Tag: oil spill
Bayelsa Court Bars British Lawyer From Oil Spill Suit
Henry Ojelu Justice E.G. Omokuro of a Bayelsa State High Court, Sagbama Division, has restrained a British lawyer, Mr Martyn…
Ogoni protesters shut First Bank over Shell debt
Banking activities at First Bank Area office in Port Harcourt, Rivers, were disrupted on Wednesday as protesting members of Ogoni…
Oil spill from Agip’s Brass Terminal pollutes Atlantic Ocean
An oil spill from the Brass Oil Export Terminal, operated by the Agip off the Nigerian Coastline in Bayelsa state,…
Bodo community rejects Shell’s $50m over oil spills
Negotiations between Shell and Nigerian residents of Bodo, an Ogoni community affected by two oil spills in 2008 failed to…
Exxon Mobil issues force majeure as pipeline shut
US oil giant ExxonMobil’s Nigerian subsidiary warned on Wednesday it may not meet production expectations following the shutdown of a…
Nigerian farmers sue Shell in Dutch court
Shell broke the law by not repairing leaks that destroyed the lands of Niger Delta farmers, a Dutch court heard…
After the messy oil spill, Mobil begins clean up
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) on Monday began the clean-up of Ibeno coastline contaminated by an oil spill reported on 13…
Oil spill found as Shell shuts flow station
Shell said Thursday it had shut down an oil processing facility in southern Nigeria over a pump failure, but denied…
Exxon Mobil causes oil spill in Akwa Ibom
An oil spill has been detected along the coast of southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom, near operations for US…
Shell To Challenge $5b Fine By Nigeria
Shell will challenge a $5.0 billion (four billion euro) fine imposed by Nigeria over an offshore oil spill last year,…
Nollywood star, Omotola wants Shell to clean up Niger Delta
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has joined Amnesty International’s campaign calling on oil company Shell to Own Up, Pay Up and Clean…
Shell contains Nigeria’s worst oil spill
THE worst Nigeria offshore oil spill in more than a decade has been contained before reaching the nation’s coast, officials…