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Oil spill: Nigeria at threshold of new era

The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) was established by Act No. 15 of 2006 as a deliberate and articulate response by...

ERA: Dutch court ruling against Shell a watershed

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has described a Dutch court ruling today which held Shell liable for the pollution of fish...

Oil wealth and worrisome environmental challenges in Niger Delta

The wealth of Nigeria is largely from oil and it is centralised mainly within the Niger Delta region. In as much as it puts...

Govt considers inland petroleum exploration

Scientists have said that, in order to sustain Nigeria's global position as a major oil and gas exporter, there is need for the authorities...

Oil spill, gas flaring concerns dominate petroleum bill critique

Civil society organisations (CSOs) and environmental experts last week in Abuja attempted a review of the controversial draft Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), in the...

The HYPREP hype in Ogoniland UNEP report

Environment and social activist, Nnimmo Bassey, describes the formation by government of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP) towards the implementation of United Nations...

UNEP thumbs-up Nigerian govt’s stand on Ogoniland clean-up

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to proceed with a major oil contamination clean-up of Ogoniland in the...

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Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, others have cost the world $28tr in climate damage, study reveals

From drought-fueled wildfires in California to catastrophic floods in New England, it's difficult to deny global warming is creating a spiralling climate crisis.  Now,...
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Countries to debate restriction on chemicals as pollution crisis mounts

Delegates from more than 180 countries will gather in Geneva, Switzerland from Monday, April 28 to Friday, May 9,...

Malaria vaccines available in Kebbi, Bayelsa at no cost – NPHCDA

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says free malaria vaccines are available in Primary Healthcare Centres in Kebbi and Bayelsa states...

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Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, others have cost the world $28tr in climate damage, study reveals

From drought-fueled wildfires in California to catastrophic floods in New England,...

Countries to debate restriction on chemicals as pollution crisis mounts

Delegates from more than 180 countries will gather in...