Tag Archives: Iniruo Wills

By Chukwumaechi Godwin, Port Harcourt  Participants at the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria ERA/FoEN have concluded that over and above claimed militancy, oil installation vandalism and sabotage, most of the international oil companies seeking divestment from Nigeria are doing so to run away from liabilities arising from the …

By David Amous – Owei, Yenagoa The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Thursday said the oil spill reported from an oil well within Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 is yet to abate, according to feedback from officials deployed to the site. Mr Idris Musa, director-general of …

Lawyers from Nembe in Bayelsa State, under the auspices of Nembe SE Lawyers Forum, on Tuesday said they are working to end violent agitation as a means of venting grievances in the oil rich Niger Delta region. Addressing a virtual news conference, Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, a traditional ruler in the …

By Akpekwu Christopher Imbufe  The Rivers State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Igbiks Tamuno, says the Niger Delta region may face extinction sooner than later due to the impact of oil spills and gas flares in the region According to the commissioner, the impact of the degradation of the environment, particularly …

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and prominent environmentalists have held divergent views on Friday’s verdict by a Dutch court that found Shell liable for pollution of farmlands and fish ponds of four farmers in the Niger Delta. While SPDC expressed disappointment over the ruling, some environmentalists applauded …

A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Wednesday adjourned to February 25, 2021 to await the ruling of the Court of Appeal on an interlocutory appeal by an Aiteo subsidiary in a suit with its host communities in Bayelsa State. Justice Abimbola Awogboro had on March 3, 2020 declined …

Mr Iniruo Wills, ex-Environment commissioner in Bayelsa State on Thursday called on oil industry regulators to priorities investigation of increased toxicity of Atlantic coastline causing massive death of fishes. Wills made the call in an interview in Yenagoa in a reaction to dead fishes littering the coastline across Delta, Bayelsa …

By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Monday declined an application to halt the renewal of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 until the determination of a pending suit by Nembe communities in Bayelsa State. The communities are seeking an environmental audit of the impact of …