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Ikeazor urges increased govt actions to curb Niger Delta air pollution

State governments in the Niger Delta have been asked to increase efforts to curb poverty and address inherent environmental challenges. Speaking against the backdrop of...

Michael Simire - March 16, 2020

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Reps committee seeks speedy clean-up of Ogoniland

The House of Representatives Committee on Environment has expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace of work on the cleaning of oil spill-impacted sites in...

Michael Simire - March 10, 2020

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Ogun threatens to sanction industries over pollution

The Ogun State Government says it will sanction companies and industries in the state that failed to put basic anti-pollution schemes in place. Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun,...

Michael Simire - March 9, 2020

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Seduced by petroleum – Nnimmo Bassey

Multiple oil spills continue unabated in the oilfields of the Niger Delta. While the oil companies claim that they have bettered their sense of responsibility by...

Michael Simire - March 6, 2020

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Agip urged to remediate spill site at Taylor Creek in Bayelsa

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to halt oil spills caused by leaks...

Michael Simire - March 2, 2020

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Senate proposes stiffer sanctions for gas flaring from 2021

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday, February 27, 2020 considered a bill which proposes stiffer sanctions for any person or corporate entity involved in gas...

Michael Simire - February 27, 2020

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Environmental groups drag Norwegian govt to Supreme Court over oil drilling in the Arctic

Indications are that history is being written as environmentalist organisations take the Norwegian government to the Supreme Court over oil licences in the Arctic. “Opening...

Michael Simire - February 25, 2020

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Will Ogoni be cleaned? – Nnimmo Bassey

Recent news making the rounds is that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and their oil company partners, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Total Exploration and...

Michael Simire - February 20, 2020

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