The Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP) has disclosed that over 4000 hectares of mangroves had been destroyed by decades of oil spills in the Ogoni area of the Niger Delta alone. HYPREP’s Project Coordinator, Professor Nenibarini Zabbey, made the…
THE GUARDIAN Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an order for leave to apply for judicial review compelling the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project(HYPREP) to perform the public duty of the cleanup and remediation of Ogoniland in…
THE SUN The Ogoni Development Drive (ODD), has called for the relocation of the headquarters of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to Ogoniland. ODD Convener Solomon Lenu, who briefed reporters in Port Harcourt, on the heels of the appointment…
LEADERSHIP More than 22 million litres of crude oil were recovered from the spill site in Bodo community in Gokana local government area of Rivers State between 2017 and 2019 as part of ongoing cleanup of the environment. The cleanup…
THE GUARDIAN Fresh policy changes may be in the offing that would pave way for the overhaul of the Ogoni clean up, if the Federal authorities accept key performance indicators (KPI) for the remediation exercise being promoted by Environmental Rights…