a template.
OP your shamelessness is something I've come to expect from you. But why are you not showing us a hospital Tinubu built anywhere! I dare you to show me one single achievement of Tinubu as governor in Lagos state. Just one!
You people should leave Obi alone. Market your failure of a candidate if at all he has anything marketable.

You want to accuse Yahaya Bello of corrupt enrichment of 89 billion but you want to call Obi innocent of 250 million monthly? Both men haven't been found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction but you want to believe that only one is innocent while the other is guilty!

AderonkeOlaniyi:
There's no evil that can't be perpetrated by Bola Tinubu the political fraudster. He's very aware of the fake government parastatal that his fellow crook Gbajiamila collected bribes for. It's already a plan by Bola Tinubu and his gang of criminals to siphon public funds through the fake parastatal in preparation to rig 2027 elections. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, you're a thief, and you'll end up like Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast.

stop talking rubbish! The president has the powers to create any agency and nobody can do shit! It is because he didn't create this one that's why this issue came up.

Borrow2222:
Pete Obi writes again:



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This is a man that could not govern a small state like Anambra. His form of generating IGR was to tax market women to death while touts were on rampage in the streets. Anambra was a crime scene during his tenure.

Kudos should be given to the Tinubu government! This is the first time corruption like this would be exposed by government. We all know SPV's like these were popular during the PDP era.

AMI3:
But Soludo is Obi political enemy.
He has all what it takes to do that.

Tinubu, Wike or any of his political enemy can invite EFCC.

You think governance works like that? You're very funny! Even you as a private individual, you wouldn't want strange eyes prying into your private or company account. This is because no government is perfect. But you guys think Obi is a Saint. That's why he's on the hot seat

AMI3:
If Obi is a criminal tag EFCC to do their job.

Is that not the right thing to do?

His crimes were committed at the State level! EFCC has no powers or authority to probe the finances of a state unless invited by the government of that state through the state house of assembly. This is what's making most state governors escape criminality. The EFCC can only investigate individuals not the state government

AMI3:
That media trial.
Let the EFCC arrest him.
I believe Soludo does not even like him. I believe there is an organization is in charge of fraud.
What are they waiting for?

Is ADEYEMI SCANDAL an hear say?
Or the Nnpc scam under his watch is also hearsay?
Or the on coastal road that is awarded to a man with questionable character without any other bidding from another company is hearsay.
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How will u one wake up one morning and ur children ask u daddy is it true that monkey and snake swallowed money?

What will be your response? I guess u will tell the innocent child ithat t is not possible.
But it happened in your darling party.

Or the same innocent child will ask you, daddy where is Tinubu from?
Who are is parents?
Who are is relative
Which school did he attend?
Give me historical background of Tinubu

Probably u will cook some stories and give the innocent child.

But remember what so ever lies u tell a child such a child will never forget it.

I wish you all the best as u keep supporting people with questionable character.

One thing you fail to realise is that you see Obi as a saint! He's not!
Now, no one is saying governance is perfect right now or would ever be perfect. Criminality will always be with us. What you should be looking at is the reaction of government. You talk about party. In governance, there's nothing like party. If you want to talk about party, APC is executive, and legislature! So, if it's a party thing, you'll not even hear of it.
Be it APC, PDP, NDC, ADC, etc. they all have Nigerians. When you start differentiating by party, it seems as if those from other party are saints. Like I said before, Obi is a criminal. Criminals are everywhere and they'll be caught

Odewaleadesoye:
FIFA World Cup 2026: Round of 16 Confirmed! Full List of Qualified Teams, Results and Fixtures (Nigeria Time)

The Round of 32 is over, and the 16 teams that will battle for a place in the quarter finals have now been confirmed.

Here are the teams that qualified, who they defeated, the scores, and their Round of 16 opponents.
1. Canada defeated South Africa 2-0 and will face Morocco.
2. Brazil defeated Japan 3-1 and will face Norway.
3. Paraguay defeated Germany on penalties after a 0-0 draw (4-2 on penalties) and will face France.
4. France defeated Sweden 2-0 and will face Paraguay.
5. Mexico defeated Ecuador 2-1 and will face England.
6. England defeated DR Congo 2-1 and will face Mexico.
7. Belgium defeated Senegal 2-1 after extra time and will face USA.
8. United States defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-0 and will face Belgium.
9. Spain defeated Austria 3-0 and will face Portugal.
10. Portugal defeated Croatia 2-1 and will face Spain.
11. Switzerland defeated Algeria 2-0 and will face Colombia.
12. Colombia defeated Ghana 1-0 and will face Switzerland.
13. Argentina defeated Cape Verde 3-2 after extra time and will face Egypt.
14. Egypt defeated Australia on penalties after a 1-1 draw (4-2 on penalties) and will face Argentina.
15. Morocco defeated the Netherlands 1-0 and will face Canada.
16. Norway defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 and will face Brazil.


