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Mosop Writes UN, World Leaders, Alleges Oppression Of Ogoni

Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 2:18 pm | AkanimoReports News

MOVEMENT for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, says kinsmen and women of Ken Saro-Wiwa, in the Rivers State axis of Southern Nigeria, are currently living in great fear and frustration. More >>

PDP Floors Okorocha's APGA Again

Saturday, 8 September 2012, 3:40 pm | AkanimoReports News

AN Orlu High Court in Imo State, Eastern Nigeria, has washed its hands off the application seeking to prevent the swearing-in of Chief Eugene Dibiagwu, as a member-elect of the state House of Assembly, for Oguta Constituency by the House Speaker. More >>

Plight Of Niger Delta, By Dutch Citizens

Friday, 7 September 2012, 4:31 pm | AkanimoReports News

"We have rarely been so touched or felt so loved by a group of people we only just met. It has been an amazing experience that has changed all of us forever and we promise you, we will not give up this fight", these are the words of some ... More >>

Judge Escapes Violent Death In Nigeria

Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 11:38 am | AkanimoReports News

A VACATION Judge in the Imo State axis of Eastern Nigeria, Justice Ngozi Opara, at the weekend, narrowly escaped death from some irate youths from Oguta State Constituency who invaded his court with an alleged intent to knock some senses into him. More >>

Rivers Varsity Teachers Shun Asuu Strike

Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 11:34 am | AkanimoReports News

THE indefinite strike action by the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RUST) wing of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday, has collapsed. More >>

Mosop Tackles Amaechi on Ogoni Autonomy

Monday, 6 August 2012, 12:58 pm | AkanimoReports News

KINSMEN of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Ogoni environmentalist who was executed by a military dictatorship in Nigeria, have taken on the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, for describing the Ogoni quest for autonomy as a ''treasonable felony''. More >>

Ogoni Goes Tough on Self-Rule, Warns State Institutions

Monday, 6 August 2012, 12:57 pm | AkanimoReports News

THE Ogoni people of Rivers State in Southern Nigeria, and kinsmen of Ken Saro-Wiwa, have declared that there will be zero-tolerance for corruption, political dictatorship, and behind-the-scenes oil deals. More >>

No Going Back on Our Self-Govt, Says Ogoni Farmers

Monday, 6 August 2012, 12:56 pm | AkanimoReports News

OGONI farmers on Sunday, rose in stout support of their quest for self-rule, saying they are not prepared to beat a retreat. More >>

Bayelsa Speaker Breaks Silence On Impeachment Drama

Friday, 27 July 2012, 10:33 am | AkanimoReports News

THE Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Kenbowei Benson Friday, has finally broken his studied silence on the seeming bizarre impeachment drama that rocked the home state of Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan, in Southern Nigeria. More >>

100 On Danger List As Fuel Fire Kills 80 In Rivers

Friday, 13 July 2012, 2:28 pm | AkanimoReports News

100 On Danger List As Fuel Fire Kills 80 In Rivers IT was a black Thursday at Okogbe community in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, in Southern Nigeria, following a tanker explosion that roasted over 80 persons to death with 100 others ... More >>

Oil Spill: Group Accuses Shell Of Double Standard

Friday, 13 July 2012, 2:25 pm | AkanimoReports News

ENVIRONMENTAL rights group, Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD) has accused Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC), the Nigeria subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas major, Shell, of playing double standard ... More >>

Nigeria: US Warns Nationals On Insecurity

Thursday, 5 July 2012, 11:08 am | AkanimoReports News

THE United States (US) Mission in Nigeria has issued an emergency message to inform their citizens of potential threats against their installations during the July 4 holiday week, reports AkanimoReports on Wednesday. More >>

Terrorism Escalating In Nigeria

Monday, 2 July 2012, 9:46 am | AkanimoReports News

ACTS of terrorism are currently escalating in Nigeria, the most populous black country in the world. Besides the ongoing menace of the politically inspired bombings and killings of the Boko Haram, an Islamic terrorist group, environmental terrorism is ... More >>

My experience with the Police in Rivers

Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 12:52 pm | AkanimoReports News

By Odimegwu Onwumere ON Monday, June 25, i went to the Oyigbo Police Station in Rivers State, to inquire why a relative was in their custody. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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