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Bassey counters Lokpobiri over comments on foreign oil companies’ divestment

Foremost Nigerian environmentalist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, has frowned at a recent comment attributed to the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, following...

IOCs divestment: Ijaws demand clean up of polluted sites

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has demanded that International Oil Companies (IOCs) divesting their oil assets should clean up the polluted sites of their...

National Assembly urged to review IOC divestment process

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the National Assembly to organise a public hearing to address the environmental and...

ERA/FoEN partners NEITI on IOC divestment campaign, environmental issues

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) will partner to address the myriad of...

Govt holds international oil companies accountable for pollution, vows to sanction defaulters

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday, October 31, 2022 said it is set to institute an environmental task force on oil pollution, and...

Govt urged to halt IOC divestments until degraded Niger Delta environments are fully restored

The Nigerian government has been told to halt the divestments by international oil companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta until full consultations have...

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...

Divestment from onshore oil production in Niger Delta: Trends and implications

Most oil production licenses in Nigeria will soon be operated by domestic oil companies (DOCs), rather than international oil companies (IOCs), for the first...

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