Tag:National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA)

Pollution

Shell dismisses Angiama 45,000 barrel oil spill report as NOSDRA admits error

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed a report that it spilled 45,000 barrels of oil from an incident at...

Michael Simire - September 7, 2020

Pollution

45 barrels not 45,000 barrels leaked from Bayelsa oil field – NOSDRA

The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Monday, September 7, 2020 confirmed that 45 barrels and not 45,000 barrels of crude...

Michael Simire - September 7, 2020

Pollution

45,000 barrels of crude spilled at Shell operated Angiama fields in Bayelsa, says NOSDRA

The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Friday, September 4, 2020 confirmed the discharge of 45,000 barrels of crude oil at...

Michael Simire - September 4, 2020

Pollution

Fed up with the fumes

Dirty air in Nigeria takes a huge toll on lives and livelihoods. But civil society is not short of ideas for change, as Michael Simire finds...

Michael Simire - June 14, 2020

Cover

Mixed reactions greet NOSDRA’s plan to extend mandate to downstream

Some environmentalists in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria on Thursday, June 11, 2020 expressed mixed reactions on the announcement by National Oil Spills...

Michael Simire - June 11, 2020

Pollution

Lockdown, land tussle delaying Ogoni cleanup – NOSDRA

The Director General, National Oil Spill Detection Agency (NOSDRA), Mr Idris Musa, has said that the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 caused a delay in...

Michael Simire - June 11, 2020

Pollution

We’re focusing on downstream sector to curb pollution, says NOSDRA

The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) says it is actively focusing on the downstream sector to ensure compliance with environmental legislation...

Michael Simire - June 10, 2020

Sustainable Devpt