Nigeria, Sept. 25 -- The directive came Wednesday after the Presidential Committee on Ogoni Consultations, chaired by Prof. Don Baridam, submitted its report at the State House, Abuja. Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara led the Ogoni delegation to the ceremony.

Tinubu also conferred posthumous national honours on four fallen Ogoni leaders, Chief Edward Kobani, Chief Albert Bade, Chief Samuel Orage, and Chief Theophilus Orage, for their sacrifices in the struggle to protect Ogoni land. In June, he had honoured Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists executed under the Abacha regime.

Acknowledging "years of pain endured in Ogoniland," Tinubu urged communities to close ranks and embrace reconciliation.

"We declare with convicti...