Tag:Oil spill

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Bayelsa oil spill: Environmentalist reports toxicity, dead fishes at Obololi River

An environmentalist, Chief Alagoa Morris, has said that the Feb. 16, 2025, oil leak from Shell’s pipeline in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State...

Michael Simire - March 5, 2025

Pollution

Oil spill: Obololi community decries neglect, pollution of Nun River in Bayelsa

The Obololi community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has reported that no relief has reached them following the Feb. 16,...

Michael Simire - March 4, 2025

Pollution

NOSDRA vows to go after oil spillers, pipeline vandals

The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has vowed to go after oil spillers, tankers and pipeline vandals in the country, irrespective...

Michael Simire - February 27, 2025

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Bayelsa community suffers water shortage after crude oil spill from Shell facility

The people of Obololi Community in the Tarakiri clan of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa State are appealing for portable water and...

Michael Simire - February 24, 2025

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Group alerts NOSDRA, Shell on fresh Bayelsa oil spill

Environment watchdog, the Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN), has called the attention of the National Oil Spill Detection and Remediation Agency (NOSDRA) and Shell to...

Michael Simire - February 20, 2025

Pollution

Oil spill: House Committee on Environment summons NNPC

The House of Representatives Committee on Environment has invited the NNPC Eighteen Operating Ltd to appear before it on March 4, 2025. Rep. Julius Pondi,...

Michael Simire - February 18, 2025

Pollution

Shell, NOSDRA urged to address borehole facility oil spill in Bayelsa community

The Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has called on Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the National Oil Spill Detection and Remediation...

Michael Simire - January 20, 2025

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