By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Some communities in Bayelsa State have described as fraudulent the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMOU) with international oil companies (IOCs) operating in their areas. The oil-bearing communities located in Yenagoa and Ogbia local government areas made the claim during a stakeholders’ forum organised by the Bayelsa …
Read More »N’Delta: We’ve Supported 6,659 Entrepreneurs in Bayelsa, Delta ~ SPDC
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it has raised some 6,659 entrepreneurs from its gas fields in Bayelsa and Delta from 2003 till date. Mr Igo Weli, general manager, External Relations at SPDC stated this on Wednesday at a graduation and award ceremony for …
Read More »Ogoni Cleanup: Social Action Queries HYPREP on Framework
… Accuses Shell of Lack of Commitment to Exercise By Joel Anekwe The Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action, Nigeria) has raised a three-point query to the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), demanding the Ogoni clean-up implementation framework or timetable, showing activities’ schedule, from inception to date and in-view. This …
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