Shell challenges court’s jurisdiction in oil spill compensation suit – Counsel
June 15, 2022 The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has challenged the jurisdiction of a Federal High Court in Yenagoa to hear a N700 billion oil spill compensation suit filed…
Agip Oil, Bayelsa community trade blames over response to oil spill
March 29, 2022 The People of Lasukugbene community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa have disagreed with the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) over how the latter responded…
Conoil oil spill ravages Delta communities; residents protest
March 1, 2022 Residents of Amuokpokpor-Elume and its neighboring communities, both in Sapele and Okpe Local Government Areas of Delta, have decried the impact of oil spillage emanating from the…
Aiteo staff frustrates investigation into Nembe oil spill with ‘no media coverage’
December 19, 2021 Joint Investigative Visit (JIV) into the cause and volume of spill from the leak at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 Â operated by Aiteo Eastern E&P suffered a…
Aiteo oil spill: Bayelsa communities demand compensation, clean up
December 15, 2021 Bayelsa communities affected by the November 5 oil spill from a well operated by Aiteo in Nembe are demanding adequate compensation and clean up of their despoiled…
OML 29 Spill: Aiteo Deploys Clean-up Equipment to Nembe
November 26, 2021 Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of the NNPC/Aìteo Joint Venture on OML 29, has said that it has reached an advanced stage to cap…
Oil Spills and pollution in Niger Delta: Reasons and Remedies – Survey
By Razak Owolabi Data from the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) indicate that oil spills and pollution in the oil-bearing Niger Delta occur due to sabotage by…
Bayelsa community serves Aiteo quit notice over oil spill, others
The Opu-Nembe community in Nembe-Bassambiri, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa and host to Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production limited, on Saturday, issued an immediate quit notice to the oil…
Oil spill from Agip pipeline overruns another Bayelsa community
Another oil leak, the third in six months, has discharged a yet-to-be-ascertained volume of crude oil polluting the Okpoama community and its environs in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa….
Pollution: UK Supreme Court to hear appeal against Shell by Nigerian communities
Britain’s supreme court will on Tuesday hear Nigerian farmers and fishermen appeal to pursue claims against oil major Shell over spills in the Niger Delta. The appeal re-opens the possibility…