Nigeria, Sept. 16 -- Civil society organisations on Monday in Lagos called on the federal government to exonerate Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists executed in 1995, while also demanding a $1 trillion commitment to clean up Ogoniland and other polluted communities in the Niger Delta.

The groups made the call during the Environmental Rights Collective for Social and Intergenerational Mobilisation (ERECTISM) symposium, organised by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) in collaboration with 10 organisations, including the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre.

Others are Oilwatch International, Social Action, Miideekor Environmental Develo...