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Nigeria: Ending Gas Flaring in Nigerian Communities
Some communities in the Niger Delta region and others have been forced to live with the tumultuous effects of gas flaring on their health and environment. Recently, hope beckoned with Continue Reading
Nigeria: 63 Years After, Gas Flares Still Killing, Polluting Niger Delta Region
Despite longstanding laws against gas flaring, the burning of natural gas during oil extraction has remained the major cause of mortality in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. ANAYO ONUKWUGHA writes Continue Reading
Nigeria: Finally, Shell Can No Longer Shirk Responsibility for Niger Delta Oil Spills
Two landmark rulings are a testament to decades of tireless campaigning by people in the Niger Delta and environmental activists. Like many who have witnessed the environmental impact of multinational Continue Reading
Africa: A Visit to Dangote Refinery, Africa’s Largest
With an estimated investment of $15billion, the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical complex under construction in the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Lagos, is expected to be Africa’s biggest oil refinery upon Continue Reading
Nigerians Can Now Sue Shell In The UK For Oil Pollution
Nigerians can sue Shell in English courts for damage to communities caused by oil spills in the Niger Delta, the UK’s Supreme Court said on Friday, allowing the communities to Continue Reading
Nigeria: IMF Foresees Dangote Refinery’s Potential of Bailing Nigeria From Economic Downturn
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the global financial watchdog is projecting that Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery would provide an elixir for the country’s economy when it is completed and start production Continue Reading
Shell May Re-evaluate Oil Operations Onshore Nigeria
Persistent issues with theft and sabotage in the Niger Delta could prompt Shell to take a hard look at its operations onshore Nigeria, the supermajor’s chief executive Ben van Beurden Continue Reading
Nigerian Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for Chief of Exxon Unit
A Nigerian judge issued an arrest warrant for the managing director of Exxon Mobil Corp’s local unit for failing to appear before the nation’s anti-graft agency investigating what it says is Continue Reading
Nigeria: Sylva – Why Oil Firms Cannot Relocate Offices to Niger Delta Now
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said asking the oil companies operating in the country to relocate to the Niger Delta without first addressing the Continue Reading