President Bola Tinubu has approved three new directives in the oil and gas sector to introduce fiscal incentives for related projects, reduce contracting costs and timelines, and promote cost efficiency in local content requirements. This followed “extensive engagements, analyses, and…
Some Nigerians from Niger Delta on Monday called on President Bola Tinubu to compel Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) to pay $3.6 billion awarded to them as compensation for the 2011 Bonga oil spill. The group staged…
In spite of the new strategies adopted by the Federal Government in November, 2021 to tackle oil spill in the Niger Delta, many communities in the region are still groaning and suffering silently under the yoke of environmental degradation occasioned…
VANGUARD NEWS INDIGENES of Uwheru kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, have lamented the invasion of their communities by AK47 wielding herdsmen who they allege, take their people hostage and demand money and food items as conditions for…
THE SUN The Amanyanabo of Opu-Nembe Kingdom in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, King Biobelemoye Josiah, has rejected food items presented to him by the Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company. The food items which include a cow,…
THE GUARDIAN Former President, Goodluck Jonathan and Founder/President of Belemaoil Producing Limited, Mr. Tein Jack-Rich, have asked oil operators in the Niger Delta region to impact on local communities by bringing succour to their lives. They made the call weekend…
THE CABLE Royal Dutch Shell has abandoned its argument that the oil pollution lawsuit filed against it by the Ogale and Bille communities in Rivers state, be heard in Nigeria rather than the UK. Bloomberg reports that Shell’s legal team…
THE NATION THE Sangana Beach in Bayelsa State was recently littered with different sizes of dead fishes suspected to have been killed by the pollution of the water occasioned by oil spills. The sight of dead fishes floating on the…
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER A devastating oil blowout has grounded fishing occupation at over 10 oil communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area in Delta State. Some of the affected communities were Benikrukru, Kokodiagbene, Oporoza, Azama, Inikorogha and Kurutie and…
NATIONAL ACCORD For a long time now, oil spill response and prevention have been one of the major concerns of oil companies, stakeholders, regulatory agencies and governments. This is as a result of the fact that oil spillage causes significant…
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