The discovery of crude oil in 1958 in Ogoniland, comprising six kingdoms of Babbe, Eleme, Gokana, Ken-Khana, Nyo-Khana and ...

Thirty years ago, the Ogoni people’s struggle finally pierced through the iron curtain of the international community’s ...

During the Biafra War, Ken Saro Wiwa sided with the Nigerian government against Ojukwu and the newborn Biafra. He was dining ...

Ken Saro-Wiwa was a well-known Nigerian writer and activist who led a peaceful resistance movement against environmental racism practices by nigerian authorities and multinational oil companies in ...

Ogoni implicates agony whenever it is mentioned. To underscore this reality, a 1998 book titled Ogoni’s Agonies: Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Crisis in Nigeria edited by Abdul Rasheed Na’ Allah, frames the ...

The demanded justice for Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Eight, who were executed in 1995 for their advocacy on environmental stewardship and human rights and marched through the streets of Bori, carrying ...

The group is also demanding compensation for their families and the naming of a national monument in Saro-Wiwa’s honor. An environmental advocacy group, Clean Environmental Foundation (CEF), has ...

The protesters displayed different placards with inscriptions: “Clear Ken Saro Wiwa’s Name now,” “No to forceful oil resumption”, “We want justice for Ogoni 9”, “Ribadu and Mitee ...