Petroleum Industry Bill

NIGER DELTA: IYC TO INVESTIGATE NNDC ABANDON CONTRACTS, REJECTS WATER RESOURCE BILL SAYS BUHARI’S PEACE CELEBRATION IS “POLITICAL GIMMICK”

June 2, 2018June 2, 2018 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

The President, Ijaw Youths Congress(IYC) worldwide, Mr. Peretubo Oweilaemi has rejected the the water resource executive bill currently being considered by the National Assembly saying that the “Niger Delta people will resist it with their last blood as the Bill is another neo-colonisation agenda by the Federal Government to annihilate and subjugate […]

“NON-PASSAGE OF PIB IS SHAME TO NIGERIA’S OIL, GAS INDUSTRY” – STAKEHOLDERS

May 12, 2017 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

As the fate of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) remained uncertain, stakeholders in the country’s oil and gas sector, have described the delay as an embarrassment to the country. They believed that if Ghana, which took clue from Nigeria’s PIB to develop its petroleum law could pass the bill in record time, Nigeria should have […]

Giant Cigarettes in the Sky – Nigeria’s Toxic Gas Flares by Nnimmo Bassey

January 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

Gas flaring is the obnoxious practice of burning natural gas associated with crude oil extraction. To use the words of Joseph Croft of Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) in the excellent environmental documentary film No Where to Run, the gas flares are like giant cigarettes attached to communities. Some flares are located horizontally, at ground level, […]