Tag:Niger Delta region

Pollution

Nnimmo Bassey: No to a Niger Delta without fish

In his welcome words at the Oilfield/FishNet Dialogue at Gbarain, Bayelsa State on Friday, June 4, 2021, Nnimmo Bassey, director of Health of Mother...

Michael Simire - June 4, 2021

Pollution

Govt told to pay Ogoni ecological debt for decades of pollution

The Federal Government of Nigeria has been called upon to pay the Ogoni nation an ecological debt for decades of pollution, neglect of their...

Michael Simire - May 4, 2021

Human Welfare

Niger Delta underdevelopment: Ex-agitator blames selfishness of leaders

A Niger Delta ex-agitator, Mr Reuben Wilson, on Monday, March 1, 2021 blamed political leaders and public office holders from the zone at all...

Michael Simire - March 1, 2021

Pollution

Sabotage by oil thieves, cause of enviromental pollution in Nigeria’s South-South

Data from the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) indicate that oil spills and pollution occur due to sabotage by oil thieves,...

Michael Simire - February 28, 2021

Cover

Forum explores implications of polluters’ judgment for environmental justice

Over the last six decades the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been immersed in extensive environmental pollution from the activities of oil and...

Michael Simire - February 24, 2021

Pollution

Group seeks probe of crude oil leak in Bayelsa community

The Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called for the investigation and public disclosure of oil leaks reported in Bayelsa communities. The...

Michael Simire - February 21, 2021

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Govt should establish $1bn fund to clean-up entire Niger Delta – Ojo

Bothered by the seemingly slow pace of work in the clean-up of Ogoniland by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) and the environmental degradation...

Michael Simire - February 15, 2021

Pollution