Buhari reaffirms commitment to clean-up of Ogoni
The president seeks UN support.
Tag: ogoniland
UNEP Report: Buhari orders fast-track of Ogoni clean-up
The action include the amendment of the official gazette establishing the Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project.
Shell’s N15 billion settlement to Ogoni community ”inadequate”
HOMEF, however, welcomed Shell's agreement to pay the penalty noting that it was a confirmation of their guilt.
Shell lied about amount, impact of Bodo oil spills – Amnesty International
Amnesty International points at court documents as exposing Shell’s false claims on Nigeria oil spills
2015: Ogoni urges parties to zone governorship slot to own community
The Ogonis in Rivers State say they will only vote the party that fields an Ogoni candidate.
Global experts ask Nigerian government to implement UN report on Ogoni
“In Ogoniland, people are dying daily. People are still drinking polluted water.” A group of eleven award-winning experts from Africa ...
Group urges visiting Dutch Minister to pressure Nigerian Government, Shell to clean up Ogoniland
The ERA/FoEN boss also demanded that Shell immediately commence decommissioning of its abandoned facilities in Ogoniland. --------------------------------------------- The Environmental Rights Action/Friends ...
Stop playing games with Ogoni people, activists tell Shell
“Shell has the power to do anything it wants in Nigeria, including having our people killed as it has done ...
Nigeria needs urgent environmental audit to avoid catastrophe- Nnimmo Bassey
The Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HMEF, Nnimmo Bassey, has called for an urgent environmental audit on Nigeria to ...
Nigerian government begins implementation of UNEP report on Ogoniland, says NOSDRA
Some of the major recommendations have not been attended to. The Federal Government has started implementing the United Nations Environment ...
Ogoni protest non-implementation of UNEP report, disrupt oil operations
The protesters blocked access to major oil facilities in Ogoniland. Hundreds of indigenes of communities in Ogoniland on Tuesday made ...
Ogoni people say activist group, IUCN, no longer welcome in Ogoniland
The Ogoni say the group stated that IUCN's continued relationship with Shell, a company that "has destroyed our home and ...
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Inside the secret Abacha memo approving execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, others
In November 1995, while an overwhelming international outcry mounted against the execution of the Ogoni leader, Ken Saro-Wiwa and his ...
The Ribadu report is an ass! By Jaafar Jaafar
In Nigeria, the reports of the numerous committees formed to probe certain anomalies are asses.
Boy baths in crude as Senator laments Ogoni situation
A year after UNEP’s recommendation for of Ogoni land, the community still wallows in disastrous environment situations.
Ogoni traditional rulers vow to protect autonomy
Ogoni traditional leaders said communities in the locality are to be restored to the autonomous status they held before the ...
