Tag:Oil pollution

Pollution

When Rivers, Akwa Ibom communities told tales of oil pollution, environmental degradation

Oil and gas extraction activities in Nigeria are often accompanied by routine gas flaring and oil spills. The resulting pollution has added to the...

Michael Simire - March 27, 2023

Pollution

Nnimmo Bassey: The Ikarama community paradox

There are communities in the Niger Delta that would compete to have the dubious notoriety of being the oil spills capital of the world...

Michael Simire - June 17, 2022

Pollution

Group urges oil, gas communities to protect environment

Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), an NGO, has urged stakeholders in the oil and gas regions to protect their environment from companies...

Michael Simire - January 3, 2022

Pollution

CSOs urge govt to tackle oil pollution

A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs), Publish What You Pay (PWYP), has called on the Federal Government to resolve the oil pollution in...

Michael Simire - December 5, 2021

Pollution

Environmental group trains Bayelsa fishermen on pollution monitoring

A Niger Delta Environmental Advocacy group on Friday, November 26, 2021 commenced training of hundreds of fishermen on Coastal Environmental Monitoring and Advocacy, in...

Michael Simire - November 26, 2021

Pollution

Oil extraction: Edo community laments pollution

With so much suffering being faced by communities from gas flaring and pollution in the Gelegele community, oil industry profits gained appear to have...

Michael Simire - November 18, 2021

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Shell waking up to its culpability: Groups hail Ogoni community’s victory

News of the agreement by Shell to accept liability for longest drawn case concerning pollution in the Niger Delta appears to have been warmly...

Michael Simire - August 13, 2021

Pollution

Firms urge govt, stakeholders to collaborate for environmental remediation

Netview Environmental and Engineering Company Ltd and NRI Nigeria Ltd have called on Federal Government and other relevant stakeholders in the environment sector to...

Michael Simire - June 11, 2021

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