Ogoni people
The Ogonis are a people in the Rivers South East senatorial district of Rivers State, in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria. They number just over 2 million as living as represent in a 1,050-square-kilometre 404-square-mile homeland which they also refer to as Ogoniland. They share common oil-related environmental problems with the Ijaw people of the Niger Delta.
The Ogoni rose to international attention after a massive public demostrate campaign against Shell Oil, led by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People MOSOP, which is also a item of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization UNPO.