The UN's environment agency says cleaning up oil contamination in Ogoniland could take 30 years

Ogoni Clean Up: FG engages UNEP as remediation continues

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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Amnesty International want Shell probed for alleged abuses in 3-countries

Amnesty International on Tuesday said Royal Dutch Shell Plc should face investigations in three countries for alleged complicity in human rights abuses, including murder and rape, committed by the Nigerian military government in the oil-producing Ogoniland region in the 1990s. The London-based human-rights group said authorities in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands should […]

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