Tag: Ogoni
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DSS told to release Ogoni Youth Federation president
The Ogoni Youth Federation has appealed to the Department of State Services (DSS) to release its President-General, Legborsi Yamaabana, from custody or arraign him without further delay.
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SUNNY AWHEFEADA: Ogoni from Agony to Hope
By Sunny Awhefeada. Ogoni implicates agony whenever it is mentioned. To underscore this reality, a 1998 book titled Ogoni’s Agonies: Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Crisis in Nigeria edited by Abdul Rasheed Na’ Allah, frames the totality of the perennial agony occasioned by the exploration and exploitation of crude oil in Ogoniland. Crude oil that the…
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Ogoni women reject planned resumption of oil activities
A coalition of 17 Ogoni women groups in Rivers has strongly opposed the Federal Government’s proposed resumption of crude oil extraction in Ogoniland.
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Ogoni people present conditions to Tinubu for resumption of oil activities
The Ogoni people have demanded the creation of Bori State, to be formed from the Eleme, Gokana, Khana, and Tai Local Government Areas (LGAs) that make up Ogoniland.
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Tinubu honours Ogoni martyrs
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to fostering dialogue, reconciliation, and healing among all ethnic nationalities.
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Ogoni, Oyigbo resolve to produce Fubara’s replacement in 2027
Following the political crisis rocking the state, stakeholders from the Ogoni and Oyigbo ethnic extractions in Rivers state held a crucial meeting at the weekend and resolved to produce the replacement of the state governor, Siminialayi Fubara in 2027.
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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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Ogoni stakeholders state conditions for resumption of oil exploration
Ogoni ethnic nationality stakeholders in Rivers State have highlighted conditions for resumption of oil exploration activities in the area. The stakeholders on Sunday said they would not allow the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) or another company to resume oil exploration in the town without due consultations with them. They also raised the alarm over…