Tag: Ogoni
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Senator Abe charges Ogoni people to keep struggle alive
The senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe has said the Ogoni struggle may not achieve the desired result if people of the area continue to shy away from political activities. Senator Abe who stated this during the 23rd Anniversary commemoration of the Ogoni Martyrs day in Port…
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Ogoni cleanup: CISLAC wants repair of idle oil installations in Niger Delta
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), a civil society organisation (CSO) has called for repair or removal of non-producing oil installations in the Niger Delta region. The Executive Director of CISLAC, Malam Auwal Ibrahim, made the call during a courtesy visit to Mr Peter Idabor, the Director-General, National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA)…
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FG set to commence clean-up of Ogoni oil spill – Minister
The Minister of State for Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril, said on Monday that the Federal Government was set to commence the clean -up of oil spills in Ogoni land. Jibril told the News Agency of Nigeria on the sideline of the 2018 International Day for Preservation of Ozone Lay in Abuja that the exercise would…
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FG raises N64.4 billion for Ogoniland clean up
The federal government says it has far raised the sum of $177 million, about N64.4 billion, for the cleaning up of Ogoniland. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibril made this known on Monday while disclosing some of the plans by the FG for the Ogoniland clean up. Jibril at a…
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FG announces date for commencement of Ogoni clean-up
The federal government is to begin the remediation phase of oil impacted sites in Ogoniland in August, Marvin Dekil, the Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP), has said. Mr Dekil made the disclosure on the sidelines of a medical outreach organised by HYPREP in Nonwa-Tai, Rivers State, on Friday. He said government…
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Sen. Abe commends Ogoni people for supporting FG’s cleanup project
Sen. Magnus Abe on Thursday commended the Ogoni people in Rivers for embracing the cleanup of their neighbourhood by the Federal Government. Abe, lawmaker representing Rivers South-East Senatorial Zone in the Senate, gave the commendation in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Parry Benson, in Port Harcourt. He expressed gratitude to the people of…
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Abe calls on committee on Ogoni cleanup to present its report in three weeks
Sen. Magnus Abe, representing Rivers South-East Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly, has called on the committee on Ogoni cleanup to present its report in three weeks. Abe made the call in a statement signed by his Spokesman, Parry Benson, and made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He had met with leaders…
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Ogoni Cleanup project on course – Senate
The Senate on Wednesday allayed fears on the implementation of the ongoing Ogoni Clean-up project, saying “it is on course”. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, said this in Abeokuta at the ongoing the 11th National Council on Environment (NCE) meeting on Wednesday. Tinubu was represented by Sen. Magnus Abe, a member…
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Wike has no single economic plan to make Rivers better – Peterside
The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside said Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has no single economic plan to make Rivers better. Peterside stated this in Port Harcourt while reacting to attempts by the state government to frustrate the flagging off of Bodo-Bonny Road project by the Federal Government and…
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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…