Ogoni in a sentence

In 1994 the government set up the Ogoni Civil Disturbances Special Tribunal to try Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and others for their alleged roles in the killings of four Ogoni politicians.

The plaintiff in the suit also requested for the total amount of money withdrawn, utilised, approved for used from Ogoni Trust Fund for the remediation project and total accrued bank interest on Ogoni Trust Fund.

Ogoni Clean-Up: Setting aside of US$170m seed funding for the Ogoni Clean Up, in an Escrow Account established for that purpose.

Responding to a comment from a speaker that government should invest more in agriculture in Ogoni land where they have a large arable land; Amaechi says that to get land for farming in Ogoni is like fighting a war.

Oil-bearing communities in Ogoniland have disagreed with the Supreme Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers over the purported endorsement of an oil company to operate in Ogoni oil fields.

A group has called on President Bola Tinubu to assent to the Ogoni Bill of Rights as adopted by the people of the land.

Comrade Solomon Lenu, convener of Ogoni Development Drive, ODD, in his assessment described the attitude of these lawmakers as a direct affront to the Rule of Law.

Obasanjo, who was the special guest of honour, said he was saddened that the situation in Ogoni had gone from bad to worse after the setting up of the Justice Oputa Panel.

That is the Ogoni I wish we begin to put together for generations yet unborn.

The Niger Delta is home to the Ogoni people, who have been fighting for environmental justice due to oil pollution.

From the deaths of the Ogoni Nine to the murder of Dele Giwa, the archives are replete with tons of violations by the state.

He further said Fubara has started the development of Bori town in Khana Local Government, the headquarters of the Ogoni people with the ongoing construction of the internal roads in the city and other people-oriented projects.

Akande said the Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Marion Kappeyne Van de Coppello many other reknown global environmentalists attested to the progress made so far in Ogoni Clean-Up project.

For the past two months, the criminals have laid a siege to the Ogoni area of Rivers.

He has told the Ogoni people on several occasions that they were the poorest and most marginalised group in Rivers State.

Narrating the case of a woman who collapsed and died just hearing the sound of gunshots during an army raid Mrs Daada said what the army is doing in Ogoni is a way to gradually send people to early graves.

Nsuke said the decriminalization of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other eight has become a key component of Ogoni demands.

Saro-Wiwa had co-founded the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (Mosop) in 1990, launching mass campaigns to win compensation for environmental damage and to demand that the region be given a fair share of oil profits.

The average Ogoni man, he explains, has to provide his own healthcare, potable water supply, electricity, among other basic amenities.

The worrisome plight of the Ogoni people of Nigeria’s Rivers State is currently a matter of serious concern in Europe as the leaders of the minority group are playing up their allegation of ethnic cleansing against the Nigerian government.