Round of 16 Fixtures (Nigeria Time)

Saturday, July 4, 2026
- Canada vs Morocco – 6:00 PM
- Brazil vs Norway – 9:00 PM


Sunday, July 5, 2026
- Paraguay vs France – 10:00 PM
- Mexico vs England – 1:00 AM (JULY 6)


Monday, July 6, 2026
- Spain vs Portugal – 10:00 PM
- Belgium vs USA – 1:00 AM (JULY 7)


Tuesday, July 7, 2026
- Argentina vs Egypt – 5:00 PM
- Switzerland vs Colombia – 9:00 PM


Who do you think will qualify for the quarter finals? Share your predictions below.

Argentina have been given an easy path. They've not met any strong team yet. It's like fifa want Argentina to win the cup

Kanwulia:
You want him to be “area-scatter” like your master-strategist from GBAJUE-DELIOTTE?

Like Traore, it will take less than 4 years to address multiple areas. Remember if all goes well Kwankwaso will continue for 8 years. Hopefully, the reforms will continue. 🙏🏾 It will take at least 16 years to see another demon like Tinubu.🙄

Stop talking nonsense! Are you saying if he's focusing on education,then every other sector should wait? Is that governance? Thank God he'll not win! There's no pathway for Obi to Aso rock.

Ezmans:
what concerns sule with the factory, is he the owner of the factory, or owner of the land he is only the governor of the state and he is very corrupt we should stop this praise singing politics in Nigeria

But you'll praise Obi for hero beer! An investment in which the state has just 5%

Kanwulia:
Thank you DADDY!!!!❤️

Obi is naive in the act of governance! There's nothing like doing one first! You do all at once because they are intertwined. Or is he telling us that if it takes 4 years to achieve one, the others would be left unattended to?

AMI3:
If I put u in power will u betray me by exposing my dirty deals while I was in government?

What do they call him? God father. U know what that means. U dare not go against his wish..

I dare let another party win Lagos let us see how it will go.

I now understand you very well! You prefer conjecture than facts. Soludo in his official capacity as governor of Anambra state told us that over 70 communities lack communal schools, you refuse to believe him but you want to believe that Tinubu is corrupt based on hearsay! While there're tons of evidence of Obi's corruption on the net. Like the ₦250 million scam, the Pandora papers, investing state funds in vested banks for personal profit, Willie Obiano's accusation of him requesting ₦7.5 billion, taxation of market women (which is a local government responsibility), killing of youths in Ezu river, etc. You don't believe all these right!

AMI3:
My greatest happiness is that Soludo didn't tell u that Obi stole government money.

And upon all the argument u didn't either tell me that he stole public funds.

Thank God it on record that so many abandoned projects he fixed them back

And any politician that has not stolen public is rare gem in Nigeria because 95% of all the politicians in Nigeria are thieves.

If somebody like your principal still have men with questionable character in which himself has soiled his hands, why should I support such a man.

This same APC that snake swallowed money, this same party that monkey swallowed money, this same government that they told us that our refinery is working.

The recent one is the fake ministry create under his watch and u are here defending them .

How much do they pay u?

Even Tinubu has not been accused of stealing even ₦1 from Lagos state coffers! Therefore, what are you saying?Apart from being a senator and governor of lagos state, Tinubu has never worked for government. No predecessor has accused him of stealing state funds. He's far cleaner than your Peter Obi that was caught moving 250 million and Pandora papers named him verbatim

AMI3:
Well I am just hearing this from u.
If he has committed all those crimes u have mentioned then u have the right to report him to the authority right and I believe that what every sensible human being should do.

For Soludo if u believe his statement then u can believe anything cooked any politician.

I don't believe what Obi said , I only make my physical verifications.

Anambra is not far from me.
For u u can believe Soludo because u don't like Obi and anything Obi's enemies will say against him whether true or false is right in your eyes.

