CLIMATECHANGENEWS Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and the continent’s biggest oil producer. Apart from crude oil reserves, Nigeria has the largest gas reserves in Africa and is among the world’s top 10 gas producers, with estimated reserves of 5.72…
THE GUARDIAN The perennial occurrence of gas flaring and oil spills in the Niger Delta region of the country has become very worrisome. The stories of suffering of the people of the Niger Delta as a result of gas flaring…
THE GUARDIAN The oil-rich Niger Delta region has continued to suffer from the devastating effects of gas flaring and oil spills occasioned by operations of multinational firms. The development is creating apprehension among communities, who are apparently worried about their…
LEADERSHIP.NG 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 that since the practice involves carbon dioxide and sulphur…
THE GUARDIAN With a recent offer for its 57 marginal oil fields to investors after 17 years gathering momentum, the Federal Government, through the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said plans are underway to commercialise its 96 gas flare…
THE GUARDIAN Think Nigeria and its crude oil production, and you probably envisage gas flaring, environmental degradation and poverty amid wealth. In earnest, Nigeria’s government past or present, is seen to be earnestly desperate in its desire to stop gas…
RIPPLES NIGERIA Nigeria flared a total of 276.04 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas in a 13-month period from September 2018 to September 2019, data obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed. According to the NNPC’s…
GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER The Federal Government has been charged to end gas-flaring in the Niger Delta communities following its devastating impact on the health of the people and the environment. Environmentalists, including Nnimmo Bassey, said it was worrisome that the Federal…