MOSOP yet to react to FG’s inauguration of HYPREP for Ogoni cleanup
Barely few days after interest bodies in Ogoni threw accusations to the Federal Government and Shell over the claims and counter claims on whether there is actual cleanup going on in polluted areas of the community or not, the Federal…
Ogoniland: Shell applying divide and rule to perpetually suppress us—Prof
Anger-laden controversy is currently engulfing the ancient oil community of Ogoni, in Rivers State of Nigeria. This is coming from the disturbing discovery of yet a fresh oil spill in the traumatized community at a time the government and Shell…
Shell now among ten biggest climate polluters’ worldwide—FoE Dutch Director, Pols
More facts weekend, emerged on why the global leaders in environmental rights group campaign, Friends of the Earth (FoE), Netherlands is set to drag oil multinational, the Royal Dutch Shell to court for complications in climate pollution. The suit is…
Can N20m for Ogoniland clean-up in 2018 budget amount to working hard by FG?
Further analysis of the recently presented 2018 Appropriation Act to the National Assembly has suggested that the federal government, like Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike puts it, is not serious with cleaning up of Ogoniland. This stemmed from the discovery…
Shell: Amnesty seeks probe on alleged complicity in Ogoni murder, torture
London-based global rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), on Tuesday began a campaign that will terminate in the prosecution of oil giant, Shell Nigeria over its complicity in allegedly aiding Nigerian military to commit human rights abuses in the oil-rich south…
Shell yet to pay $200m yearly counterpart fund for Ogoniland cleanup–MOSOP
More facts suggesting that the cleanup of polluted Ogoniland in Rivers State may remain a mirage emerged in Port Harcourt on Wednesday as the leadership of Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has alleged that Shell Petroleum Development…
Worried by delays, MOSOP calls for clear clean-up timetable for Ogoniland
As the confusion on the reality of the cleanup of oil impacted areas of Ogoniland climbs to the crescendo, key pressure group, the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has called for a timetable to enable stakeholders keep…
Tension rising in Ogoniland over confusion on oil spill clean-up claims, counter claims
More than one year after the celebrated presidential flag off of clean up of Ogoniland which stemmed from the United Nations report, controversies on whether the job has started or not are still raging. Whereas the Minister of State for…
More confusion trial FG’s claims on progress of work on $1 billion Ogoni cleanup
The Nigerian Senate has joined the league of bodies trailing recent discovery that work may not have started on the publicized resumption of cleanup activities at polluted sites in Ogoniland, Rivers State. Speaking at plenary, the Senate mandated its committee…
Confusion over status of Ogoniland cleanup as Minister, community differ
… Amnesty International aligns with community, says work yet to start Contrary to a recent claim by the Minister of Environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibrin, that the Federal Government has not dumped the cleanup of polluted Ogoniland and work is seriously…