You don't want to believe a governor? Has anyone come out to disprove what he said? Are communal schools now secret/confidential projects?
it's a fact that Anambra lack communal schools. If not for churches and private schools, Anambra stae will be in serious deficit

AMI3:
Did u verified Soludo statement before u agree with him? Ur enemy can not speak good about u and u know it.

The Soludo u are mentioning can he give account of his stewardship after his tenure?

It is better to leave office with a clean hand than to steal tax payers money in the name of building or constructing new project.

No present governor can be as clean as Obi.

Many people that are rooting for him are doing so because he Left with a clean records.

If u feel he did not build any school good but he renovated all the schools in Anambra state.

And there is no trace of missing funds link to him like other politicians.

Can u mention one politician that left the office with clean records like Obi since u hate him so much like that

Soludo is the present governor of Anambra state. You don't want me to believe him? Oga, "go and verify" don cast! No be news again. People have gone to verify and found out that Obi was telling lies!
You see Obi as a saint! Gabrielle his 12 years old daughter when he was governor had an offshore account according to Pandora papers while Obi was killing youths and dumping them in Ezu river.

AMI3:
Is there any school he did not renovate when he was a governor?

Governance is all about continuity , maintenance, accountability.

If his style of governance is to maintain the abandoned projects littering all over the country it is good for our economy?

Can you remember where coco pyramid was, can you remember where groundnuts pyramid was, go see Kaduna textile what is happening there? Where OGUN railway station or ABA railway station, Ajakuta steel company?

Where are there? Even Good luck Jonathan tried to revive them but this government came and buried them.

Tell me is that how other develop countries run their government?

Anyway u may still be a child when all mentioned project were pride of our nation.

Read the headlines again! We're talking about the scam called Obi. Like I said earlier, government is all about welfare and creating enabling environment for business to thrive. It's not about taxing market women to death! Or saving money meant for communal schools. Soludo said it himself. He said over 70 communities had no school in Anambra state! Yet someone had the effontery to save money in a vested bank! Anambra was truly a crime scene under Obi

JASONjnr:
Why should anyone shut up when Peter Obi makes stupid comments and grant interviews only to disgrace himself?

What do you want him to verify? The facts are there .. you are to debunk the claims from misterone or drop your facts and not ask someone to go and verify their claims...

To add to this... Peter Obi stopped paying workers working in the state waterboard for 8yrs ..... That's devilish.

You can't portray him as a saint. He lied he's not the owner of Next int'l but during his tenure he claimed he stepped down from the his company before taking over power but the facts went against him from the date she signed when handing over the company. Later he claimed the company was a family company.

Obi is a fat liar and whether he has criminal cases against him or not he's never going to be a president of this country.

Don't mind him. What was Obi's 12 years old daughter doing with an offshore account according to Pandora papers?

sulaak:
That is the problem with Peter Obi: he thinks Nigerians will buy his lies. As president, he can empower the LGA and state governments to fund education and health care only if they are committed to supporting rural development.

Obi is a dictator! He doesn't understand division of labour as enshrined in the constitution. That was why he refused conducting LGA elections for 8 years. That's also why he thinks as president, he will have the powers to reduce the salary of the legislature. Also, why he doesn't have regards for those contesting for senate and HoR under his party. He thinks he can do it alone.

AMI3:
And leave the decaying one ?
U think to manage public funds is just to waste it ?

U can not be a good manager.

That is why u see so many abandoning projects in the country because everyone want to start a new one in other to embezzel funds
Because the know that people like u will support them

What gibberish are you spewing? So, some children don't have right to go to school? Or is it fair to tax petty traders? Is that what Obi learnt in his market to market management? So being a good manager means saving funds mean to build communal schools in vested banks, or investing in a brewery? Do you know what government is? Government is not about profit but about welfare! When Obi was governor, Anambra state was a crime scene!

You fail to build communal schools when your were in government. You refuse to pay doctors when you were governor. You taxed market women when you were governor. You left general hospitals to go rot when you were governor. You said "education is not for the poor" . Now you're saying a different thing.

Dogalmighty17:
So how come budgetary allocation was made to this supposed fake agency? Why is the presidency silent on this?

There's a difference between budget and appropriation.

Love800:
Start an insignificant reform!

Why have all the reforms gaining bad heights more than the good ones since presidential government!
We should be reinventing old phased reforms/solutions all the time!

