Since the state-sponsored military repression of the Ogoni in the 1990s, nothing else has put the Ogoni on edge as the unending cult-induced violence that has ruled the area in the past one and a half decades. Like many communities in Rivers State, Ogoni communities were infiltrated by deadly opposing cult groups, which turned the…
Ogonis Close Shop for Saro-Wiwa
By Emmanuel Obe Markets in Ogoniland were closed on Tuesday to mark the 20th anniversary of the execution of the environmental rights activist, Mr. Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his colleagues by the Nigerian state. Youths, students and women groups participated in several programmes in Bori, the headquarters of Khana Local Government Area that were…
