For residents of Ogoni in Rivers State, who have been plagued by acute shortage of water for years, regular hand washing, a major preventive measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, is proving to be a mountain too high to climb.

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has described the purported acquisition of OML 11 by the Rivers State government and other parties involved as “null and void.”

The Conscience of Ogoni People (COOP) yesterday pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal government to appeal a court judgment that ordered the renewal of the Shell lease for OML 11 for 20 years.

A faction of the Movement for Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) and the military have bickered over allegation of illegal refining of crude oil and bunkering in the Ogoni area of Rivers State. MOSOP factional President, Fegalo Nsuke told The Guardian in Abuja that security operatives have been implicitly involved in illegal refining of crude oil…

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has expressed delight over decision of the House of Representatives to conduct an investigation into the Hydro-Carbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP) contract scam.   It also declared that the way President Buhari’s administration handles the Ogoni Cleanup project contract fraud would determine how serious the…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has accused multinational oil companies of fuelling insecurity through the award of multi-million naira surveillance jobs to cultists.

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has criticised the Federal Government’s trip to the United Kingdom to shop for best ways of handling the cleanup in the area, describing the exercise as a waste of resources and a ploy to “cover up stolen funds in Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP).” Its…

The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has described the Federal Government’s N3.039 billion expenditure on Ogoni clean up as the “biggest scam, using...

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has expressed displeasure over palpable fears among the Ogoni people following political tension in the land ahead of today’s polls. President of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke, speaking in Ebubu in Eleme Council of Rivers State, yesterday, described the domineering presence of the military in Ogoniland as…

Ahead of today’s elections, The Human Rights Advancement and Development Centre (HURIDAC) has launched a human rights reporting platform for rights violations and abuses during the poll. The launch, the body said, was to forestall occurrence of humans rights abuses during the poll because of the importance of the election as it subjects those contesting…

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has flayed alleged attempts by Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi to stop the governorship ambition of Senator Magnus Abe. Spokespersons for the MOSOP elders Bari-ara Kpalap, declared this yesterday in Port Harcourt. He accused Amaechi of plotting to impose a riverine person as the candidate of…

The former President, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and default Chairman, Technical Committee on Niger Delta, Ledum Mitee, told KELVIN EBIRI, that the Presidential Amnesty Programme was used by the Federal Government as a means of appeasement, rather than a solution to the problems that gave birth to militancy. He contended…