So critics can't debate on the matter again!
Only your review or the presidential view will stand abi!

Lol.

Oga, no reform can be 100% perfect. Even the bible is criticized! Those that want to accept and support the reform will do so. So, you saying some of the reforms are seen in bad light is normal.
I've seen someone that's seriously sick rejecting treatment just because the drugs are bitter.

Dem no do, una go complain! Dem do, una go still complain! Let the reforms start first. If there're challenges, we try to solve them as we go. The first thing is to start not complain.

TaofeeqAA:
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A reform can sound beautiful in Abuja and still fail inside a crowded camp in Iyana Ipaja, Kubwa, Awgu, or Katsina. That is the first problem with the new NYSC reform approved by the Federal Executive Council. On paper, it sounds ambitious: six weeks of orientation, civilian operational leadership, specialised career streams, skills-based primary assignments, professional certification, a new uniform, and a graduation ceremony to replace the Passing Out Parade. But policy is not judged by the grammar of its announcement. Policy is judged by what happens when it meets water shortage, bad hostels, weak budgets, insecurity, and Nigerian reality.

Let us start with the six-week orientation camp. Extending camp from three weeks to six weeks may look like a serious investment in young people, but it becomes dangerous if the facilities remain the same. Many NYSC camps are already overstretched. In May 2026, as reported by Punch Newpaper, corps members at the Lagos orientation camp complained of persistent water shortage, inadequate storage facilities, irregular electricity, and overcrowding. Some reportedly woke as early as 1 a.m. to queue for water. If three weeks already tests the health and patience of young graduates, six weeks without massive investment in hostels, toilets, water, clinics, ventilation, food, and security is not reform. It is punishment with a policy title.

No young person learns civic values properly while struggling to bathe, sleep, eat, and stay healthy. A hungry corper listening to financial literacy under poor conditions is not being empowered; he or she is merely enduring another Nigerian survival course. If government wants six weeks, then the budget must speak before the slogan speaks. More days in camp means more feeding, more medical care, more staff, more sanitation, more electricity, more security, and more monitoring. Without that, the reform will simply double the duration of discomfort and reduce the quality of welfare.

The second issue is the shift to civilian operational leadership. This is not automatically bad. NYSC was never supposed to be a military barracks. A civilian-led structure can make the scheme more developmental, more flexible, and more aligned with skills and employment. But Nigeria must be honest about one thing: weak civilian systems are easier to bend. The military presence in camp, for all its harshness, gives NYSC a certain immediate discipline. Everyone wakes up early. Everyone lines up. Everyone wears the same white shorts. The child of a politician and the child of a mechanic can both be corrected in the same parade ground.

If that authority is reduced without a strong replacement, camp may become another Nigerian space where connection defeats discipline. Wealthy corps members may lobby their way out of duties. Influential parents may pressure officials. Some may sleep outside camp while ordinary graduates remain under stricter rules. That is why civilian leadership must come with clear enforcement rules, independent monitoring, transparent sanctions, and public reporting. A civilian-led NYSC should not mean a weaker NYSC. It should mean a more accountable one.

There is also a human management question that government should not pretend away. Thousands of young adults living together for six weeks need firm safeguarding, not moral speeches. Even under the existing military-style camp structure, discipline issues still occur. Extending camp to six weeks increases the responsibility of the state to protect corps members from harassment, exploitation, abuse of authority, bribery, and unsafe private arrangements. This is not about policing people’s private lives. It is about making sure power is not abused inside camp. Civilian officials must therefore be trained, monitored, and held accountable. If not, the reform may create new spaces for compromise and misconduct.

The third problem is the illusion of the six-week crash course. Nigeria must stop pretending that a broken education-to-work pipeline can be repaired with short camp training. A graduate who spent four or five years in an underfunded tertiary system cannot become a strong tech professional, agribusiness operator, infrastructure specialist, or entrepreneur because of a few weeks of lectures. Real skills require time, tools, mentorship, practice, assessment, and industry exposure. Germany’s respected dual vocational system, for example, is built around training in both companies and vocational schools, with apprentices employed by companies and trained over two to three and a half years depending on the occupation. That is a system, not a seminar.

