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

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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Militant group threatens Shell over reopening of bombed Trans-Forcados pipeline

Unrepentant militant group causing havoc on major pipelines in the delta in recent times, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate has warned Shell Petroleum and Development Company, an Anglo-Dutch subsidiary, against reopening the Trans-Forcados pipeline earlier attacked by the Niger Delta Avengers. The group, on Saturday threatened that no matter of military shield would stop it […]

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