Posts Tagged ‘Niger Delta’

The National Contact Point (NCP) agency will today give Shell a rap on the knuckles for its reporting of its spills in the Niger Delta region, some of which have been highly damaging to the environment. NCP has reached this conclusion following an investigation into accusations by Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth International [...]

As we mark the world’s Environment Day on June 5, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) calls for urgent action to save the Ogoni people and its environment. MOSOP is deeply concerned about the threat to Ogoni survival posed by the failure of government and Shell to clean the Ogoni environment [...]

30 May 2013 Last updated at 07:24  Oil pollution is a continuing problem in the Niger Delta, with thousands of oil spills polluting farmland as well as lakes and rivers. The damage to natural resources has forced many communities to relocate, in order to find the means to make a living. But what was life [...]

Documents seen by The IoS support claims energy giant enlisted help of country’s military government By Andy Rowell Sunday 14 June 2009 Serious questions over Shell Oil’s alleged involvement in human rights abuses in Nigeria emerged last night after confidential internal documents and court statements revealed how the energy giant enlisted the help of the [...]

Chief financial officer Simon Henry was made the front-runner by bookmaker Paddy Power, despite saying it would be �inappropriate� to discuss his candidacy. The Anglo-Dutch firm has not had a British boss since Sir Philip Watts left in disgrace in 2004 after Shell overstated its oil reserves. By Rob Davies: PUBLISHED: 22:14, 2 May 2013 [...]

�This article appeared in print under the headline “Nowhere to run…” 29 April 2013 by Fred Pearce Book information Just Business: Multinational corporations and human rights by John Gerard Ruggie Published by: Norton Price: �14.99 EXTRACT Other examples he discusses include the toxic solvents and child labour used to make fashionable Nike sportswear in the [...]

Daily Trust/11/04/2013 The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) Limited Joint Venture says it has commenced an inventory of its assets in Ogoniland in line with the recommendations of the United Nation Environment Program report. The report required SPDC JV to conduct a comprehensive review of its assets in Ogoniland and develop a decommissioning [...]

There are also secret documents to prove how Shell tried to bribe my husband in an executive meeting at the government house in Port Harcourt, when they planned to arrest and kill Ken Saro-Wiwa. And when they did not succeed, they turned around to mastermind the killing of the Ogoni 4, in a bid to [...]

The group handed out flyers about Shell�s human rights record to audience members, many of whom stopped to listen and applauded at the end of the song.� 22nd April 2013 Interval halted at Shell Classic International concert, as �Shell Out Sounds� highlight the sponsor�s human rights record For interviews, photos and film footage, call 07939519963, [...]

Nigerians had hoped to use US Alien Tort Statute to sue Royal Dutch Petroleum over the deaths of nine protesters in the 1990s The supreme court has blocked a group of Nigerians from suing the oil giant Shell in US court for allegedly aiding in torture and murder in a ruling that human rights experts [...]

U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Kiobel v. $hell Emboldens Corporate Torture By Ben Ikari In Kiobel et al v. $hell, America has shown that oil is thicker than blood, as was also represented in ’95. This was when former Pres. Bill Clinton chose the so-called diplomatic sanctions, yet buying Niger delta oil misnamed Nigeria’s instead [...]

By Greg Stohr on April 17, 2013 The U.S. Supreme Court insulated multinational corporations from at least some lawsuits over atrocities abroad, scaling back a favorite legal tool of human rights activists. The justices threw out a suit accusing two foreign-based units of Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) of facilitating torture and execution in Nigeria. [...]

EXTRACTS: Last month Shell said it was forced to close the Nembe Creek oil pipeline, which carries about 150,000 barrels a day, to clear away oil split following a theft. As more oil is pillaged, there is a growing threat of an environmental disaster in Nigeria, Shell said in its annual sustainability report. While Nigeria [...]

A version of this article appeared April 12, 2013, on page B1 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal By BENOIT FAUCON PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria�Jacob Mandi says he failed to find work with Royal Dutch Shell PLC in Nigeria’s oil-rich swamps. So now the 25-year-old ocean diver earns a rich living stealing crude [...]

Published April 11, 2013 by Dow Jones Newswires Rising incidences of oil theft in Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta come at a significant environmental cost, Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) said Thursday. In its sustainability report, the Anglo-Dutch oil major said its Nigerian unit, Shell Petroleum Development Company, or SPDC, experienced 137 spills as a [...]