Tag:Ogoniland

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Govt told to pay Ogoni ecological debt for decades of pollution

The Federal Government of Nigeria has been called upon to pay the Ogoni nation an ecological debt for decades of pollution, neglect of their...

Michael Simire - May 4, 2021

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How we make N2m every night, illegal refiner narrates day-to-day theft on Nigeria’s oil pipeline

In the last decade, several unemployed and restive Niger Delta youth, who feel entitled to oil wealth in their domains, have taken to the...

Michael Simire - December 3, 2020

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Govt urged to pay polluted Ogoniland ecological debt

The Nigeria government has been asked to pay the Ogoni nation in the Niger Delta region an ecological debt for decades of pollution, neglect...

Michael Simire - November 12, 2020

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25 years after Ogoni 9: A legacy of environmental justice struggles – ERA

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) marks the 25th anniversary of the killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa and his Ogoni eight activist...

Michael Simire - November 10, 2020

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Slow Poison: Travails of Ogoni communities drinking toxins – nine years after UNEP report

On August 28, 2020, the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) tweeted that water supply to Ogoniland would begin before the end of the year....

Michael Simire - September 24, 2020

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Govt lists achievements of Ogoniland clean-up

The Federal Ministry of Environment has said that, despite some challenges encountered along the line, the Ogoni clean-up project has recorded remarkable achievements within...

Michael Simire - June 30, 2020

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Civil society groups call for immediate clean-up of Ogoniland

The Environmental Rights Action, Amnesty International, and Friends of the Earth Europe on Friday, June 2, 2017 called for the immediate clean-up of Ogoniland...

admin - June 2, 2017

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Ogoniland clean-up yet to commence, five years after UNEP report

Over five years after the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recommended that Ogoniland in South-South Nigeria should be cleaned of the last drop of...

admin - April 4, 2017

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