HYPREP: Buhari has proven love for Ogoni people – OEW
By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – OGONI Environment Watch (OEW) says President Muhammadu Buhari has, by his appointment of Prof Nenibarini Zabbey as new Project Coordinator for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), proven genuine love for Ogoni people of Rivers state. OEW, a community based environmental rights initiative, said along with the President’s recent […]
Buhari’s administration changing Niger Delta positively – Presidency
Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Presidency said on Sunday President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has brought positive changes to the Niger Delta region. The Presidency said with the significant progress recorded in the Ogoni Clean-Up project, the Federal Government’s New Vision for the Niger Delta was making good progress. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice […]
Ogoni group presents book to end crises in the region
In furtherance to their commitment towards finding lasting solutions to the series of crises that have bedevilled the Ogoni people, in the Niger Delta region over the years, the Ogoni Liberation Initiative, OLI, is set to present a book to the public.
We’re lucky our struggle earned us cleanup – MOSOP
By Davies Iheamnachor The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, has stated that the people were lucky that their long agitations earned them the clean up of their impacted communities by the Federal Government. The President of MOSOP, Mr. Legborsi Pyagbara, who spoke in Port Harcourt at the Stakeholders’ Forum on the […]
Wike announces RVSG acquisition of Shell’s OML 11
By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike has announced Rivers State Government’s acquisition of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) 45% operating stakes in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 11 in Ogoniland, Rivers state. Wike, in a brief state broadcast moments ago, said his administration has also made a $150Million bid for the purchase of […]
8 killed, LG boss, monarch’s houses burnt in Ogoni
PORT HARCOURT—No fewer than eight persons were again feared killed and houses, including home of Khana Local Government Chairman, Lahteh Loolo and a wing of the palace of HRH T. W. Baridam, Gben-Neme Bangha, razed as bandits struck at Opouku and Bangha communities in Ogoniland, Rivers State, yesterday.
