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May 1, 2024 · Ken Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer and activist, who spoke out forcefully against the Nigerian military regime and the Anglo-Dutch petroleum company Royal Dutch/Shell for causing environmental damage to the land of the Ogoni people in his native Rivers state. Saro-Wiwa was educated at Government.
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Apr 29, 2024 · Previous winners include Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Nigerian writer and activist hanged by the military government in 1995 for his campaigns against crude oil drilling in the Niger Delta; the late...
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6 days ago · The government had responded to this genuine concern with widespread militarization of Ogoniland and the Niger Delta region, mass killings, arson and the eventual execution of environmental rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogoni leaders in 1995 after the recommendations of a stage-managed trial.
May 17, 2024 · AS PRESIDENT Biden was bringing his climate summit of world leaders to a close last week, a Quaker co-founder of Extinction Rebellion was being found not guilty of criminal damage to Shell’s headquarters, despite the judge’s directing the jury that he had no defence under law.
1 day ago · Ken Saro-Wiwa's Early Life and Education. Ken Saro-Wiwa's early life and education played a significant role in shaping his later activism for human rights and environmental justice. Born on October 10, 1941, in Bori, near Port Harcourt, Nigeria, he was the son of Chief Jim Wiwa, a forest ranger who held a title in the Nigerian chieftaincy system.
3 days ago · The Shell PLC has boasted that it will stay in Nigeria for over 1000 years. This promised was made shortly after the assasination of Ken Saro Wiwa and other 8 Ogonis in 1995. The killings of Ken and others under General Sanni Abacha had the long arms of Shell PLC to silent any would be Agitators.
May 13, 2024 · This call is coming 29 years after the murder of the renowned Environmental-rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni sons by the General Sani Abacha led military junta.
