Tag:Oil spill

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Why govt should put on hold resumption of oil exploration in Ogoniland – Groups

Concerned about what it considers as the neglect of key issues around ecological and social justice amid plans to resume oil exploration activities in...

Michael Simire - May 20, 2024

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3,000 barrels of crude oil lost to Nov. 15 offshore oil spill – NOSDRA

About 3,000 barrels of crude oil were lost to the Nov. 15 oil spill from the offshore Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO)...

Michael Simire - November 26, 2023

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Group urges Shell to clamp leaking pipeline in Bayelsa creek

The Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on Shell to immediately clamp its leaking condensate pipeline located at Ekuraba...

Michael Simire - October 5, 2023

Pollution

Two months after, Rivers communities’ spills yet to be cleaned up

The Niger Delta remains one of the most polluted places in the world no thanks to the recurring oil spills which have continued regularly...

Michael Simire - August 25, 2023

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Spill averted as UN removes 1m barrels of oil from decaying Yemeni tanker

A UN-led operation to remove over one million barrels of crude oil from a rusting supertanker off Yemen safely concluded on Friday, August 11,...

Michael Simire - August 15, 2023

Pollution

Oil spill: Rivers Assembly orders immediate clean-up of impacted communities

Rivers State House of Assembly has ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to commence immediate clean-up and remediation of some communities recently impacted by...

Michael Simire - August 3, 2023

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Oil spill: Agip charged to repair leaking pipeline in Bayelsa community

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to replace the Riser 15a section of...

Michael Simire - July 24, 2023

Pollution

Foundation trains community members on pollution monitoring in Bayelsa

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an environmental rights group, on Saturday, July 15, 2023, trained 80 residents of Ogboibiri, an oil-bearing community...

Michael Simire - July 16, 2023

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