National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, has said that due to overwhelming challenges, Nigeria still has a long way to go to be able to proactively regulate oil spill response and keep the operating environment safe.
Director-General of NOSDRA, Sir Peter Idabor, opened up on...
President Muhammadu Buahri has approved further healthcare intervention in the communities of Ogoni, Rivers State, to alleviate the suffering of residents of the area following much exposure to oil pollution.
This came as the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, pleaded with the...
Nigeria has recorded 6,673 oil spill occurrences which discharged 250,973.96 barrels of oil causing environmental challenges especially in the Niger Delta region between 2009 and 2017. LEADERSHIP gathered that there are strong indications that the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), which...
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Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, yesterday, solicited the establishment of specialised laboratories for oil spill related tests to resolve spill related conflicts in the Niger Delta region.
ERA/FoEN made the appeal in its report on the September 2017 spill...
Rights group, Amnesty International (AI) has claimed that oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell, Plc and Eni Spa may have misled regulators in Nigeria by wrongly attributing oil spills to theft and sabotage in order to avoid paying compensation to affected communities. “Amnesty International researchers...
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