HYPREP
11 Apr
The Project Coordination Office (PCO) of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has said that the cleanup of complex polluted sites in Ogoni land will begin in 2025.
2 Apr
The Project Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, has urged youths from the Ogoni Ethnic Nationality in Rivers State not to indulge in activities that will jeopardise
23 Mar
Following the importance of groundwater, the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) and the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) have said water is a catalyst for peace, stability, and sustainable development around the globe.
2 Feb
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 revelation in a statement while Commemorating the annual World Wetlands Day, tagged: Wetlands and Human…
30 Nov
The Project Coordination Office of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) said it is using mangroves as a measure to mitigate climate change in the Niger Delta, saying it has begun a massive campaign on planting, restoration and conservation of the mangroves.
8 Oct 2023
The Project Coordination Office (PCO) of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has lamented hiccups in the ongoing environmental cleanup in the four local councils that make up Ogoni ethic nationality of Rivers State.
20 Sep 2023
Ogoni youths in Rivers State have threatened to shut down construction sites of the ongoing power projects, Centre of Excellence, being executed by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) over exclusion.
7 Aug 2023
The Project Coordination Office of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) yesterday, disclosed that its Board of Trustees (BOT) has released about $360 million from the Ogoni Trust Fund to accelerate the clean-up exercise in Ogoni land.
27 Jul 2023
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Environment, has commissioned and handed over a 500,000 cubic metres water scheme to communities in Ogoni land, in Rivers State.
30 Jun 2023
An environmentalist has again raised the alarm over two major oil spills from pipelines owned by Shell Petroleum, within one week.
15 May 2023
An environmental group, Health of Mother Earth Foundation has called on Hydrocarbons Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) to commence a comprehensive health and environmental audit of the Ogoni cleanup project.
6 May 2023
The new Project Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP), Prof. Nanibarini Zabbey, has commenced work at the project coordination office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with an assurance to give prime commitment to the implementation of the Ogoni Clean-up project.
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