If the new NYSC skills streams are serious, they must go beyond PowerPoint slides and certificates. The training must be practical, assessed by real industry standards, and linked to actual employers or enterprise support. Otherwise, Nigeria will produce another certificate economy: more paper, less competence. We must also ask uncomfortable questions. Who designs the curriculum? Who selects the trainers? Who pays the certification bodies? What happens to corps members who fail the assessment? Will they be forced to repeat training? Will certificates become another backdoor business for vendors and politically connected firms?

The certification angle deserves special attention. “Globally recognised professional certification” sounds attractive, but in Nigeria it can quickly become a contract bazaar. If not properly regulated, private training firms may begin to chase NYSC contracts, camp officials may control access, and corps members may be pressured into paying hidden fees. The government must publish the certification partners, selection criteria, cost per corps member, procurement process, assessment method, and complaint channels. A reform that claims to fight unemployment must not become another marketplace for insiders.

The fourth issue is the claim that NYSC can help build a $1 trillion economy. There is nothing wrong with ambition. A country without ambition is already tired. But advanced economies are not built by forcing graduates into state-designed career streams for one year. They are built by fixing basic education, strengthening universities and polytechnics, providing stable electricity, reducing business costs, supporting manufacturing, expanding infrastructure, and allowing the private sector to create real jobs. NYSC can support national development, but it cannot replace economic fundamentals.

The global examples also require care. Singapore has mandatory National Service, but it is rooted mainly in defence and security; full-time National Service is treated as a national security institution. South Korea’s compulsory service is also tied to national defence obligations. Germany’s vocational strength comes from long-term company-school training, not a six-week camp experiment. Nigeria appears to be mixing national mobilisation, civic training, military discipline, civilian administration, professional certification, entrepreneurship, and job placement into one overloaded scheme. That may sound innovative, but it is also risky. When one policy tries to do everything, it often ends up doing little well.

The fifth problem is the PPA reality. Skills-based primary assignment sounds good, but where are the receiving institutions? Many corps members already struggle to secure meaningful places of primary assignment. Some schools, companies, and government offices reject corps members because they lack space, funding, supervision capacity, or willingness to pay local allowance. If an organisation cannot absorb a regular corps member, calling the person “Digital Corps” or “Medical Corps” will not magically create a desk, a supervisor, internet access, equipment, or salary support. The reform must therefore include a serious employer partnership framework. Without that, the new streams will become new labels on old frustration.

The sixth issue is the Passing Out Parade. Scrapping or redesigning POP may look minor, but symbols matter. The POP is one of the few rituals that gives corps members a shared sense of completion. It is not perfect, but it is memorable. Replacing it with a formal graduation ceremony may be useful if the ceremony genuinely reflects skills acquired, projects completed, and communities served. But if it becomes another long government speech day, corps members will simply lose one emotional part of service and gain another boring protocol event.

The biggest weakness in this reform is the apparent distance between policymakers and present-day corps members. Many people designing NYSC reform still carry memories of a different Nigeria: when the scheme was more prestigious, the economy was less punishing, and allowance had real value. Today’s corps member is serving in a country of high living costs, insecurity, weak infrastructure, digital frustration, and deep uncertainty. A policy designed for an imaginary Nigeria will collapse in the real one.

This does not mean the reform should be rejected completely. Some parts are sensible. A technology-driven call-up process can reduce manipulation. Risk-sensitive deployment is necessary in a country facing serious security challenges. Skills-based PPA can make service more meaningful. Civilian leadership can modernise the scheme if properly governed. Camp grading can improve standards if it is transparent and tied to funding. The problem is not the ambition. The problem is the missing foundation.

Before implementation, government should answer five questions clearly:
1. what is the actual additional budget for six-week orientation?
2. Which camps currently meet the minimum standard for six weeks of residence?
3. Who will train, certify, and monitor the specialised streams?
4. What safeguards will prevent corruption, favouritism, and exploitation inside camp?
5. Which employers and institutions have formally agreed to accept corps members under the new PPA model?

Nigeria does not need another reform that looks powerful at announcement and weak at implementation. NYSC is too important to be treated as a laboratory for half-built ideas. If government wants to turn the scheme into a serious national development platform, it must first fix the camp, protect the corps member, fund the programme, involve the private sector, and publish the implementation plan.

A six-week camp without water is not innovation.
A certificate without skill is not empowerment.
A civilian-led system without accountability is not modernisation.
And a $1 trillion economy will not be built by slogans.

It will be built by honest policy, disciplined execution, and respect for the young Nigerians who are always asked to sacrifice first.

