Oil Spill Hazard: Over 16,000 Children Die In N’Delta Within A Month-Group

LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group, Stakeholders Alliance for corporate responsibility (SACA) has faulted the Nigerian government and multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta over health hazards associated with exploitation and exploration activities.  Speaking to Journalists at the inauguration of  the group’s ‘project management committtee'(PMC),the Executive Director, SACA,Mr Kingsley Ozegbe hinted that statics available…

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Oil Spill: We’ve Done The Needful In Line With Best Environmental Practices, Says Heritage

LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Management of Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL), operator of OML30, said it has done the needful and taken all necessary steps in line with best environmental practices to curtail the oil spill in Erhioke community.  In a statement on Thursday, titled ”Re: Delta communities threaten to shut down oil firm…

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United Kingdom Court Dismisses Registration Of Ogoni Suit Judgment Against Shell

LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United Kingdom court on Thursday dismissed the application by some leaders of Ejamah Ebubu community in Ogoniland to register the judgment of a Nigerian Federal High Court in the country for enforcement. Claimants had applied to register the judgement to enforce a N183 billion judgment sum, which they claimed was the…

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16,000 Infants Die Of Oil Spill Annually In Bayelsa State-Archbishop Of York

By Amos Okioma LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York has launched a blistering indictment of oil companies operating in the Niger Delta calling their actions “nothing less than environmental genocide”. The Archbishop chairs the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission is working alongside industry and…

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UK Parliament Holds Session On Bayelsa Oil Spills As Environmental Campaign Wins Paris Photo Awards

By Amos Okioma LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The effort to internationalise the campaign against environmental injustice in Bayelsa State has caught the attention of the United Kingdom Parliament with the Africa All Parliamentary Group (AAPPG) holding a session to discuss the impact of oil spills in the state. The event was chaired by Chi Onwurah, a…

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N/Delta Group Hails FG Over Spill Impact Assessment Intervention In Bayelsa

By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil and Gas Producing Areas Enlightenment and Empowerment Initiative (OGPAEEI) on Sunday commended the Federal Government and its agencies for intervening oil spill impacted areas in Bayelsa. Mr Collins Igbabiri, President of OGPAEEI, who made the commendation in an interview in Yenagoa on Sunday, noted that the swift response…

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