Buhari approves further health intervention in Ogoni
President Muhammadu Buahri has approved further healthcare intervention in the communities of Ogoni, Rivers State, to alleviate the suffering of residents of the area following much exposure to oil pollution. This came as the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, pleaded with the people of Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State to be […]
Hyprep carries out medical outreach in Ogoni
Hydrocarbon pollution remediation project, Hyprep on Saturday, carried out the second phase of the Hyprep medical outreach at Nyokhana, in Khana LGA. The medical outreach started at the Community Health Centre, Taabaa, in Khana LGA. The second phase was in fulfilment of the pledge that the exercise would be continued and expanded to get to […]
Prison And Cemetery Have Come To Represent Symbols Of Our People’s Sufferings- Former Mosop President
Gladys Nweke Mr Ledum Mitte, the former president of Movement Of Survival Of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has protested the economic strangulation and political marginalization of the Ogoni People. In his speech, he said that the federal government of Nigeria and Shell responded with one of the worst cases of repression in the Nation’s history that […]
Resumption of Oil Exploration in Ogoni Land without Environmental Clean up, means dancing on the grave of Ken Saro Wiwa – Celestine Akpoobari
Ogoni born Environmental activist, Celestine Akpoobari, has warned groups agitating for resumption of oil exploration in Ogoni land, to stop further action until proper clean up is carried out in Ogoni area, as resuming oil exploration without a proper clean up, means dancing on the grave of Ken Saro Wiwa. Celestine Akpoobari speaking at the […]
Youths Kick Against Plans By FG To Build Prison And Cemetery In Ogoniland
John Diidi The Ogoni Youth Federation (OYF) has condemned plans by the Federal Government of Nigeria to build a maximum security prison and a cemetery in Ogoniland. President of MOSOP, Legborsi Pyagbara, said earlier that the movement had uncovered the plan, which has been concluded by the Federal Ministry of Interior to seize over 41 […]
Tension as stakeholders disagree on resumption of oil exploration in Ogoni Land.
Twenty-five years after oil exploration activities were stopped in Ogoni land following environmental issues that led to the intense crisis by the locals against the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, and the federal military government of that time, a fresh crisis is looming in Ogoni over the planned resumption of oil activities in the area. […]