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Their pockets first 6 Sep 2008 05:59 GMT
... to continue like this, knowing that the oil we all depend on has a life ... on oil as its main source of energy to power their lives? Are you not aware that within ... has not seen the realities in the Niger Delta nor the abysmal state of our infrastructures ...
What price oil? 6 Sep 2008 05:55 GMT
... Environmentalists arrested at community meeting on gas flaring Journalists, community elders, woman and children ... blighted by gas-flaring as a result of oil extraction by Shell. Environmental Rights Action (ERA) ... of gas flaring on the lives of Niger Delta people?" Those arrested included Jonah Gbemre, the plaintiff ...
Nigeria: Journalists Challenge Shell on Detentions 6 Sep 2008 05:54 GMT
... demanded a written apology from the Anglo-Ducth oil company, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over ... and detention of journalists at the Utorogun Gas Plant in Delta State. About 15 journalists ... 15 journalists from several states across the Niger-Delta were last Tuesday while on a working tour ...
Salazar presses fight on oil shale 6 Sep 2008 05:51 GMT
... giving up his fight to block commercial oil shale development in Colorado. Last year, Salazar ... it is following Congress' order under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. On Thursday, the federal agency ... lands for multiple uses, including energy development. Niger Innis, spokesman of Congress For Racial Equality, criticized ...
Nigeria: ERA Flays Arrest of Activists, Journalists 5 Sep 2008 17:33 GMT
... Iwherekan community, Delta State by soldiers guarding gas flaring sites operated by Shell. The group ... Yar'Adua administration. Why is governmnet colluding with oil companies to shield the world from knowing ... of gas flaring on the lives of Niger Delta people?",asked Nnimmo Bassey, ERA/FoEN Executive Director. "This action ...

Nigeria: Anyaoku On Niger Delta 5 Sep 2008 17:08 GMT
... the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, that the Niger Delta crisis cannot be resolved through force of arms ... genuine activists to give up militancy, special anti-oil bunkering and anti-kidnapping squads should be set ... be gainfully employed in the oil and gas companies, in the manufacturing companies that should ...
U.S. Reporter Arrested Covering Nigeria Oil Story 5 Sep 2008 12:55 GMT
... in dozens of local communities, but some environmentalists defend the country's right to continue flaring," ... agency. In addition to environmental concerns, the Niger Delta has long been as a number of militant groups ... groups have been staging brutal attacks on oil facilities to demand a greater share of the ...
September 2: Journalist and media worker detained 5 Sep 2008 04:48 GMT
... York-based Tribeca Film Institute, about the region’s oil conflict. He was ordered to return to the ... “Authorities continue to arrest journalists in the Niger Delta area in order to block media coverage of ... support the local community and stop the environmental degradation caused by the oil production. The ...
Nigeria: JTF Puts Men On Alert in Delta, Bayelsa 5 Sep 2008 04:34 GMT
... The Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta has placed its troops in Delta and Bayelsa states ... Offloading (FPSO) vessel, known as the Bonga Oil Field and other oil installations in the ... Action (ERA) on Tuesday to inspect the gas flaring by the SPDC at its Otorogun ...
Nigeria: Criminals Hurt Niger Delta [editorial] 5 Sep 2008 04:34 GMT
... repeatedly stated that criminals had usurped the Niger Delta struggle. These kidnappers seemed to have banked on ... attention with the germane issues of poverty, environmental degradation and deprivation. They may sound as ... but criminality has its disruptive impact on oil production and development of the area. Criminals of ...
Nigeria: Should Stopping Gas Flaring Be a Priority? 5 Sep 2008 04:34 GMT
... experts warn gas flaring by the Nigerian oil industry in the southern Delta region causes ... gas flaring by oil firms in the Niger-Delta," said Stefan Cramer, director of the Nigeria ... head of the Nigerian International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development agreed Africa's emissions are negligible ...
Analysis: Nigerian oil regains top spot 5 Sep 2008 03:55 GMT
... percent of Nigeria's revenue is generated by oil and gas, resulting in billions of dollars ... producers, despite continuing violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta. According to the Africa Oil Journal, Nigeria's ... basic resources such as fresh water and electricity have angered some of the region's youth and ...

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