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Ado Aminu August 12, 2021

Shell to Pay $110 Million to End 30-Year Nigeria Oil Spill Case, Ghana’s president in tight spot over anti-LGBT law | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across the African continent, these are the 5 stories you shouldn’t miss: Shell to Pay $110 Million to End 30-Year Nigeria Oil Spill Case Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit…

Azeez October 30, 2016

Oil spill: Communities issue 7 days ultimatum to NNPC in Delta

Affected by the oil spill in Gbaramatu Kingdom in the Warri South West Council Area of Delta State, 35 communities on Sunday gave the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation a seven-day ultimatum…

Roqeebah October 30, 2016

BLOOD MONEY X : The gift is a curse

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger…

Mazi Emeka August 5, 2016

‘Clean-up of Ogoniland will take 20 years’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, revealed that the clean-up of Ogoniland will go on for the next two decades. The President made this known when he inaugurated the Governing Council and…

Azeez August 4, 2016

Ogoni, other affected communities clean-up will take 20 years – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, said the cleanup of Ogoniland and other communities affected by the oil spill would go on for 20 years. Buhari said this while inaugurating the…

Dele Benjamin June 3, 2016

5 things to know about the Niger Delta Clean-up

For over two decades, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and the people of Ogoni kingdom continuously agitated for the clean up of their land polluted…

Adebayo Emuleomo May 13, 2016

Bankole Temitayo speaks on ‘A Green Nigeria’ (WATCH)

The Prime Minister of the Green Campus Initiative, Bankole Temitayo Samuel released a video titled “A Green Nigeria. Here is an excerpt from the 2-minute video: “Imagine a future where…

Kolapo Olapoju November 10, 2015

Opinion: Today, Ogoni remembers the dead and the atrocities on our land

10th November 1995, that was the day Abacha’s henchmen went to work on 9 Ogoni sons; Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel,…

March 6, 2014

Opinion: Oil spill in Abuja and lessons for the rest of us

by Wale Bakare With the growing trend of oil spills in non-oil producing states, as it is the case with the Abuja spills, it is a wakeup call to other…

October 23, 2013

Terrible: Monarch kidnapped in Akwa Ibom as 30 gunmen invade palace

by Adeola Balogun Panic hit the Esit Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State in the early hours of yesterday as unidentified gunmen laid siege to the palace and…

September 10, 2013

Jaye Gaskia: Betrayal by a few in the Niger Delta

by Jaye Gaskia For starters, never in the entire history of the Niger Delta has the region’s environment been subjected to this level, scope and intensity of environmental degradation! We…

February 5, 2013

Opinion: Shell: Our perpetual scapegoat

by Chimeka Garricks For years, Big Oil has alleged that the bulk of spills are caused by sabotage (for example, according to a Reuters article, Shell admits that 198…

April 22, 2012

Video: Shell must accept its share of responsibility for the mess in the Niger Delta and clean up – Omotola

by Seyi Lawal Nollywood star and recording artiste, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has taken part in an online campaign calling on Shell Oil Company to accept its responsibility to pay up…

January 24, 2012

“More grease to their elbows” – Let’s give you a history of Nigeria’s oil spills

Photo credit: planetgreen.com by Adebola Rayo Spanning the decades of economic over-reliance on oil in Nigeria, the country has continued to face several issues as a result of…

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