Godwin Uyi Ojo

Gas Faring Prohibition Act: ERA/FoEN Commends Senate, Demands IOCs Pay Actual Value of Flared Gas

April 24, 2019 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

Ban on gas flaring commendable, long overdue, says ERA/FoEN The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended the Senate’s unanimous adoption of the Bill for an Act to Prohibit Gas Flaring in Nigeria sponsored by Senator Bassey Akpan, representing Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial district. The Bill, which passed second hearing in […]

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: ERA/FoEN WANTS INTERNATIONAL COURT FOR TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS

October 26, 2017 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo has advocated that all states under the United Nations system must allow foreign persons and communities seeking environmental justice to take legal action in their courts if they so wish. Dr. Ojo, presenting text of Friends of the Earth International […]

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: NIGERIA YET TO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES – ERA/FoEN

June 5, 2017 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

As the world commemorates the World Environment Day with the theme, “connecting people to nature”, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on the Nigerian government to go beyond joining the rest of the world to commemorate the event, and to take concrete actions to resolve the myriad of environmental challenges […]

Time to transit from oil dependency to safe and decentralized renewable alternatives – Dr. Uyi Ojo

December 6, 2016 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

Breakfree from Fossils: A Nigeria without oil is possible! Welcome address by Dr Godwin Uyi Ojo, Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) at the public presentation of Nigeria Beyond Oil, Excellence Hotel, Ogba, Lagos December 6, 2016. Introduction On behalf of the management and staff of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of […]

Why journalists must exhaustively investigate the environmental challenges plaguing the nation – Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo

October 18, 2016 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

INVESTIGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING TRAINING – Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, Executive Director of ERA/FoEN, Warri, 18-19 October 2016 Introduction It is my pleasure to warmly welcome you all this investigative environmental reporting training funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. The decision to hold this training in Warri is because of its success in […]

Shell parent company can now be held liable for oil spills in Niger Delta communities – ERA/FoEN hails a Dutch appeals court ruling

December 18, 2015 Leave a Comment

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has hailed a Dutch appeals court ruling today (Friday December 18, 2015) which affirmed that Shell parent company could be held liable for oil spills at its Nigerian subsidiary, urging other Niger Delta communities to institute similar action against the company for years of pollution. The […]

World Bank gas flare-out initiative absurd, unacceptable – ERA/FoEN

August 31, 2015August 31, 2015 Leave a Comment

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Federal Government to be wary of a World Bank initiative to stop gas flaring by the year 2030 insisting the scheme, if endorsed by the government, will legitimize continued flaring by Shell and other oil corporations operating in the Niger Delta. Media reports […]

Shell Belema Oil Deal: An Affront on the Ogoni Struggle – ERA/FoEN

February 9, 2015 Leave a Comment

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has raised the alarm following reports that Shell may be attempting to thwart the recommended cleanup of Ogoniland through a deal with a local company called Belema Oil. A statement by ERA head of media, Mr. Phillip Jakpor said, Shell was said to have sold its […]