Nigeria demands $635m from Total, Agip

Cash strapped Nigeria’s Federal Government is  demanding $635million from two multinational oil companies, Agip and Total for undeclared crude oil shipped out of the country between 2011 and 2014. Two cases have been filed at the Federal High court in Lagos by senior lawyer and Senior advocate of Nigeria, Professor Fabian Ajogwu, who had handled several […]

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ERA/FoEN demands revocation of Agip license over explosions, deaths

THE Environmental Rights Action/Friends of Earth Nigeria(ERA/FoEN) has called for a comprehensive audit of safety procedures at Agip oilfields in Bayelsa State and a revocation of the license of the company if investigations show negligence led to the deaths of 17 people. There have been three explosions in fields operated by the company, with the […]

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Disregard for environmental laws: ERA/FoEN demands revocation of Agip operational license

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria(ERA/FoEN) has demaned the revocation of Agip operational licience for their mpunity and flagrant disregard for environmental regulations resulting in massive environmental degradation and destruction of rural livelihoods over several decades of its operation in the Niger Delta. ERA/FoEN Executive Director, Dr Godwin Uyi Ojo who spoke at […]

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