by HOMEf | Dec 22, 2021 | Fossil Politics
For about 39 days the OML29 Well 1 located in the creek by the Santa Barbara River in Nembe, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, belonging to AITEO Oil and Petroleum Company had spewed crude into the river and the Santa Barbara environment unabated. According to the locals the...
by HOMEf | Dec 9, 2021 | Fossil Politics, Report
A special report on the wellhead blowout from Aiteo OML 29 Well 1 in Nembe, Bayelsa State. Hundreds of well blowouts have been reported during the history of the oil and gas drilling activities globally. These undesired events have led to loss of lives and utter...
by HOMEf | Nov 29, 2021 | Fossil Politics, Ikike, Report
Before the rise of fossil resources extraction in Africa, most countries operated agrarian economies as their primary source of exchange. Other economies depended on mining while some others had a mix of mining and agriculture. The economic impact of oil discovery...
by HOMEf | Nov 19, 2021 | Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Ikike, Press Release
The 5th International Rights of Nature Tribunal took place on Wednesday, November 3rd, and Thursday, November 4th at 4 pm (GMT) in Glasgow, alongside the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26). Due to COVID and traveling restrictions, this Tribunal was a...
by HOMEf | Nov 4, 2021 | Fossil Politics, Press Release
On the 22nd of October 2021, a selected group of Ogoni leaders attended a parley at State House with President Muhammadu Buhari, among other issues, the President stated that the ‘federal government will consider the request for the grant of pardon to finally close...
by HOMEf | Oct 25, 2021 | Fossil Politics, Press Release
Declaration from Oilwatch International Global Gathering Oilwatch International network members, community representatives from oil regions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), the academia and the media met in Port Harcourt,...
