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Ogoni youths threaten to block east-west highway after 14-day ultimatum
Angered by the terrible state of the Alato Bridge on the Eleme axis of the East-West Road, Ogoni youths on Tuesday, gave the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to fix the bridge, threatening to block the bridge if their demand is not met. Noting that the bridge was the only route to the Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone, Port…
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Ogoni people reject Belema Oil, express fear of state repression
An enlarged congress of the MOSOP Kingdom Coordinators and Chapter Leaders Forum has overwhelmingly rejected the take over of Ogoni oilfields by Belema oil. The decision was taken yesterday during the meeting of the representatives of the MOSOP Kingdom Coordinators and Chapter Leaders Forum from 126 communities in Ogoniland. In its press release signed by Frank Jonah Chairman, MOSOP Kingdom…
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MOSOP chapter leaders warn against resuming oil mining in Ogoniland
The Kingdom Coordinators Forum of The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has warned against the resumption of oil mining activities in Ogoniland. MOSOP Coordinators and chapter leaders said resuming oil business in Ogoni without addressing the fundamental issues surrounding the exit of Shell from the area will undermine prevailing peace in Ogoni. At the end of…
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2015: Ogoni Block Vote for Peterside Has Sealed Wike’s Guber Fate —Rivers APC
The governorship ambition of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Rivers State, Chief Nyesome Wike, is as good as over following the endorsement of his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, by the KAGOTE, the Ogoni apex socio-cultural organisation. This is the position of Rivers APC, as contained in a statement issued Monday in Port Harcourt by APC…
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