Tag: Ogoni
Tinubu honours late Ogoni heroes with national awards
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred posthumous national honours on four prominent Ogoni leaders, decades after their deaths in the…
The Ogoni Lessons of the past 30 years
This is the path we have chosen. We are convinced that it is in the best interest of all parties…
OML 11: Wike divides Ogoni leaders
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Controversy over the selection of Governor Nyesom Wike as the leader of a Stakeholder Consultative Meeting…
MOSOP urges Buhari to halt Ogoni massacre
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has raised an alarm over a possible massacre of the…
Ogoni Violence: MOSOP berates Nigerian govt, politicians
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) said the much orchestrated security situation in Ogoni is a…
25 Years After Ken Saro-Wiwa: Ogoni Still Waiting for Justice
Twenty five years after the judicial murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa and others, the Ogoni people are still waiting for their…
Coronavirus: Ogoni youths advocate community support
The National Youth Council of Ogoni People (NYCOP), the youth wing of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni…
We want exoneration of Ogoni 9 – MOSOP President
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has again called for exoneration of the nine innocent Ogoni…
Why HYPREP is a failure – MOSOP
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has described the government intervention agency responsible for the implementation…
Saro-Wiwa’s exoneration tops MOSOP’s demand list
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has listed four conditions as necessary for resolution of the…
Ogoni: Scars of bondage, pains of a struggle for freedom
Ken Saro-Wiwa in one of his favorite Poems wrote:
Ogoni resistance against Fossil Fuel Industry in Nigeria
There is a common trait that characterizes the Ogoni people in Nigeria - they are a very determined people and…
Our position on oil exploration resumption in Ogoni – MOSOP
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, says it has not taken a decision on oil exploration…
Nigeria’s Federal Structure Discriminatory – MOSOP
The federal structure being practiced today has been described as discriminatory and a threat to the survival of indigenous communities…
Rivers tells Ogoni repentant cultists to submit arms
Chairman of the Rivers’ Amnesty Programme, Mr Ken Chindah, on Tuesday appealed to repentant cultists and other criminals in Ogoni land…
Wike plans to bribe Ogoni voters – APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Governor Nyesom Wike’s of trying to bribe…
Rivers: Ogoni protest against violence, Wike’s hate speeches
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Thousands of youths from the Rivers South East Senatorial District on Wednesday took to the streets of…
Ogoni Oil Spill: UNDP promises to support FG on speedy clean-up
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) says it will support the Federal Government in ensuring that clean-up of oil spills in…
3 dead as guns boom in Ogoni
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Gunshots were still being held in Yeghe, a community of Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers and…
Senator Abe’s liaison office bombed in Ogoni
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The liaison office built by Senator Magnus Abe for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers South…
Ogoni clean-up: Netherlands to support Nigeria
The Netherlands’ government on Monday expressed its readiness to support Nigeria in the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme…
Senator Abe predicts mass defection of PDP members to APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Rivers South-East Senatorial District re-run…
MOSOP: Senator Abe urges factional leaders to embrace peace moves
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Rivers South East Senatorial District…
MOSOP warns politicians against sabotaging Ogoni cleanup
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) said it has uncovered an evil plot…
Buhari has given hope to long-suffering people of Ogoni, says APC
President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval, on August 5th 2015, of actions to fast-track the environmental clean-up of Ogoniland is undoubtedly one…
Ogoni hails Buhari on implementation of UNEP on Ogoniland
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has welcomed and congratulated the President Muhammadu…
Governor Amaechi’s aide abducted at APC rally ground
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Unidentified gunmen have abducted one Freddy Ndiagbara, a staff of the Rivers State Government House. Ndiagbara (popularly…
Ogoni keep governorship hope alive
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Kagote, an Ogoni socio-political organization comprising Eleme, Gokana, Khana and Tai LGAs says Ogoni people will move…
Rivers PDP To Ogoni: You are better under PDP, reject APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State chapter says the political dream of the Ogoni people can…
Rivers Governorship: Ogoni people unhappy with APC, Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The people of Ogoni ethnic nationality consist of Eleme, Gokana, Khana and Tai LGAs of Rivers State…