oil spills

  1. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Nigeria lags behind in response to oil spill —NOSDRA - vanguard newspaper

    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...
  2. Iroka Chinedu

    Politics Buhari approves medical intervention in Ogoni - vanguard Ng

    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...
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    Metro Nigeria Records Over 250,000 Barrels Of Oil Spill In 9 Years – Leadership Nigeria Newspapers

    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...
  4. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Oil spills: Environmentalists seek establishment of laboratories in N-Delta - vanguard Ng

    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...
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    Metro AI Claims Shell, Eni Misled Nigeria On Oil Spills – Leadership Nigeria Newspapers

    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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