Amnesty International, Responding to UNEP Report on Disastrous Oil Pollution...
Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Thursday, August 4, 2011 Amnesty International, Responding to United Nations Report on Disastrous Oil Pollution in Nigeria, Demands...
View ArticleShell has admitted liability but has a long way to go to make amends
Oil spills destroyed my village in Nigeria and decades of environmental and social injustice are still to be addressed by Patrick Naagbanton, Thursday 4 August 2011 Reposted from guardian.co.uk...
View ArticleNigeria could lose billions under new oil law
by Ben Amunwa Reposted from Platform, August 17, 2011 Today, the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) warned that Nigeria stands to lose billions of dollars in oil revenue...
View ArticleGbaramatu women disrupt Chevron operations
September 7, 2011 By Emma Amaize & Akpokona Omafuaire Re-posted from Vanguard Media WARRI-HUNDREDS of placard-carrying women, from about 10 Gbaramatu communities in Warri South-West Local...
View ArticleThe crude reality of oil in Nigeria
by Claire Thompson Re-posted from Grist 28 Sep 2011 1:10 PM Overnight, Nigeria went from being a British colony to being owned by Shell oil. Filmmaker Sandy Cioffi went to the Niger Delta — Nigeria’s...
View ArticleShell’s dredging of river in Niger Delta spurs coastal erosion
Environmental Rights Action Field Report #276: Shell’s dredging of River Nun spurs coastal erosion in Peremabiri community Tuesday, 04 October 20 Re-posted from Environmental Rights Action (Friends of...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court to hear Nigeria-Shell rights case
17 October 2011 Re-posted from AFP WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court said Monday it will consider a lawsuit accusing Royal Dutch Shell of human rights abuses, a case that could make companies liable...
View ArticleNigerian villagers in polluted community file a new lawsuit in the U.S....
Nigerians seek $1 billion from Shell for oil spills By Mira Oberman | AFP – Thu, Oct 20, 2011 Re-posted from AFP A Nigerian tribal king filed a lawsuit in a US court seeking $1 billion from Royal Dutch...
View ArticleNnimmo Bassey interviewed at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Interview: Johannes Beck (stf) Editor: Sarah Steffen Re-posted from Deutsche Welle Nnimmo Bassey (right) with Johannes Beck, DW’s head of the Portuguese for Africa department 10/12/11 International...
View ArticleFresh oil pollution reported in Nigerian region
Re-posted from AFP– Oct 24, 2011 YENAGOA, Nigeria — A Nigerian environmental group on Monday claimed an oil spill from a pipeline operated by Italian firm ENI had badly polluted an area in the south of...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....