Tag:Niger Delta

Sustainable Devpt

Why Nigeria must reform oil industry divestment

As world governments discuss a transition from oil to low-carbon energy alternatives at the U.N. climate conference in Dubai this week, how the oil...

Michael Simire - December 5, 2023

Sustainable Devpt

COP28: Ijaw Council seeks coercive financing for environmental issues in Niger Delta

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has advocated coercive financing of environmental challenges in the Niger Delta. The President of the council, Mr Jonathan Lokpobiri, made...

Michael Simire - December 3, 2023

Human Welfare

SERAP wants Niger Delta rights to healthy environment upheld

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to put in place a legal framework to ensure that...

Michael Simire - September 20, 2023

News

Niger Delta stakeholders back Tinubu’s decision to retain NDDC MD

Stakeholders from Niger Delta zone have expressed support for President Bola Tinubu’s decision to retain the Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDCC),...

Michael Simire - July 3, 2023

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CSOs want divesting oil firms to remediate polluted sites before leaving

Civil society organisations (CSOs) that converged on Benin City, the Edo State capital on Friday, May 27, 2022, have warned that the current model...

Michael Simire - May 29, 2022

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Another oil blow-out in Niger Delta: A hundred deaths too many

In a reaction to the recent incident that led to the loss of about 100 lives, some civil society organisations (CSOs) represented by Nnimmo...

admin - April 25, 2022

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Hold divesting oil firms liable for six decades of ecocide in Niger Delta, govt told

Divesting International Oil Companies (IOCs) in the Niger Delta should be held liable for nearly six decades of ecocide in the region as precursor...

admin - April 24, 2022

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Niger Delta communities lament environmental degradation, dwindling prospects

Representatives of some communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria were recently offered a platform to review the environmental situations of their neighbourhoods...

admin - April 17, 2022

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