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Nigerian environmentalists blast oil drilling plans in Ogoni land


Nigerian environmentalists blast oil drilling plans in Ogoni land
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Nigerian environmentalists have condemned a government plan to resume oil production in the restive oil-rich Niger delta community of Ogoni. This, after talks with community leaders collapsed, raising fears of violent protests. Legborsi Pyagbara, former president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni people, or MASSOP, tells VOA’s Chinedu Offor, the community is moving ahead with the talks despite widespread skepticism following years of broken promises by the government

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