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25 years after Ken Saro-Wiwa’s demise: 10 points that describe his life

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2020 0

Today makes it twenty-five years that Nigerian environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, was unlawfully executed by the military dictatorship of General Sani Abacha. His execution provoked international outrage and resulted in Nigeria’s suspension from the Commonwealth of Nations for over

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How Nigeria kills its own

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2017 0

Nigeria keeps underestimating the environmental pollution ongoing in the Niger Delta, while its attendant effect on the overall well-being of the approximately 30 million people who call the wetland home has been understudied. Today makes it exactly twenty-two years since Paul Levura, Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Baribor Bera, Daniel Gbooko, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Felix Nuate,

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Jonathan’s Comment On the death of Ken Saro Wiwa Jr.

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2016 0

Saro-Wiwa Jr. has passed away yesterday in a London hospital after a brief illness. He was born in 1968 and was an international journalist, an author and later worked as adviser to Nigeria’s former president. Jonathan on his Facebook account wrote: “A bright star has been prematurely plucked from the Nigerian firmament. Ken Wiwa, like […]

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