The Federal Government has re-engaged the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to provide technical support to the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP)and ensure the project is executed in line with the UNEP recommendation. Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Mr.Marvin Dekil, stated this during a press conference in Port Harcourt. His words:”The Federal Government has re-engaged UNEP […]
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The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, yesterday claimed that the alleged move by the Federal Government to resume oil exploration in Ogoniland was a plot to frustrate the clean-up process in the area. This came as Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, said it would continue to undertake initiatives to prevent and minimise […]
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Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has said that it was providing the sum of $10 million as take-off fund and contribution towards the clean-up of Ogoniland. The oil firm further expressed its commitment to the remediation of oil impacted spots in the area. SPDC General Manager, Internal Relations, Mr. Igo Weli, explained that […]
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Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from the noxious fumes of the polluted swamp. The sight in Bodo, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Port Harcourt, is repeated in communities elsewhere in the maze of creeks that criss-cross Ogoniland. One year […]
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The Senate on Tuesday mandated its committee on environment to investigate the implementation of the Ogoni clean-up exercise. The Federal Government launched the project in June last year with initial cost of $1 billion. Apart from investigating the Ogoni clean-up, the same committee was also asked to assess the progress of the Great Green Wall […]
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To ensure full implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on Ogoniland, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the Governing Council and the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Trust Fund for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP). Buhari, while speaking at a brief ceremony in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, noted that the […]
Read More President Muhammadu Buhari has received accolades from stakeholders for kicking off the clean-up of Ogoniland, Rivers State. They have also said the Ogoni exercise must be the spring board to the general clean up of the Niger Delta, report by The Nation. According to the Director Administration and Corporate Accountability of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends […]
Read More President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday sounded a note of warning that oil theft and illegal refining will not be tolerated. He also charged regulators of the oil industry to ensure that oil companies operate within international standards. The President spoke in Bodo, Rivers State when he inaugurated the clean-up of oil spill in Ogoni, Rivers State. President […]
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The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the event, performed the launch on Thursday, June 2. Just before delivering the President’s message to the people, Professor Osinbajo described the occasion as an historic one, not just in the lives of Ogoni people but also for the entire Niger Delta. According […]
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