Shell should not oversee Ogoni clean up —Civil rights group
Vanguard PORT HARCOURT— Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government not to include Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, in any body constituted to oversee the clean up exercise in Ogoni, Rivers State. Executive Director of the organisation, Dr Godwin Ojo, in his opening remark at a colloquium, yesterday, […]
Buhari says Ogoni cleanup will take two decades as ERA/FoEN demands a state of emergency for the entire Niger Delta
Delta Newsroom President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that on -going cleanup of Ogoniland and other oil-impacted communities in Niger Delta region would last two decades. Buhari, made the disclosure, while inaugurating Governing Council and Board of Trustees of Trust Fund for Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project for Implementation of UNEP Report on Thursday at Presidential Villa, […]
Ogoniland clean-up: Activists ask government to declare state of emergency
EnviroNews Nigeria Despite the announcement of the supposed take-off of the Ogoniland clean-up exercise and a $10 million take-off grant in 2015, the institutional framework is still not in place to give hope to the Ogoni people that anything tangibe will come out of the process. Bayelsa State Commissioner for Environment, Iniruo Willis (standing), Executive […]
FG’s Ogoni clean up flag off, mere jamboree – Group
vanguard FG’s Ogoni clean up flag off, mere jamboree – Group On June 7, 2016 6:04 by adekunle Comments By Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Emmanuel Elebeke ABUJA — AN environmental group, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FOEN, has given the Federal Government a knock over the recent flag-off the clean-up of Ogoni, Rivers State, […]
Crusaders charge FG to commence concrete actions to save environment
Environ News To save Nigeria’s diverse ecosystems from further ruin, the Federal Government must go beyond mere words on the issue of transiting from fossil fuels-based economy and put in place the relevant laws to checkmate the activities of the extractive corporations, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria(ERA/FoEN) has said. ERA/FoEN’s recommendation is coming […]
Why militancy resurfaces in Niger Delta, by ERA
The Guardian By Adamu Abuh (Abuja), Michael Egbejule (Benin City) and Nnamdi Akpa (Abakaliki) 07 June 2016 The Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, blamed the poor implementation of the amnesty programme for the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta region. Ojo, who made the submission […]
The Nation: Ogoni cleanup: What means to Nigeria
The Nation Online Ogoni clean-up: What it means to Nigeria by Bisi Olaniyi , June 06, 2016 at 12:44 am in Featured, News The clean-up of Ogoniland, Rivers State has begun. Port Harcourt Bureau Chief BISI OLANIYI examines what this exercise means to the country President Muhammadu Buhari has received accolades from stakeholders for kicking […]
NGO charges FG on Ogoni clean-up
AIT News The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately institute the framework of the clean-up of the oil spill in Ogoniland as part of measures of implementing the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Assessment and Recommendations (UNEP) on the pollution in Ogoniland. The Executive Director, ERA/FoEN […]
New PIB: Communities In Bayelsa Seek Inclusion Of Oil Community In New Development Fund
AIT News Residents of Ikarama and Okordia communities in Bayelsa, have suggested the inclusion of Host Community Development Fund in the new version of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill before its passage into law. The residents made the call on Wednesday at an Environmental Parliament held in Ikarama, to intimate residents with the provisions of […]
Investigate and sanction BAT appropriately – ERA/FoEN tells FG
Today.ng As the British American Tobacco (BAT) celebrates another year of deadly profits on Wednesday, April 28, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) joined other anti-tobacco groups from Africa, United Kingdom and Latin America to demand government’s action to hold the corporation accountable. Also on the heels of revelations of widespread bribery […]