Tag: NOSDRA
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Special Report: Poor Regulation Undermines Nigeria’s Race to Zero Routine Flaring by 2030
Nigeria is a signatory to the 2001 Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership principles that aim at a flare-out date of 2030, but the country’s race to zero routine flaring by the end of the decade is been undermined by inconsistent policies, weak implementation and apparent lack of political will by successive administrations. Gas flaring is…
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Nembe oil spill: NOSDRA says well still discharging crude
Nembe oil spill: NOSDRA says well still discharging crude
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Hon Nwawuba addresses intricacies of PIB
Given the delay in the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), the Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta, Hon Henry Nwawuba has said care must be taken for the National Assembly (NASS) not to pass a bill that will not be of any good to the Nigerian oil and gas…
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FG hands over Ogoni remediation sites to NOSDRA for scientific analysis
The Federal Government says it has handed over some of the oil spill impacted sites in Ogoniland to the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) for scientific analysis and certification. Dr Mohammad Abubakar, Minister of Environment, said this on Saturday, at the handing over ceremony of the sites to NOSDRA in Alode community,…
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OPINION: Fate of the Niger Delta region: Why FG must act now or never
What does the future hold for the people of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in the next 60 years? For critical observers, the future is bleak. But, how is this so when Nigeria has made over $1 trillion in oil revenues in the past 60 years? How did we get here? Since crude oil…
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Why NDDC continues to fail on its mandate – Experts
Experts in the Nigerian oil and gas sector have alluded reasons why the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has continued to fail on its mandate despite receiving massive funding. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the experts alluded the reasons on Friday during a Twitter conference with the theme ‘strategic reforms needed to transfer benefits to the Niger…
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$1b set aside for Ogoni cleanup – NOSDRA DG
The Director General, National Oil Spill Detective and Response Agency, NOSDRA, Idris Musa disclosed that one billion dollars has been set aside for the clean-up of Ogoni land. The fund is broken down with $200million used every year for five years thereby bringing the total to $1billion for the five years cleaning plan. The DG…
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CSOs, environmentalists reject NOSDRA’s report on dead fishes along Niger Delta coastline
Civil Society Organizations, environmentalists and community people in the affected areas, have rejected the report presented by the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on the massive death of fishes along the Niger Delta coastline. Recall that the reports of dead fish awashed on an extensive stretch of the Niger Delta coastline which…
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Shell’s oil spill pollutes over 113 hectares in Bayelsa
Leakage from an oilfield operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) at Aghoro community in Bayelsa has discharged some 1,114 barrels of crude oil into the environment. The leakage has adversely affected the fishing vocation of residents who had withdrawn from fishing to pave way for clean up. The resulting oil spill impacted and polluted…
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Amnesty office to partner NOSDRA on disaster reduction in Niger Delta
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme Office, Prof. Charles Dokubo, says the office will collaborate with the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on disaster reduction programmes in the Niger Delta. Mr Murphy Ganagana, Special Assistant Media, to Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta…