Tag:Niger Delta region

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Why piecemeal approach won’t deliver on Ogoni clean-up

Dr Godwin Uyi Ojo, Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), attempts an appraisal of Federal Government’s effort in environmental protection...

admin - June 7, 2016

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Pollution: Shell reacts as fresh international legal actions are launched

Two Nigerian Niger Delta communities are suing oil big-wig Shell and asking for compensation for oil spills on their land. It is the second in five...

admin - March 2, 2016

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Rivers community deserted as Agip flow station burns

Akalaolu is a small, sleepy and somewhat peaceful town in Ahoada Local Government Council of Rivers State. It could have passed unnoticed in the...

admin - February 14, 2016

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Putting a halt to Nigeria’s atrocious gas flaring

Gas flaring is the obnoxious practice of burning natural gas associated with crude oil extraction (or associated gas). To use the words of Joseph...

admin - January 16, 2016

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MOSOP demands urgent implementation of UNEP report

The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has urged the Federal Government to immediately commence the implementation of the recommendations of the...

admin - January 6, 2016

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Agenda for Uguru Usani, new Minister of Niger Delta Affairs

The key issues in the Niger Delta region are bordering on poverty, environmental pollution and degradation, militancy, resource allocation, inadequate infrastructure among others. Although...

admin - December 18, 2015

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