Tag:Oil spill

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Tears in the creeks as Agip spills oil again

“Since morning I have been on the water for fish and all I could get is this small catch of fingerlings. My nets are...

admin - March 24, 2022

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Oil spillage: House Committee assures on remediation for host communities

House Committee on Host Communities of the National Assembly has assured equitable remediation as it concluded a tour on some communities in Gokana Local...

Michael Simire - February 14, 2022

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Is oil discovery a curse to Nigerian host communities?

With a maximum crude oil production capacity of 2.5 million barrels per day, Nigeria is Africa's largest oil producer and the 13th largest oil-producing...

Michael Simire - January 10, 2022

Pollution

Spill: Group clamours replacement of outdated pipelines, closure of abandoned wells

Oil firms operating in Nigeria’s oil rich but restive Niger Delta region have been called upon to change all the oil pipeline infrastructure that...

Michael Simire - January 4, 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

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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

Govt pledges to tackle oil spillage in Bayelsa

Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, said the oil spill at Aiteo Eastern Exploration Company, in Basambri,...

Michael Simire - November 25, 2021

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