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Leadership Nigeria, may 2009
Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on Niger Delta crisis, Hon Abdul Ningi, yesterday said that oil multinational companies should be held responsible for the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta region, adding that they have not lived up to their social responsibility to their host communities. He made this disclosure while receiving a delegation from [...]
Nigerian Observer, may 2009
ABUJA – Members of the House of Representatives yesterday rose in stout defence of the current struggles in the Niger Delta region for justice , political and social emancipation, saying the agitation is for survival. Reps special Ad-Hoc Committee on Niger Delta which gave its position yesterday against the recent bombardment by government troops, noted that [...]
Ex Ponto 13-03-2009
De milieuactivisten in de Niger Delta van Nigeria zijn vooral bekend van hun ideologische strijd tegen oliemaatschappijen. Maar sinds een paar jaar zijn sommige groeperingen aan het veranderen in criminele organisaties. Van de vreedzame beweging van schrijver en activist Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995) lijkt niet veel over. In de mangrovebossen in het zuiden heersen zo’n 20 [...]
Volkskrant 25-11-2008
ROTTERDAM – Comrade Sunny OfeheHij probeert de kloof te dichten tussen oliemaatschappijen en de bevolking in de Nigerdelta. ROTTERDAM Ja, er komen goede voetballers en musici uit zijn vaderland, maar verder is het beeld dat in de wereld van Nigeria bestaat toch vooral negatief. Comrade Sunny Ofehe (36) zucht als we het rijtje de revue laten [...]
All Africa 03-11-2008
Lagos — The newly appointed Nigerian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Dr. (Mrs.) Nimota .N. Akanbi has paid an official visit to the Dutch House of Parliament (tweede kamer). The meeting was put together by the founder/president of Hope for Niger Delta Campaign (HNDC), Comrade Sunny Ofehe. The ambassador led other embassy diplomatic officials to this historic [...]
Daily Sun 06-07-2009
In what appears to be an anti-climax, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has backed down on its opposition to the proposed Niger Delta Summit, a forum envisioned by the Federal Government to fashion out solution to the crisis in the oil-producing region. Notwithstanding, Europe-based Niger Delta indigenes have picked up the [...]
The Voice 06-09-2007
Sarkozy: What hope for African immigrants? The right-wing conservative and anti-immigration Nicolas Sarkozy has been elected president of France with a mandate to steer a new course for a social-economically sluggish nation struggling to incorporate immigrants and their children. Sarkozy defeated his only opponent and arch-rival Segolene Royal of the Socialist Party in a run-off election [...]
Nigerian-Newspaper 19-05-2007
We of the Hope for Niger Delta Campaign (HNDC), a non-governmental and non-profit civil organization are once again appealing for the immediate release of all hostages in the troubled Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Rising from our plenary session, the need to foster our belief in non-violence as an approach to resolving the endemic and protracted [...]
Daily Triumph 30-04-2007
While the states in the Niger Delta region are happy and proud to bear the crude oil that is the mainstay of the Nigerian economy, we call on the federal government, oil and gas companies and indeed the entire nation to go beyond the legalistic realm in addressing the mirage of problems which oil bearing [...]
Tigblog
The gruesome assassination of my dearly beloved mother has brought grief and pains into my heart. The death of this noble and courageous woman who has supported my fight for the oppressed people of Niger Delta from abroad cannot be over-emphasised. Clik here to read more