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MOSOP, Ogoni

January 6, 2018

[The Activism Blog] MOSOP wants you to know the Ogoni cleanup is taking too long

Two years after the Vice-President Professor Yemi Osinbajo flagged off the Ogoni oil spill cleanup at Boko town in Gokana local government area of Rivers state, the project has been a continuous source of controversy and disbelief between the residents of the area, stakeholders and the government. The federal government has been accused of faking... Read More

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MOSOP, nigeria, Ogoni

October 24, 2016

BLOOD MONEY I: Did President Buhari lie about the cleanup of Ogoniland?

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

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October 20, 2016

The Film Blog: We want to remember Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr for ‘Nowhere to run’

A number of people have tweeted tributes to the amazing Ken Saro-Wiwa, who no one has a nasty word to say about. There is nothing more to add, really. Except this. Just before he passed, his last gift to the world was his part in the excellent documentary, Nowhere to run. The documentary focuses on... Read More

Featured, The Film Blog

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October 19, 2016

#ForTheRecord: My father may not have died in vain | Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr on justice for the people of Ogoni

by Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr. Twenty years ago today my father and eight other Ogoni men were woken from their sleep and hanged in a prison yard in southern Nigeria. When the news filtered out, shock and outrage reverberated around the world, and everyone from the Queen to Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela condemned the executions. What... Read More

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‘Clean-up of Ogoniland will take 20 years’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, revealed that the clean-up of Ogoniland will go on for the next two decades. The President made this known when he inaugurated the Governing Council and the Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project for the Implementation of the UNEP Report at the Presidential Villa,... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

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Dele Agekameh: President Buhari’s aborted trip to Ogoni

by Dele Agekameh Three times in the last one month, President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB, failed to honour scheduled official visits to three states in the country. First was the visit to Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria. The President had scheduled a visit to the state between May 23 and 24. Everything had been put... Read More

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Buhari returns home

Opinion: Nigerians want to see the real change

by Ray Ekpu Before July 23, 2014, Muhammadu Buhari thought the Boko Haram insurgents were a bunch of near-harmless agitators calling for the killing of Western education in Northern Nigeria. He reportedly asked that the terrorists be wooed into an amnesty programme so that they would surrender their arms and amulets and make room for... Read More

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Opinion: Is this the end of agony for the Ogonis?

By ‘Kayode Oyero Appreciating good literatures is a necessity for lovers of arts. Having read his debut novel, Waiting for an Angel, whose opening chapter clinched the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing in 2001 and Measuring Time, his second novel, one cannot but look forward to his next mind-blowing release. Helon Habila is one... Read More

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BREAKING: VP Osinbajo to flag off Niger Delta Clean-up, not Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari was scheduled to attend the flag off of the Clean-Up exercise of Ogoni land on Thursday, June 2, however, that plan has been adjusted. For unspecified reasons, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has been named as the representative of the President at the ceremony. Sahara Reporters had earlier reported that the President... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

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#NDCleanup: What Nigerians are saying about Buhari’s visit to Niger Delta

For more than two decades, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and the people of Ogoni kingdom had agitated for the clean up of their land polluted by years of careless oil drilling and exploration. Today, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit Ogoni to flag off the clean-up of the... Read More

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top 5 stories to monitor today 1) The return of Jonathan Former President, Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday evening returned to the country and was given a rousing welcome by supporters and family. He even got to have a Twitter trend, #GEJWhileYouWereAway 2) Buhari visits Rivers state President Muhammadu Buhari will today visit... Read More

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Buhari returns home

As Buhari visits, Ogoni people have a message for trouble makers

As President Muhammadu Buhari prepares to pay a state visit to Rivers state where he would flag off the Ogoni land clean up, the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, on Wednesday, said the Ogoni people are excited about the President’s visit. This was made known by the National Publicity Secretary of MOSOP, Fegalo... Read More

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Buhari to visit Niger Delta

President Muhammadu Buhari will on June 2, 2016 visit the Rivers state to flag off the clean-up of the Ogoni land.| This was disclosed by the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, while inspecting an oil spill clean-up demonstration at Bodo in Gokana Local Government Area of the state. “I can confirm that President Buhari will... Read More

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Niger Delta ‘clean up exercise will begin at Ogoni in 3 weeks’ – FG

The Federal Government would kick-start the clean up of oil spills in the Niger Delta region within the next three weeks. This development was made known on Wednesday, by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig- General Paul Boroh (retd). While speaking in Enugu at... Read More

