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BAYELSA COMMUNITY OIL SPILL: WAS IT DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE? COMMUNITY – YES, SHELL – NO

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Oil spewing from equipment belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has ravaged parts of Tein-Biseni environment, Biseni, Yenagoa Local Government Area. A report compiled by the Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth (ERA/FoE), showed that while Shell believed the spill was caused by sabotage, other stakeholders including regulators and the community argued it […]

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Niger Delta: Oil spills clean-up process can create green jobs with multiplier effects – ERA/FoE

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Environmental Rights Action and Friends of the Earth, ERA/FoE, an environmental group, has urged the Federal Government to use oil spills clean-up process in the Niger Delta to create jobs in the area. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Executive Director ERA/FoE, Dr Godwin Ojo, made the call in Yenagoa on Thursday during […]

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