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Over three months after an oil spill that occurred from a facility operated by the Consolidated Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited (Conoil) in Sangana community in Akassa Kingdom, Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the multinational oil giant is yet to respond to the incident, as the Bayelsa State …

… Community Threatens to Shut Down Facilities The Ikarama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, in conjunction with the  Environmental Rights Action/Friend of the Earth, ERA/FoEN, has called on Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) to embark on thorough remediation, clean up of their environment that …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  Some Environmentalists in Niger Delta on Thursday expressed mixed reactions on the announcement by the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) that it would extend its regulatory mandate to the downstream sector. NOSDRA director-general, Mr Idris Musa, said on Wednesday that the agency is …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Residents along Foropa, Sangana axis of the Atlantic coastline in Bayelsa have reported sighting dead fishes littering the shoreline amidst safety concerns in the maritime ecosystem Some of the residents who spoke in reaction say the development was strange and could be an indication of increasing …

… Allege Diversion of Funds By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa  Renowned environmentalists, Rev Nnimmo Bassey and Mr Alagoa Morris, on Wednesday frowned at the neglect of oil communities and their environment by Niger Delta governors. The duo in separate interviews on the 2019 World Environmental Day (WED) noted that 13 per …