Tag: Ken Saro-Wiwa
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Ken Saro-Wiwa And The Ogoni Conundrum, By DAN AMOR
By DAN AMOR TODAY, Wednesday November 10, 2021, to be specific, indubitably marks the 26th anniversary of the tragic death of Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa and eight of his Ogoni kinsmen, in the evil hands of professional hangmen who sneaked into Port Harcourt from Sokoto in the cover of darkness. We were at the national…
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Ken Saro-Wiwa foundation rejects Buhari’s proposed pardon for late activist, eight others
The Board of Directors of Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation (KSWF) has rejected the proposal by President Muhammadu Buhari to grant pardon to Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni activists executed by the late Military Dictator, Sani Abacha, in 1995. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the president made the proposition on Friday when he received some leaders and people of…
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Buhari receives Ogoni leaders in Abuja, considers state pardon for Ken Saro-wiwa, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Ogoni leaders to sensitise indigenes on the value of protecting national assets like pipelines and other oil installations,
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Ken Saro-Wiwa: 25 years After – Ajiri-Oghene Oreh
By Ajiri-Oghene Oreh The 10th day of November, 1995 was an unusual fateful day. The world froze! The world stood still as agony filled throbbing hearts. Lamentations rented the air. Hopes and aspirations were dashed. Eyes became tear-glazed. Ground reeled. The “wretched of the earth” shuddered with cold just as the atmosphere was eerie. Why…
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Uyo Book Club to celebrate Ken Saro Wiwa with colloquium
The Uyo Book Club has concluded plans to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the gruesome hanging to death of the Nigerian writer, Environmental activist, poet and scholar, Ken Saro Wiwa with a colloquium to mark the day. Saro-Wiwa was a world renowned peace advocate who fought for the liberation of the Niger Delta but was…
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BREAKING: Late activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa’s son dies of Coronavirus in UK
Menegian, son of late activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa has died of Coronavirus in the United Kingdom. This was disclosed by his sister, Noo Saro-Wiwa on her Facebook Page on Thursday. According to Noo, his bother had Coronavirus, combined with underlying health conditions, on Monday, which led to his death. “We said goodbye to my brother, Gian;…
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Oil: how Buhari’s men cause trouble for Nigeria
Mrs Edith Douglas The recent comprehensive disclosure in the media of how a new tension is mounting in the Niger Delta over President Muhammadu Buhari’s revocation of three oil blocks based on misleading advice from the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, is the latest example of how…