FatimaAbubakar:
The criteria or requirement to support Tinubu is very simple. Just be dull and be plainly stupid, and you'll be accepted into the union of his online slaves. If this isn't the case, how can someone who claim to have a functional brain question the rationale behind political aspirants presenting their certificates for an office that's PUBLIC? How can someone who has a white material inside his skull think that a certificate is a PRIVATE property and shouldn't be presented for a PUBLIC office? So why not go and rule your family instead if you want to rule privately with a private certificate? These guys must be the dullest set of creatures found on the Earth's surface.

The pain is real! Even after 3 years, they're still suffering from the pain of failure!
Even if it is electricity bill Tinubu submits. He'll still become president. That bitter pills you guys took will last 8 years not 4.

Kemetian:
I was just doing some work today, and this thought hit me like a thunderbolt.

I began sweating, with multiple nightmarish permutations dancing in my medulla oblangata.

The year was 2028.

And Nigeria was under the rule of President Peter Obi.

Instantly, questions from unseen presences hit me from all angles.

What if this man, given his recent utterances, is planning a dramatic RELEASE of the dreaded warlord and terrorist, Kanu?

Will it set off a chain-reaction of national calamity, and an aggravated spate of south-east centred insecurity, and possibly open warfare?

I then saw something that made me freeze.

In the deepest recesses of Aso Rock, in secret basement chambers, sat Peter Obi, with Emma Powerful, and a strangely-released-from-Finnish- prison Simon Ekpa, smoking a fat Cuban cigar, all sat around a table, plotting the unfolding chaos across the country!

I quickly said a short prayer, before returning to my office, shaken.

Obi can never be president! So your dream can never happen

Islie:
https://dailytrust.com/2027-obi-asks-inec-to-publish-candidates-certificates/

No matter what Peter Agbotikuyo Obi says or do, he'll never be the president of the federal republic of Nigeria. You can take that to the bank.

ZUBY77:
The type Peter Obi built in Onitsha.
So massive that it sends every kind of flood to the river Niger

Big fat lie! That is a federal project along the Enugu Onitsha road

Have you seen that picture where Obi was waist deep in flood water? That flood area still exist till this day

Klington:
The same lagos they claimed one lazy incompetent fraud "discovered and built ".

DeepSight:
There is more nuance to the matter than simply saying Ijaws are settlers everywhere else except Bayelsa.

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GEMINI:
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.​In Nigerian ethno-historical and legal discourse, a clear distinction is maintained between the "indigenous" homeland territories of an ethnic group and the diaspora or migrant settlements they establish elsewhere.
​As an ancient maritime and riverine people believed to be among the earliest inhabitants of southern Nigeria, the Ijaw (Izon) nation is recognized as indigenous to six specific states.

​1. Core Indigenous States (The Triad)
​These three states house the overwhelming majority of the Ijaw population, where they hold deep-rooted ancestral territories, traditional stools, and paramount kingdoms dating back centuries.

Bayelsa State: The undisputed heartland of the Ijaw nation. It is the only entirely homogenous Ijaw state in Nigeria, where the group is indigenous across all 8 Local Government Areas (LGAs), including the capital, Yenagoa.

​Rivers State: Home to the Eastern Ijaw subgroups. They are indigenous to at least 11 LGAs along the coastal and riverine belts. Major historical indigenous kingdoms here include the Kalabari (Abonnema, Buguma, Bakana), Ibani (Bonny and Opobo), Okrika, Andoni (Obolo), and Nkoro.

​Delta State: The Central/Western Ijaw clans are completely indigenous to the riverine and coastal landscapes of Delta, spanning at least 6 LGAs (Bomadi, Burutu, Patani, Warri North, Warri South, and Warri South-West). Indigenous Delta Ijaw clans include the Gbaramatu, Ogbe-Ijoh, Egbema, Mein, and Ogulagha.

​2. Peripheral Indigenous States
​While often sharing these states with larger ethnic majorities, Ijaw communities here are not recent settlers or economic migrants; their ancestral occupation of these specific coastal enclaves predates colonial amalgamation and, in some cases, neighboring monarchies.

​Ondo State: The Ijaw are indigenous to the riverine Ese-Odo Local Government Area. They are represented by two major ancestral clans: the Arogbo Ijaw and the Western Apoi Ijaw (who migrated to the region around the 9th Century CE).

