Shell. The ever-benevolent corporate giant tirelessly works to maximize shareholder returns while generously bestowing oil spills upon communities that never asked for them. The latest twist in this decades-long environmental horror show? The Ogale and Bille communities of Nigeria—just 50,000 people whose land, water, and livelihoods have been poisoned by Shell’s operations—are finally getting their day in a UK courtroom. And naturally, Shell is fighting tooth and nail to avoid paying for the devastation it caused.
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Shell Faces Judgment Day
Shell Faces Judgment Day: 10 Years of Delays, Spills, and Corporate Lies Finally Head to UK High Court
It’s finally happening. After a decade of legal stonewalling, corporate gaslighting, and enough environmental devastation to make even the most soulless investors blush, Shell is being dragged—kicking and screaming—into the UK High Court. Because nothing says “responsible corporate citizen” quite like spending ten years arguing that the destruction of entire communities isn’t legally your problem.
From February 13 to March 10, 2025, the Preliminary Issues Trial of Nigerian Law for Shell vs. Ogale and Bille communities will take place in London. That’s right—Nigerian communities are being forced to travel to a foreign country just to have a chance at justice, because Shell has mastered the art of denying responsibility while profiting off the suffering of others.
Shell on Trial: Stand with the Niger Delta – Protest for Justice!
Meet me at the event called Protest Shell: Stand with the Niger Delta in Court. This is who I am. Irina Woodhead: The Whistleblower’s Fight at Shell
Since the 1980s, Shell have been killing people and ecosystems in the Niger Delta, affecting pregnant women, children and, in the words of activists, disrupting their work there. Join us to hold powerful solidarity demo on the first day of this hearing for people from the Niger Delta and discuss other actions to pressure Shell as they are taken to court by over 13,000 people. Fossil Free London will be joining with Amnesty International, Justice for Nigeria, Africa Seen and Heard and the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and others. With activism and great songs and chants, join us and stand in solidarity. Let’s fight for justice for the Niger Delta friendly: Yes although no specific child care provided, we will work to make the experience suitable for children Accessibility info: This is a static demonstration and will be held outside, bring a camping chair if you will struggle stand for the duration; there are toilets across the road in cafes there.
Shell: Because One Billion Barrels of Nigerian Oil Just Wasn’t Enough
Posted by John Donovan: 17 Dec 2024
Ah, Shell. The gift that keeps on giving… to its shareholders, at least. The planet? Local communities? Nigeria’s long-suffering environment? Oh, they’ll just have to suck it up—quite literally—because Shell’s back at it again with its shiny new toy: the Bonga North Oil Project.
That’s right, folks. Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co. Ltd. (SNEPCo)—Shell’s lovingly ruthless Nigerian arm—has given the go-ahead to drill, baby, drill in deep waters off Nigeria’s coast. Because when you’ve already sucked one billion barrels of oil out of a single deepwater field, you naturally look around and think, “What’s next? More barrels, obviously.”
Shell Can’t Even Ditch Its Dirty Nigerian Oil Fields Without Screwing Up
17 Oct 2024
Oh, Shell, always finding new ways to trip over its own oily feet. This time, they’ve managed to fumble a $1.3 billion sale of their onshore oilfields in Nigeria. Yes, you heard that right. The almighty Shell, which practically wrote the book on ruthless exploitation, can’t even offload its pollution-ridden assets without causing another mess. Nigeria’s oil regulator took one look at their proposed buyer, Renaissance Group, and said, “Yeah, no thanks. These guys aren’t remotely qualified to run this operation.”
Seeking Support for the Definitive Ken Saro-Wiwa Documentary on Environmental Justice and Human Rights
Seeking Support for the Definitive Ken Saro-Wiwa Documentary on Environmental Justice and Human Rights
Dear John Donavan,
My name is Nathan Achim Sheppard, I am the director of Fried Egg Productions and keeper of the archival footage of my late friend Ken Saro-Wiwa, the ultimate African climate activist who paid with his life during the mission for Niger Delta environmental justice.
In association with Winifred O. Adeyemi, the British-Nigerian founder and director of AFRICA: Seen & Heard who has won global critical acclaim and multiple awards licensing my footage to the short doc “I Am More Dangerous Dead”, I am co-directing and co-producing the documentary feature film outlined within the attached Synopsis.