THE SUN The Ogoni Development Drive (ODD), has called for the relocation of the headquarters of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to Ogoniland. ODD Convener Solomon Lenu, who briefed reporters in Port Harcourt, on the heels of the appointment…
VANGUARD PORT HARCOURT – TOWARDS resumption of oil production in Ogoniland, Rivers state, Ogoni Oil Producing Communities Forum (OOPCF) on Sunday reaffirmed rejection of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) as licensed operator to drive renewed operations in the area.…
THE SUN President of Ogoni Liberation Initiative, Douglas Fabeke, has described the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) as a sham. Fabeke spoke at the maiden presentation of a monthly international magazine titled “The Niger Delta Focus”, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,…
PUNCH NEWS Traditional rulers of the Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State have said any planned resumption of oil exploration in the area through the back door will be resisted. The monarchs called on the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company to…
PUNCH The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an application by an oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company, requesting a revisit of a January 11, 2019 judgment ordering it to pay N17bn to some Ogoni communities in Rivers State affected by…
THE GUARDIAN For Residents of Ogoni in Rivers State, who have been plagued by acute shortage of water for years, regular hand washing, a major preventive measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, is proving to be a mountain too…
LEADERSHIP A Federal High Court in Abuja has made a garnishee order absolute compelling the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay the people of Ejama Community in Eleme local government area of Rivers State a total sum of N182.7billion.…
THE GUARDIAN Youth leader urges presidency to intervene in commission’s crisis Governors of the Niger Delta states and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been charged to conduct an environmental audit of polluted sites in the region. An Ogoni…
GUARDIAN The Ogoni Liberation Initiative (OLI) has vowed to legally press for compensation of N4 trillion environmental damage for the over 60 years of oil exploration in the area. The group recalled that in 1992, Ogoni leaders demanded payment from…