Bonga oil spill: Fishermen appeal to FG to prevail on Shell to pay $3.6bn fine imposed by oil industry regulators
Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), on Sunday applauded Friday’s ruling by a Dutch Court that found Shell liable of polluting the farmlands of four farmers in the Niger Delta…
Chevron denies responsibility of Bayelsa oil leak, promises to trace source
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) declared on Friday that reported leaks near its operational areas at Funiwa offshore facilities off the Atlantic coast was not from its facilities. It even pledged…
N/Delta Fishermen urge FG to prevail on shell to pay Bonga oilfield spill fine
Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), on Friday appealed to the Federal Government to prevail on Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO)Â to pay the $3.6 billion fine imposed by…
Fishermen want FG to compel Shell to pay $3.6bn Bonga oilfield spill fine
Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), on Friday urged the Federal Government to leverage on its successes in containing the COVID-19 pandemic to avert another lockdown in the new year….
NOSDRA apologises for error, says 45 not 45,000 barrels leaked from Bayelsa oil field
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), on Monday confirmed that 45 barrels and not 45,000 barrels of crude oil leaked from a well head in Bayelsa on…
NBC fine: Only a competent court of law has the right to impose fines on a criminal suspect after conducting a trial – FalanaÂ
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has described the N5m fine on Lagos-based radio station, Nigeria Info 99.3 FM by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) as illegal. The…
NOSDRA, Agip probe Azuzuama oil leakage
National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) say they are jointly investigating an oil leak from Ship’s Clough Creek-Tebidaba trunkline at Azuzuama community…
What set OML-95 oilfield on fire? NOSDRA investigates
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Monday said that the ongoing fire at Ororo oilfield at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 95 is being investigated. Mr Musa…
Urgently initiate full scale probe into fish death in N/Delta – Environmental lawyers urge FG
Environmental lawyers urge FG to take urgent steps to check increased toxicity of the nation’s territorial waters Environmental lawyers in the Niger Delta have expressed concerns over the looming public…
Senate to amend NOSDRA Act to prevent activities of pipeline vandals; sanction, prosecute gov’t officials conniving with vandals
President of the Senate, Sen. Ahmad Lawan The President of the Senate, Sen. Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday said officials of government conniving with criminals involved in vandalising oil pipelines…