Oil spill at Shell facility fouls Bayelsa community
Residents of Peremabiri community in Bayelsa state's Southern Ijaw local government area say an oil spill from a Shell Petroleum facility has polluted water...
Bayelsa crude oil poisoning report brings little or no hope
Earlier this month, a fisherman reported oil leaking from an old wellhead at Okpoama, in the southern part of Nigeria’s Bayelsa state. The Niger...
Shell, Eni blamed as high levels of toxins found in humans, fish, crabs in Bayelsa
By Ashoka Mukpo
Oil and gas companies, led by Shell, Eni, Chevron, Total and ExxonMobil, spilled 110,000 barrels of oil into Nigeria’s Bayelsa state over...
Nigeria gas flaring cut world’s biggest in 2022
Nigeria’s significantly low oil production in 2022 strained government revenue, affected the value of naira and helped push national debt to the highest level...
‘Toxic legacy’ in Akwa Ibom as ExxonMobil plans exit
As oil giant ExxonMobil prepares to sell its onshore and shallow-water assets in Nigeria to a local firm, people living in its production areas...