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Coalition Of Civil Societies Protests Against Shell Company’s Oil Pollution In Niger Delta, Asks Church Of England To Stop Financing Firm
In May 2022, Coalition Of Civil Societies Protests Against Shell Company’s Oil Pollution In Niger Delta, Asks Church Of England To Stop Financing Firm. The groups lamented the level of penury and agonies the activities of Shell and other oil giants had subjected Nigerians in the host communities to. Coalition…
The Compass: Slick: The Story of Oil, Shell and Nigeria
In April 2022, BBC West Africa correspondent Mayeni Jones meets an oil thief kingpin, as well as an exuberant local politician, taking on this illegal business and treks deep into the forests of the Niger Delta to visit an underground refinery. The story of fossil fuel giant, Shell, and the…
Bayelsa Stakeholders Meet Over Divestment by International Oil Companies
Communities in the Niger Delta have decried the spate of environmental degradation and pollution being left behind by international oil companies as they seek the divestment of their onshore assets in the region. This was made known through a communique, issued at the end of a dialogue meeting held by…
Exclusive-Shell’s Nigerian oil assets attract interest from local firms, sources say
LONDON (Reuters) – At least five Nigerian oil and gas companies are preparing to submit bids this month for Royal Dutch Shell’s onshore oilfields in a sale that could fetch up to $3 billion, three sources involved in the process told Reuters. Shell started talks with the Nigerian government last…
Former Archbishop of York, Lord John Sentamu, calls the month-long oil spill in Nigeria “ Environmental Genocide” and calls for action
The former Archbishop of York, Lord John Sentamu, Chair of The Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission today described the oil spill caused by Nigeria’s Santa Barbara river Well 1 Platform blowout, at the former Shell owned facility, in Bayelsa “an environmental genocide”. The month-long spill of some two million…
Leading Shell investor rejects call for energy group to split.
29 October 2021 - One of Royal Dutch Shell’s biggest shareholders has dismissed activist hedge fund Third Point’s proposal to split the oil major into separate companies, saying it would be too complicated and unlikely to add value for long-term investors.
All4Climate – Italy 2021: Reimagining Futures After Post-Oil Transitions
30 September 2021 - Dr Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou, Prof Michael J. Watts, Prof Engobo Emeseh and Dr Isaac ‘Asume’ Osuoka took part in an hour long virtual panel: Reimagining futures after post-oil transitions at the "All4Climate – Italy 2021" program. The All4Climate event provided a unique opportunity for climate champions around…
Fossil fuels and corporate interests behind them
27 September 2021 - RAI, the national broadcasting service of Italy, broadcasted Presa Diretta, a one hour and half long report focused on fossil fuels and corporate interests behind them. They showed small parts of the documentary on pollution from Brass Oil Terminal in Bayelsa State. - from minute 17'30''…
Can all Nigerians benefit from Oil
23 September 2021 - When the Petroleum Industry Act was signed, the Commission was approached by Neil Gallagher, senior journalist and producer at BBC World Services - for a short interview. Dr Isaac ‘Asume’ Osuoka, Social Action International kindly agreed to represent the Commission and share his views on Nigeria's…
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) urged the Royal Dutch Shell
7 September 2021 - The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) urged the Royal Dutch Shell to remediate oil-polluted areas caused by its exploration activities before divesting its onshore assets from the Niger Delta region. It disclosed that Shell had launched the major divestment plan of its Nigerian…
