Indigenous people mobilize against environmental injustice in Niger Delta
Indigenous communities affected by environmental degradation have launched a movement to combat environmental injustice and protect their lands from further harm.
Oil firms responsible for environmental pollution of Niger Delta – Gov Diri
By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor THE governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has accused oil companies of polluting the environment in the Niger Delta. He said because of the exploration and production of crude oil and gas without much attention to the environment, the flora and fauna have been destroyed in the region. Speaking at […]
The press and environmental crisis in Niger Delta
By UDO IBUOT IT is probable that the export of crude oil exploited from Oil Well-1 at Oloibiri in Ogbia local government area in Bayelsa State and other onshore crude oil wells by Shell D’Arcy, later renamed Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, SPDC, in 1958, benchmarked the environmental despoliation and pollution of the Niger Delta region. […]
NAF air strikes hit terrorists hideouts in Niger, oil thieves in Niger Delta
Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch on Saturday targeted terrorists’ hideouts in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State…
Niger Delta; Ibori’s feisty fight of Year 2000, by Tony Eluemunor
It happened exactly 24 years ago. On 31 March 2000, the then Delta state Governor, His Excellency Chief James OnanefeIbori, unfurled his true colours. The Fourth Republic was all of 10 months old and here and there, its main actors were still settling down, learning the ropes. But Ibori was of a different stuff; he had convoked […]
Why it’s tough to end oil theft in Niger Delta – Army
The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has justified why the Nigerian Army has been facing difficulties in the fight to end oil bunkering and theft in the Niger Delta region.
