The situation may have worsened 40-years after operators of the Ogonifield, Shell Production and Development Company, SPDC, shut downexploration activities even as communities in the area record freshoil spill. According to our sources, an oil spill occurred about one week ago. It was learnt that the spill could be either as a result of an…
Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, has refuted the allallegations from several quarters that Ogoni clean-up programme wasat variance with the recommendations documented in the report by theUnited Nations Environment Programme, UNEP. The Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Dr. Marvin Dekil, l said theFederal Government has re-engaged UNEP to work with HYPREP in thefield and in the…
Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN)says the pronouncement by the Hydrocarbon Pollution RemediationProject, HYPREP, that it has commenced the clean-up of the Ogoni landcontaminated areas is false. HYPREP in January, went haywire on the media, claiming that it hasallocated some contaminated sites to about 16 contractors, thereby,flagging off officially, the clean-up exercise of…
More than 500 representatives from governments, non-profits and globalconglomerates joined forces to accelerate resilience building inCaribbean countries still recovering from hurricane devastation. International organisations and businesses, including Expedia, IBM,InterEnergy, First Bank and Pfizer met in San Juan Puerto Rico at amega networking session on post-disaster recovery, hosted by theClinton Global Initiative. Representing the Commonwealth, Secretary-General…
The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has commenced the Onne Port Channeloil spill cleanup at the Federal Oceans Terminal, FOT, Onne, RiversState. The cleanup exercise is the first of such project being executed bythe personnel of environment Department of the agency. Speaking on the sidelines of the kick-off of the clean-up project atthe premises at Federal…
The Minister of Environment, Suleiman Hassan Zarma said in Port Harcourt on Friday that Federal Government has commenced the handover of sites for the commencement of of Ogoni clean up exercise. Suleiman Hassan Zarma who disclosed this during a courtesy visit to Governor Wike at Government House , Port Harcourt, assured the Governor that the…
A new level of hydrocarbon pollution of Ogoni environment has been discovered as exposed by the ongoing construction of the N120.6billion Bodo-Bonny Road. The 34-kilometer long road is being constructed by Julius Berger Plc through the swampy and muddy creeks of Bodo community in Gokana Local Government Area to Grand Bonny Kingdom in Bonny Local…
he Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has expressed concern about the delay in the signing of the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the $13.5 billion Zabazaba Deepwater Project by different oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region. The IYC in a statement signed by its spokesman, Daniel Dasimaka on Thursday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state quoted…
PRESS RELEASE PENGASSAN, NUPENG Pledge Collaboration with NCDMB NCDMB doesn’t award oil and gas contracts- Wabote The joint national executive of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and their counterpart Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has pledged their readiness to collaborate with the Nigerian Content Development and…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), is set to commence a forensic audit into its $200 million Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF). Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Mr. Simbi Wabote, gave the hint while speaking on the theme “Driving Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Industry towards Sustained Economic Development & Growth at the Nigerian Oil and…
