Tag: Ogoni
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BREAKING: Shell Petroleum Company bows to court order, agrees to pay Ogoni people N45.9bn compensation
The Ogoni people of Rivers state on Wednesday finally got a favorable judgment at the Federal High Court in Abuja where Shell Petroleum Company agreed to pay a huge sum of N45.9B to the people for the loses suffered during oil spillage that ravaged their communities. The monetary reward ordered by a Federal High Court…
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Ogoni clean up is deceptive, politically motivated – Gov Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says the federal government has been playing politics with the Ogoni environment remediation programme recommended by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He noted that Ogoni having played a pivotal role in the economic development of Rivers State and the country deserves more than what is currently being offered…
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FG hands over Ogoni remediation sites to NOSDRA for scientific analysis
The Federal Government says it has handed over some of the oil spill impacted sites in Ogoniland to the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) for scientific analysis and certification. Dr Mohammad Abubakar, Minister of Environment, said this on Saturday, at the handing over ceremony of the sites to NOSDRA in Alode community,…
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Fuel subsidy: FG urged to channel revenue to health sector
An expert in the oil and gas industry has urged the federal government to use the opportunity presented by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis to remove fuel subsidy in real terms and channel the revenue to the health sector of the Nigerian economy. Faith Nwadishi, Director of Women in Extractives, who made the call during…
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95% Ogonis involved in Ogoniland Clean-up, says FG
The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) on Monday assured indigent Ogoni people of their full participation in the ongoing clean-up of oil impacted Ogoni communities in Rivers. HYPREP, under the Federal Ministry of Environment, said that 95 per cent Ogonis were currently working in different capacities in the clean-up of 21 remediation sites in Ogoniland.…
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Ogoni clean-up: Stakeholders advocate holistic approach to process
Some stakeholders have called for holistic approach that will hasten the clean-up of Ogoni land and the Niger Delta. They made the call in a communique issued on Wednesday in Abuja at the end of a “High Level Advocacy Workshop on the Clean-up of the Niger Delta.” They also urged government and its organs to…
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Ogoni: Buhari, APC deliberately neglecting Niger Delta – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has decried the deliberate neglect of the Niger Delta, despite the fact the region is suffering untold environmental hardship for keeping the country afloat. Speaking during a courtesy visit by the Minister of Environment, Mr Suleiman Hassan Zarma at the Government House Port Harcourt on Friday, Governor Wike said…
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Rivers Govt moves to reintegrate Benin returnees
The Rivers State Government and the four Ogoni speaking Local Government Areas have taken concrete measure to address the needs of Nigerians of Ogoni extraction living in Benin Republic. The four Ogoni speaking Local Government Council Chairmen announced the partnership to address the challenges facing the Nigerians of Ogoni extraction living in Benin Republic on…