War against the people – truths and untruths
When I set out to write a review of this weeks Nigerian blogs for Nigerians Talk, I had it in my mind that I would write on the invasion and bombing of towns and villages in Warri region of the…
Ken Saro-Wiwa’s last words to the Nigerian Military tribunal
We all stand before history. I am a man of peace, of ideas. Appalled by the denigrating poverty of my people who live on a richly endowed land, distressed by their political marginalization and economic strangulation, angered by the devastation…
Latest update from Warri
As at yesterday, Okerenkoko and Oporoaza communities were completely razed down. The JTF also started attacking Miller waterside in Warri destroying cars and killing 4 persons including a woman. The fight is still on. about 30,000 persns are trapped in…
Villages bombed and destroyed in Delta State
Statement issued by Ijaw leaders on the unprovoked attack on Ijaw communities in Warri South West, Delta State. At the aftermath of the unprovoked attack on Ijaw communities in Gbaramatu kingdom of Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta…
Niger Delta Women call for an end to genocide
PRESS STATEMENT — May19, 2009 STOP THE GENOCIDE IN DELTA STATE: THE CRY OF NIGER DELTA WOMEN We, the women of the Niger Delta have noted with dismay the horrifying act of genocide meted out to innocent indigenes and inhabitants…
“Shell is here on trial – its day will surely come”
Kevin Smith writing in the Guardian and Han Shan writing in Huffington Post have each written excellent articles on next weeks landmark trial of Shell for human and environmental rights violations. By quoting Ken Saro-Wiwa’s final statement at his military…
The war in the Niger Delta
UPDATE – 2000 bodies counted – Via Sahara Reporters As we write more that 2000 bodies, mostly children, women and the elderly lie lifeless and floating in the creeks of the Niger Delta. If information reaching us from local and…
Nigeria postpones ending gas flaring yet again
Imagine this burning in your back yard! The Nigerian government has once again extended the deadline to end gas flaring…Gas flaring is the burning of the natural gas that is produced on the surface during the production process. The flares…
Chevron’s dirty tricks
How far will oil companies go to hide their dirty deeds? What did Chevron when they learned CBS 60 Minutes was making a documentary about their contamination of the Ecuador rainforest? They hired a journalist to make a “mirror” film…
The Shell trial – what’s at stake
A short documentary explaining the case against Shell in the upcoming trial. The film is produced by Rikshaw Films Via Wiwa v Shell
Ken Saro-Wiwa’s Legacy
Two stories on the legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the human rights trial against Shell’s action in Ogoniland and their complicity in the execution of the Ogoni 9. A Writer’s Violent End, and His Activist Legacy is a report from…
Niger Delta 2: Ogoni women and the Struggle for Self Determination.
There are approximately 500,000 Ogoni living in some 200 villages spread across 400 square miles of land just north of the River’s State capital of Port Harcourt. Like other parts of the Delta region, Ogoniland is criss-crossed with hundreds of…
Somalia investigation into Italian aid fronting for toxing dumping
An investigation exposing an international scheme to bring waste from the West and dump it in Somalia and into the murder of journalist, Ilaria Alpi who along with her camera man, Miran Hrovatin was murdered whilst investigating arms trafficking and…
‘ShellGuilty’ Campaign Launched As Shell Trial Date Confirmed for May 26th
Press Release from Remember Ken Saro-Wiwa Campaigners demand Shell end illegal gas flaring that Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa died trying to stop LONDON–Days after a judge confirmed Shell Oil will stand trial in New York on May 26th on charges…
Tribute to Ken Saro-Wiwa by Ka Hsaw Wa of Earthrights Int
In 1995 Ken Saro-Wiwa was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize. In this tribute to Ken, fellow prize winner and Executive Director of EarthRights International, Ka Hsaw Wa tells us about the open letter by previous Goldman winners in support for…
Niger Delta 1: The struggle for autonomy
The discovery of oil in Ogoniland in 1958 has singularly been the worst event in Ogoni history. The intervention of Ken Saro Wiwa, in what had become a tragedy for Ogoni people, had a significant impact on a struggle which…
Nigeria, Gender & Militarisation in the Niger Delta
On the 26th May, a landmark trial will begin in New York when Royal Dutch Shell goes on trial for complicity in human rights abuses against the people of Ogoniland including the November 10th 1995, hanging of 9 leaders of…
Kano State settles with Pfizer on meningitis epidemic
Kano state has agreed to an out of court settlement with US pharmaceutical company Pfizer in relation to the unlicensed trial of a meningitis drugTrovan (trovafloxacin) in 200 children in 1996. Kano prosecutors had been seeking $2.75 billion in compensation….
Nigeria Halliburton bribe takers
Nigerian old news of the new week – the Halliburton Bribe Takers – Remember OBJ fuming last week in his HardTalk interview denying all corruption blah blah blah – Our so-called leaders are nothing but common bribe takers, according to…
Shell oil spill from ruptured pipeline in Niger Delta
The oil spill in these video happened some 6 weeks ago and is still flowing. Shell has been told about the spill but has so far done nothing. You can see from the video the extent of the damage to…
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