Tag: Oil Blocks

Obasanjo awarded oil blocks in return for sexual gratification – Soyinka

Ayo Olowo

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to swear that he never awarded oil blocks in return for sexual gratification while he presided over the affairs of Nigeria. Soyinka spoke in his Interventions VIII series, titled: ‘Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?’ meaning “Gani’s Unfinished Business,” launched recently in Lagos, south-west Nigeria. “I now challenge […]

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What you know as oil blocks are “ancestral properties” of Niger Delta – Dickson

Eben Tanimola

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, on Saturday called for more oil blocks to be given to the oil-producing areas because they are “the ancestral properties of Niger Delta.” Dickson said this at the foundation laying ceremony of Aziken Petroleum Refinery project at Obunagha Gbarian, Yenagoa, the state capital. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo laid the foundation […]

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