Niger Delta
27 Jan
The Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Ishaq Salako, has assured that the Federal Government would continue to use the mangrove restoration programme as one of its measures to tackle climate change in the oil-polluted Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
22 Jan
Environmentalists in the Niger Delta region have raised concerns over a plan by Shell to sell its Nigerian onshore subsidiary to a consortium of domestic and international oil companies for $2.8 billion.
22 Jan
Nigeria may lose over 200,000 barrels per day in crude oil production output if the lingering stand-off between a multinational oil company, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), and some host communities in Delta and Bayelsa states over payment of surface rents for its operations is not halted.
19 Jan
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to prevent Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) from selling its onshore oil business without addressing its historical environmental damages in Nigeria.
6 Jan
A pro-democracy, the Niger-Delta Development Initiative (NDDI), has applauded the efforts of the Nigerian Navy to get rid of oil bunkers and illegal oil merchants in the South South region.
10 Dec
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), has said that despite the ongoing efforts by stakeholders to end violence against women and girls in Niger Delta region, the troubling situation has continued. The foundation in a statement to mark this year’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, disclosed that its peace…
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.
25 Nov
The United Nations (UN) defines Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) as any gender-based act resulting in, or likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women.
13 Nov
The traditional prime minister of Goi community in Gokana Council of Rivers State, Eric Dooh, has gone to church to thank God for securing justice against Shell at the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands.
13 Nov
Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for articulate and strategic plans that would address the nation’s climate change crisis in terms of adaptation and mitigation at the forthcoming Conference of the Parties, (COP28), in the United Arab Emirates.
23 Oct 2023
The environmental history of Nigeria unfortunately is not a story filled with the rich biodiverse tropical rainforests of the Niger Delta or the cascading rich vegetation of the Sahel Savanna but rather, one marred with bloodshed, exploitation, pollution, death, destruction, and devastation.
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