Tag Archives: Ken Henshaw

Fear of Liability, Behind ‘Divestment Rush’ by IOCs ~ Workshop

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 …

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Group Trains Bayelsa, Delta Oil Communities on Environmental Monitoring

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an environmental rights focused group has concluded training of some 40 residents of oil bearing communities in Delta and Bayelsa states. Addressing volunteers drawn from Gbarain/Ekpetiama in Bayelsa State and  Iwhrekan in Delta State, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, executive director of …

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Insecurity in Rivers: 46 Die in Extra Judicial Murders in April

… Civil Society Coalition wants IGP fired By Joel Anekwe                                                                            As insecurity continues to escalate in Rivers State, 46 persons have reportedly died across the state in extra judicial killings and gang murders. This was contained in a report produced and made public by a non-governmental organisation, ‘We The People,’ …

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