…findings point to a natural, subsurface geological phenomenon rather than pipeline leaks. Speaking during the briefing, the team lead of the Federal Government Ad-hoc Committee, an Assistant Director at the NUPRC, Prosper Okonedo, declared that federal experts have joined forces with the state government to establish t…

…effect is the same: Odidi is dying. And if Odidi is not clamped permanently, if Bille’s gas leaks are not stopped, if the Trans-Forcados is not replaced, the black tide will come to the next community. The environment is being destroyed from without by ageing assets and corporate negligence. And it is being destroyed f…

Residents of Niger Delta communities affected by persistent oil spills and gas leaks have raised concerns over what they described as an increase in unusual deaths and health challenges in their communities. They also alleged cases of early cessation of menstruation among women. The residents, drawn from Rivers, Bayels…