A visit to Ogoniland by investors in oil exploration from Kuwait, Dubai and the United States has created suspicion and division between two major pan-Ogoni organizations. On Thursday, the Ogoni Liberation Initiative warned a factional President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, Sika Fegalo, from making utterances that could lead to…
Wike Threatens to Convert Disputed Land in Ogoni to Mortuary
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to acquire a disputed land between Bomu and Lewe communities in Ogoniland and convert it to a mortuary if the people of the feuding communities failed to resolve their differences. The governor made the threat when he laid the foundation stone of Government Secondary School, Kpor in Gokana…
Ayuwo, Kidnapped UNIPORT Lecturer Regains Freedom
Jones Ayuwo, the lecturer of the University of Port Harcourt, kidnapped about a month ago in Ogoniland, has been freed by his captors. There were yet no details about how he regained his freedom, but attention was drawn to his residence at the university Tuesday morning when family and friends were singing praises to celebrate…
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…
