Message from Ogoni Activist Ben Ikari
RELATED COMMENT BY JOHN DONOVAN: “I publish very few articles/press releases from Ogoni sources because you never know who is a legitimate representative of the Ogoni people and not a faction led by an ego driven individual, with a self-invented impressive title.”
By John Donovan
I have today published a message to the Ogoni people from long time Ogoni activist Ben Ikari under his headline:
“The Need For Ogoni Independence From Nigeria”
From the content of his past articles, its fair to say that Ben is not a fan of Shell.
Neither is he an admirer of Britain’s colonial involvement in Nigeria.
One of the most important aspects of his article in my view, is the rallying cry for his fellow Ogoni to stop the complaints and bickering.
The internal bickering and warring factions has created serious division and external confusion.
I publish very few articles/press releases from Ogoni sources because you never know who is a legitimate representative of the Ogoni people and not a faction led by an ego driven individual, with a self-invented impressive title.
Rightly or wrongly, that is the impression I have gained in recent years.
It would be good for the Ogoni if there was a single organization speaking with a single voice.
By John Donovan
I have today published a message to the Ogoni people from long time Ogoni activist Ben Ikari under his headline:
“The Need For Ogoni Independence From Nigeria”
From the content of his past articles, its fair to say that Ben is not a fan of Shell.
Neither is he an admirer of Britain’s colonial involvement in Nigeria.
One of the most important aspects of his article in my view, is the rallying cry for his fellow Ogoni to stop the complaints and bickering.
The internal bickering and warring factions has created serious division and external confusion.
I publish very few articles/press releases from Ogoni sources because you never know who is a legitimate representative of the Ogoni people and not a faction led by an ego driven individual, with a self-invented impressive title.
Rightly or wrongly, that is the impression I have gained in recent years.
It would be good for the Ogoni if there was a single organization speaking with a single voice.
Shell reorganises American shale operations
Extracts from an Alice Young article published 19 March 2014 by iNVEZZ.com under the headline: Shell share price: Group reorganises American shale operations
Royal Dutch Shell Plc has reorganised its American shale gas and oil operations into a single business in an attempt to improve their performance, the Financial Times has reported. According to the FT report, senior Shell executives told investors in a presentation in New York that for the past 14 months, the company had been operating its shale extraction business in the US, Canada and South America as a single unit…
Journalism ‘infected by corporate public relations’
As can be confirmed from the video recording, Shell was a prime target of the comment by Ed Vulliamy about journalism being infected by corporate public relations. This was in relation to the allegations made by former Shell “Mr Fixit” company, OSSL, that Shell had corrupted the Irish Police Force by giving away free alcohol as bribes.
Article by Lorna Siggins published on 18 March 2014 by The Irish Times
Journalism has been “infected” by “corporate public relations” and the media is part of a “seamless troika” involving governments and corporations, according to the British war correspondent Ed Vulliamy.
The Guardian and Observer journalist, who has won awards for his reporting from Bosnia, the 9/11 attacks, Iraq and Mexico, said that resources had been curtailed to the extent that journalists had “shrunk in number” while those working in public relations had grown. Mr Vulliamy was addressing a discussion hosted by justice and peace group Afri in Carrowteigue, north Mayo, on the media and the Corrib gas project.
Oil spills
Public relations statements were quoted as if they were “objective truth”, he said, and Amnesty International had identified this in a report it published last November, where it found that Shell had wrongly attributed oil spills to sabotage during official investigations.
COMMENT BY JOHN DONOVAN
The public meeting held on Sunday was streamed live on the Internet and a recording can be viewed here
As can be confirmed from the video recording, Shell was a prime target of the comment by Ed Vulliamy about journalism being infected by corporate public relations. This was in relation to the allegations made by former Shell “Mr Fixit” company, OSSL, that Shell had corrupted the Irish Police Force by giving free alcohol as bribes.
The TRUTH will set you FREE.
