by oilwatch | Dec 30, 2008 | Africa, Press Release, Statement
As the Niger Delta boils and as Nigeria looks towards a bleak future with diminished oil revenues, the oil corporations operating in Nigeria continue to garner obscene profits. This happens because the corporations are not paying for environmental costs of their...
by oilwatch | Dec 18, 2008 | Africa
WORLD BANK ACKNOWLEDGES SERIOUS FLAWS IN WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINE But Questions on Compensation for Displaced, “Upstream” Impacts, and Gas Flaring Remain Unanswered Civil society activists in Nigeria are welcoming the World Bank’s acknowledgement of a series of...
by oilwatch | Dec 10, 2008 | Publication
By Ugochukwu ChimeziriOnly a comprehensive review of the 1999 constitution and enacting of laws to regulate man’s activity on the environment can stave off an imminent environmental chaos in the country. This was the consensus of stakeholders from both public and...
