Without a doubt, oil and gas exploration and production activities in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta region carried out by International Oil Companies (IOCs) and Indigenous Oil Companies have brought with their operations more socio-economic, political and environmental woes on the psychic, physical/emotional and health wellbeing of the inhabitants of the region than words […]
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The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) wishes to alert the International Community and the Nigerian people of renewed plots by Shell/NPDC to unleash violence on the Ogoni people. The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has this morning destroyed farmlands and forcefully commenced the laying of pipelines in Ogoni without the consent […]
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The Asabiro stream which flows to the Warri River was a major source of potable water for the peasants of Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta before the 1980s when the sitting of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company triggered a maelstrom of oil activities and an influx of oil workers to the serene […]
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It is now accepted that climate change is a major crisis that can turn catastrophic for the planet if real actions to avert it continue to be avoided. This crisis can only be effectively dealt with by tackling the root causes. The burning of fossil fuels by humans for energy is the primary cause. Since […]
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A new militant group “Oyobio-Oyobio” operating in the Niger-Delta region has given Mobil Nigeria Unlimited seven days marching order to relocate its headquarters from Lagos to Akwa Ibom or face unpleasant consequences. The warning was contained in a statement signed by the militant group’s Commander, General Obuma and made available to newsmen at Ibeno, the […]
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Twenty-one years after his death at the hands of Nigeria’s last military dictatorship, environmental and political activist Ken Saro-Wiwa’s story still draws attention, mostly for the work he did to save the land and water of his fellow Ogoni people near the end of his life. A brilliant new biography by Roy Doron and Toyin […]
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Report and Resolutions of Ecological Defenders Consultative Meeting and Training held at Aluebo Town Hall, Ogale, Nchia-Eleme on the 26th of July 2016. On Wednesday the 26th of July 2016, the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) held a training and consultative meaeting for community environmental monitors, with specific emphasis on the planned clean-up of […]
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Environmental monitoring is often carried out to ensure that standards are maintained to ensure environmental and human health. In other words, we monitor to ensure that nothing goes wrong, and so that we detect when anything goes wrong. That is the standard idea of environmental monitoring. In the case of the Niger Delta, the matter […]
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Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has pulled out of the much publicized clean up of Ogoni Land, citing insincerity and lack of commitment on the side of the federal government. In a statement by its spokesman, Bamidele Odugbesan in Lagos on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The oil giant stated that they noticed […]
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The Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, a Niger Delta based NGO, has urged the Niger Delta Avengers to stop further destruction of the deteriorated environment. The Center believes that although it is important to peacefully agitate for the development of the region, it is wrong to destroy the environment in the process because […]
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