​Edo State: Indigenous Ijaw populations reside in the riverine belts of Ovia South-West and Ovia North-East LGAs. Clans such as the Olodiama-West, Egbema, Furupagha, and Okomu have ancestral histories in these waterways that run parallel to or, by some historical accounts, predate early structural phases of the Benin empire.

​Akwa Ibom State: The Ijaw presence here is primarily represented by the Andoni-Obolo fishermen and clans who indigenously inhabit the coastal borders adjacent to Rivers State, specifically in areas like Eastern Obolo and Ibeno.

Indigenous Territories vs. Settler Outposts
​To contrast this with where they are regarded as "settlers" or migrant populations:

​The Atlantic Migrant Coastlines: Because the traditional Ijaw economy is anchored heavily on artisan fishing, maritime trade, and boat building, massive migrant communities have existed for generations along the coastlines of Lagos State, Ogun State, and further out into West African nations like Cameroon, Gabon, and Sierra Leone.

​The Settler Status: In Lagos (e.g., Makoko or riverine enclaves in Badagry/Epe), despite having lived there for decades or even over a century, the Ijaw are legally and culturally classified as settlers or residents, as the land belongs indigenously to the Awori, Egun, and other Yoruba subgroups. Conversely, in the riverine enclaves of Ondo, Edo, or Delta, they hold inherent indigenous land rights, traditional rulers (Peres and Agadagbas), and constitutional recognition as natives of the soil.
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like I said almost all ijaws can trace their roots to Bayelsa State. This one no be Gemini matter. Anybody can write anything on the net. Go to these areas, they'll only tell you these things if you're very close to them! You'll here things like: this person's grandfather came from Bayelsa, that one family home is in bayelsa, that family name is this and that, it is related to one family in bayelsa etc. I've been to these areas severally and I have friends among them

DitariofIjaw:
The Lovers of Ijaw Nation Organization (LINO), an Ijaw civil rights organization, says it conducted an opinion poll across the six major states where the Ijaw people are indigenous (of which from Ondo Ijaw to Akwa-Ibom Ijaws you can move all through without passing none Ijaw areas just unjust State balkanizations when Ijaws aren't even scattered in nature) ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

According to LINO, the poll covered the 86 Ijaw clans and 2,848 Ijaw villages and communities, where the organization says it has a presence alongside the Ijaw National Congress (INC) and the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC). The survey asked one main question:
Which presidential candidate does the Ijaw Nation support?
LINO stated that over 1,000 people were contacted in each clan.

Bayelsa State
According to the poll, many respondents in Bayelsa said they support Peter Obi, believing he is associated with a political movement that includes Ijaw interests. The state recorded an aggregate support of 78% for Peter Obi.


Edo State
In Edo Ijaw communities, respondents said their major concern is the construction of roads to connect their more than 250 communities. Many said they are not focused on either the present government or Peter Obi but on any leader who will improve their lives. Even so, the poll recorded an aggregate of 64% support for Peter Obi.


Ondo State
Among the Ijaws in Ondo State, respondents were less focused on Peter Obi and more interested in unity among themselves. They said they would support any candidate who would benefit their people. Some also said President Tinubu has not treated them badly but has not done enough. The poll recorded 53% support for Peter Obi.

Delta State
In Delta State, LINO said Tompolo enjoys strong support among the people. However, many respondents said they would rather support a presidential candidate who values the Ijaw people instead of taking the ports out of their land. Delta was described as the most politically neutral Ijaw state in the survey. Peter Obi received 45%, while all other candidates combined received 55%.

Rivers State
According to the poll, many Rivers Ijaw respondents said they voted for Peter Obi in the last election and intend to do so again. They also expressed a desire to end a political system they believe does not allow their votes to fully count. The survey recorded 85% support for Peter Obi.

Akwa Ibom State
The poll also reported that Ijaws in Akwa Ibom showed strong support for Peter Obi, with an aggregate of 65%.


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@Ditari of Ijaw.

Ijaws are coastal nomads just like the fulanis that are pasture nomads. 99% of ijaws are from Bayelsa State. They are settlers in every other state. They move to an area along the coast then start a fishing colony. From there , they expand. Just like the fulanis that are in every state of the Federation. They fulanis have colony's in every state of the Federation. We cannot say they own these lands. Ijaws are the same. If you go to Gbaramatu in Warri South West LGA, almost 99% of those claiming indigene there can trace their roots to Bayelsa State.