Four women on launched a court case in the Netherlands against oil giant Shell for alleged complicity in the execution of their husbands in the 1990s
Shell allegedly helped Nigeria’s military commit human rights abuses in the oil-rich south in the 1990s.
A book by the late Nigerian activist’s daughter details the truth of life with Ken.
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/ 31 December 2011
Noo Saro-Wiwa was 14 when she found out her father, Ken, had another family. It took years — and his death — for her to begin to understand him.
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/ 10 February 2011
Nigerians were reminded of a grim period in their history when the son of hated dictator Sani Abacha qualified as a candidate for state governor.
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/ 10 November 2010
Nigeria marked 15 years since the execution of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and his campaign against the oil industry drew the world’s attention to abuses.
<b>COUNTERPOINT:</b> While we agree with our colleague Drew Forrest that Mbeki is a man past his sell-by date, we do not agree that the paper was ahead of its time in its appraisal of Mbeki. The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> 2001 and the<i> M&G</i> 2008 are two different papers.
Football statistics are weighted in Nigeria’s favour at this weekend’s clash between the Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana. Nigeria may be in a renewal process of their own, but one cannot see how a Bafana side with a new coach, with no proven strikers and playing in front of a hostile crowd, will defeat them, writes Percy Zvomuya.