Mr. Femi Falana SAN has said that the Ogoni 4 and the Ogoni 9 were brutally killed by the Sani Abacha military junta in 1995. While speaking at the 84th posthumous birthday lecture of Ken Saro-Wiwa in Port Harcourt yesterday, the frontline human rights lawyer gave a vivid account of the tragic incident. The lawyer…
The Federal Government, yesterday, conferred posthumous national honours of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) on the late Ogoni leaders, Albert Badey, Edward Kobani, Theophilus Orage, and Samuel Orage, collectively remembered as the Ogoni four. President Bola Tinubu announced the honours while receiving the report of the Ogoni Consultations Committee at the State…
Women from the Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State have vowed to protest nude if the Federal Government goes ahead to resume oil extraction in the area without addressing their grievances. Speaking under the auspices of “Ogoni Women Coalition for Sustainable Environment,” the women said they would not allow the resumption of oil activities in…
President Bola Tinubu has signed a bill establishing the Federal University of Environmental Technology, Ogoni. Tinubu signed the bill at the State House, Abuja on Monday, 3rd of February, 2025, GISTSMATE MEDIA reports. The special adviser to the president on policy communication, Daniel Bwala, who announced this in a tweet on his verified X handle…