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: ‘Niger Deltans not behind Lagos crimes’ | Military unwelcome in Ogoni | Hillary Clinton needs cash | More stories

Why Niger Governor, Abubakar Bello travels a lot. Leadership Troops kill five, sack Boko Haram hideouts. Punch Two ministers, others to appear before the Senate over MTN fine. Leadership Ogoni protest military invasion Punch Senators not planning to replace Bukola Saraki as Senate President. Vanguard Buhari says Nigeria would join Islamic Coalition against terror. Leadership... Read More

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November 10, 2015

Opinion: Today, Ogoni remembers the dead and the atrocities on our land

10th November 1995, that was the day Abacha’s henchmen went to work on 9 Ogoni sons; Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel, John Kpuine and Ken Saro-Wiwa. Their bodies took turns in dangling from the hangmen’s noose before being doused with acid, probably to prevent them from... Read More

Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni, Oil spill

Saatah Nubari: Don’t be deceived, Nigeria does not exist!

by Saatah Nubari This Nigerian state is a farce, a hypocritical entity of unimaginable proportion. This Nigerian state only exists in fancifully crafted speeches gracefully given by those whose priggishness appear only on the pages of newspapers, corporate events and when the cameras are rolling. A man had told me that I was too ‘young... Read More

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January 9, 2015

7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. Dear President Jonathan, your former friends at MEND have insisted that they really do want Buhari to replace you. After a certain individual in the PDP questioned MEND’s endorsement of Buhari, the group, responded by denying links with the All Progressives Congress, yet adding that: “The Movement for the Emancipation of the... Read More

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December 18, 2014

Today’s Daily Brief: GEJ prays to God for divine wisdom, Wike promises to develop Ogoni land, Amaechi named Buhari’s campaign DG, and more

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said for every issue he had to take a decision on, multiple suggestions that were most times contradictory, were made available to him. He said it was therefore important for Nigerians to continue to pray to God to give him wisdom to take the right decisions that would not bring... Read More

APC, Bori, Goodluck Jonathan, Nyesom Wike, Ogoni, PDP, Politics, Rivers, Rotimi Amaechi

October 7, 2013

Kennedy Friday: Senator Lee Maeba, what did you add to Ogoni?

by Kennedy Friday What did you add to Ogoni? Where is the trophy you won for the people? What is the legacy of your representation? How well did you do for Ogoni people? It’s the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one’s lifetime and expect to harvest a... Read More

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Okechukwu Ofili: Nigeria – Our history of forgetting history

by Ikechukwu Ofili Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter – Chinua Achebe The first time I heard about Biafra was while reading the Steve Jobs autobiography by Walter Isaacson. The second time I heard about it was while watching the Nigerian version of the Rick... Read More

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Opinion: Ogonis are the most exploited people on earth

by Saatah Nubari The Ogoni ethnic nationality have contributed approximately 30 billion dollars… All they can boast of is the murder of their son Ken Saro Wiwa by the Abacha regime and the devastation of their rivers and farm lands. Home to the late environmental right activist, Ken Saro Wiwa, with a population of approximately 1,000,000... Read More

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December 30, 2012

“They should be shown no sympathy” – Memo of Abacha approving execution of Saro-Wiwa [DETAILS]

by Isi Esene The death of writer and environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa and others who were killed in 1995 under the military regime of General Sani Abacha has continued to arouse interest. Observers and historians have wonders what exactly informed the killing despite the outcry from the international community against execution. A new document might... Read More

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November 19, 2012

TICKER: How oil spills have damaged the Niger Delta

They were still recovering from the damaging effects of one, when another struck. It has been a string of woes for the coastal communities. For the people of Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State and many communities in the Niger Delta, oil spills are the beginning of wisdom. Residents of Ibeno are the latest victims of this... Read More

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October 2, 2012

Matthew Kukah: Prof. Wangari Maathai: One year after

by Matthew Hassan Kukah She described her divorce aptly as a tornado, which passed through her house. For, in quick succession, she lost her job in the university, was disqualified from contesting an election, ejected from her house, and went to jail, all in the twinkle of an eye. My much anticipated and scheduled meeting... Read More

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February 27, 2012

Shell Nigeria Ogoni Case: US Supreme Court fixes hearing

By Lekan Olanrewaju The U.S. Supreme Court has said it will on Tuesday listen to arguments from parties on allegations of abuses perpetrated against the people and environment of Ogoniland. There have been allegations of environmental and human rights abuses against Shell in the Ogoni region in Nigeria but the hearing will seek to determine... Read More

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