Shell’s failure to maintain and protect pipelines may leave it liable to a raft of compensation claims from dozens of Niger Delta communities, said Amnesty International today as London law firm Leigh Day announced two more lawsuits against Royal Dutch Shell. The latest cases were filed today on behalf of two communities in the Niger […]
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The oil giant Shell could be exposed to a raft of compensation claims and be forced to disclose previously withheld internal documents over its failure to stop and clean up decades of oil pollution in a test case before the Dutch Court of Appeal on Friday. The case is the latest attempt by Niger Delta […]
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The sad truth is that twenty years after the execution of writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigeria’s oil producing region remains a blighted land. There are hundreds of oil spills in the Niger Delta every year and Shell and the other oil companies operating there are still not doing enough to either prevent spills, […]
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· At least 1,600 civilians killed by Boko Haram in last 4 months · More than 3,500 civilians killed by Boko Haram in 2015 · Nigeria yet to investigate military abuses · Almost 400 civilians and dozens of security personnel killed by Boko Haram in Cameroon since January 2014 Despite advances by the military, attacks […]
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· At least 1,600 civilians killed by Boko Haram in last 4 months · More than 3,500 civilians killed by Boko Haram in 2015 · Nigeria yet to investigate military abuses · Almost 400 civilians and dozens of security personnel killed by Boko Haram in Cameroon since January 2014 Despite advances by the military, attacks […]
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Shell must match the Nigerian government’s new commitment to tackle oil pollution in the Niger Delta by dramatically improving how it cleans up spills, Amnesty International said today. President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement on Wednesday of a trust fund to pay for the clean-up of the Ogoniland region in the Niger Delta is welcome, but if […]
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The military has responded to a report by Amnesty International which accused some military officers of killing over 8,000 people during the counter-terrorism operations against Boko Haram, labelling it as blackmail. In a statement by the Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade in Abuja on Wednesday, the military defended that all officers mentioned by […]
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Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has said it accepted responsibility for the two operational spills in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, and that it wants to compensate fairly and quickly, those who have been genuinely affected by the oil spill. This came on the heels of British-based Amnesty International’s accusation that the […]
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Court documents revealed by Amnesty International today expose the fact that Shell has repeatedly made false claims about the size and impact of two major oil spills at Bodo in Nigeria in an attempt to minimize its compensation payments. The documents also show that Shell has known for years that its pipelines in the Niger […]
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