Ijaw Impact Assembly

By the HRM Aduo III. Esteem Sons & Daughters of Kabowei Kingdom, as the Seigbein festivities begin throughout the entire kingdom with the solemn Period also known as Amateri, I beseech all our sons, daughters and residents within our Kingdom, here in Delta and Bayelsa States to cooperate and adhere strictly to the rules of this sacred period of reflection. May the Almighty forgive us our transgressions even as we prepare and await the incoming siegbein celebrations.

By Elagha Isaac   On February 23, 1966, the autonomous Niger Delta Republic was declared by Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, who believed the people of the area, mostly Ijaw, deserved a larger share of the proceeds of the oil wealth, and considered armed revolt as the only way to ensure that.  He formed the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, an armed militia with members consisting mainly of his fellow Ijaw ethnic group, and fought with federal forces for 12 days before being defeated.  He and his comrades were jailed for treason, but Boro was granted amnesty by General Yakubu Gowon  on the eve of the Nigerian civil war in May 1967, and commissioned as a major in the Nigerian army. He died in 1968 at Ogu, near Okrika, in Rivers State. 

 By Ijaw Heritage TV RIVERS STATES: -------------------------- 1) Andoni (Obolo) 2) Bille 3) Ibani (Bonny) 4) Kalabari 5) Ke 6) Kula 7) Nkoro 8) Okrika (Wakirike) 9) Opobo, As well as the Residual populations in Abua-Odual LGA, Ahoada West LGA (Engenni), and Ogba/Egbema, Andoni LGA & Port Harcourt belonging to Okrika and Kalabari Clans and Ndoki of Ayigbo LGA, Akwa-Ibom and Abia State.   BAYELSA STATE: -------------------------- 1) Akassa (Akaha) 2) Apoi 3) Bassan 4) Beni-Oyakiri 5) Bumo 6) Buseni 7) Ekpetiama 8) Epei-Atissa 9) Gbarain 10) Iduwini 11) Kabo 12) Kolokuma 13) Kumbo 14) Mein (Ogobiri Mein) 15) Nembe 16) Ogbia 17) Ogboin 18) Okodia 19) Olodiama 20) Operemo 21) Oporoma 22) Opukuma 23) Tarakiri-east 24) Tarakiri-west 25) Tungbo DELTA STATE: --------------------------- 1) Egbema 2) Gbaranmatu 3) Iduwini 4) Isaba 5) Kabo (Kabuowei) 6) Kumbo 7) Mein (Ngbilebiri, Ogbolubiri &) Akugbene Mein) 8) Ogulagha 9) Obotebe 10) Ogbe-Ijo 11) Operemo 12) Seimbiri 13) Tarakiri-west 14

  Jonathan Adagogo Green was born in Bonny, present-day Rivers State, in 1873. He is the first professional photographer in Nigeria.  He attended school in Lagos and Sierra Leone. He later learned and studied photography in Freetown, Sierra Leone.   In 1891, equipped with every bit of knowledge of the art, Green set up a studio for his photographic practice in Bonny. Jonathan Green wasn't any kind of photographer.  His catalogue of work demonstrated how organized and bold he was in highlighting the conditions at the time through the lens of the camera. Jonathan Adagogo Green seemingly had a large plethora of interests. His catalogue had two sets of insights: the British imperialist colonial power and the exceptional beauty and uniqueness of his local culture, particularly the Ibani Ijo community.  His photographs covered the British colonial officers, prominent Nigerian chiefs and their families, and European merchants. As Nigeria's first photographer, Green was strategically p