Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Environment, Hon Terseer Ugbor, has called the Niger Delta region to key into mangrove restoration as part of efforts to combat oil spill in the region. Ugbor made the call shortly after the…
NaijaNews. There is a palpable air of uncertainty in Ikarama community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa state over oil spill sites that are posing risks to the health of the area. Field Monitoring Officer of Environmental Rights Action (ERA),…
THE WILL The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), on Thursday, said its investigations have shown a rising spate of oil spills caused by sabotage and oil theft. NOSDRA in a statement availed via email, indicated that three…
THE TIDE Fresh oil spills from the Tebidaba/Brass Agip Trunk Line operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, have rocked Lasukugbene Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, causing serious devastation to the environment. Lasukugbene, one…
THE GUARDIAN Residents of Amuokpokpor-Elume community and its neighbouring communities in Sapele Council of Delta State are reportedly grappling with oil spill from wellheads, operated by Conoil. The Guardian gathered the spillage had led to outbreak of waterborne diseases in…
PREMIUM TIMES Fishermen in Akwa Ibom State have accused ExxonMobil, the American multinational oil and gas corporation, of refusing to take responsibility and pay compensation for a series of oil spills that occurred in the state between 1998 and 2012.…
THE GUARDIAN PAN Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has asked the Niger Delta region and southern part of the country to begin a search for an alternative to oil as an economic mainstay. PANDEF’s National President, Senator Emmanuel Essien, said the…
PREMIUM TIMES The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) said it has rolled out strategies to tackle incessant oil spills in communities in the Niger Delta. NOSDRA Director-General, Idris Musa, disclosed this at a one-day Community-based Disaster Risk…
VANGUARD NEWS A fresh crude oil spill has been reported at the swamp area of South Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The spill, it was learned, occurred on Saturday at Well 7, a facility owned by the Nigeria…
THE NATION Massive oil spill has occurred in Bayelsa State polluting creeks and communities, it has been learnt. It was learnt that the spill which occurred on Sunday from facility suspected to belong to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC),…
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