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• Nigerian judge dismisses landmark corruption case (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 177
  AP - A Nigerian judge has dismissed a 170-count indictment accusing a former state governor in the oil-rich Niger Delta of corruption.
  14 hours ago

• Nigerian judge dismisses landmark corruption case (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 177
  AP - A Nigerian judge has dismissed a 170-count indictment accusing a former state governor in the oil-rich Niger Delta of corruption.
  14 hours ago

• Halliburton and the ‘Resource Curse’

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 666
  Part I of an interview with David Ugolor, head of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice . Sojourners: Nigeria is sometimes cited as an example of the “resource curse,” where a country’s natural resources — oil, in the case of…
  6 days ago

• Dumping death

  
  Black Looks — Authority: 538
  Bhopal – 23 years on the site has still not been cleaned up. Oil spills in Oloibiri Dumping toxic waste in NairobiLesotho – GAP/ Levi factory dumps chemical wasteTrafugura dumped on Abidjan
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• Nigeria’s Crude Production Expected to Hit 3m Barrels Per Day By 2010

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 448
  The Nigerian government has said that the success of the amnesty granted to militant group members in the restive Niger Delta would make it possible for the production of three million barrels of crude oil per day from next year. The country’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa, gave the ...
  1 week ago

• Niger Delta farmers sue Royal Dutch Shell

  
  propaganda press! freedom now — Authority: 141
  A group of Nigerian farmers are suing Royal Dutch Shell over an alleged oil spill in the Niger Delta region that they say ruined the livelihood of local villagers. The farmers claim that badly maintained pipelines of a subsidiary of Shell spilt oil that contaminated fish ponds and farms in Bayelsa State in 2005. ...
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• European Union to Launch Gas, Renewable Energy Project in Nigeria

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 448
  The European Union (EU) is to launch a 2.3 million Euro project in Nigeria on the sustainable utilization of gas and renewable energy resources. The Information Officer of the Delegation of the European Commission to Nigeria, Mr Kelechi Onyemaobi, told APA in Abuja on Saturday that the project would be funded by the ...
  1 week ago

• The Hostage Business

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  Rebel militants in the Niger Delta have used kidnapping and sabotage to disrupt oil production.
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• Ellen Driscoll’s Plastic Lineage

  
  Circle of Blue | WaterNews — Authority: 543
  By Emily Bouckaert Circle of Blue Sculptural installation FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2 uses discarded plastic bottles to comment on global resource and consumption issues. American artist Ellen Driscoll explores resource consumption and material lineage in her latest multi-part, multi-year project, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nigerian farmers take Shell to court

  
  Black Looks — Authority: 538
  Today is the start of a landmark court brought by four farmers from the Niger Delta against Shell Oil.The Nigerian farmers and fishers, who lost their livelihoods after oil from leaking Shell pipelines streamed over their fields and fishing ponds, are claiming compensation from the Anglo-Dutch oil giant. They also ...
  2 weeks ago

• Farmers sue Shell over oil spills in Niger Delta

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 145
  
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• Keep the oil in the soil

  
  Black Looks — Authority: 538
  A meeting of civil society organisations, lawyers, media, academics in Port Harcourt to discuss the future of oil in the Niger Delta and it’s impact on climate change and sustainability have issued a strong militant statement to the Federal Government.  The meeting was chaired by Nnimmo Bassey, the Director of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nigeria’s Political Dilemma and Secession in the air

  
  Thy Glory O Nigeria..! — Authority: 123
  By Adeola Aderounmu Nigeria has been without a ruler or leader for several days now. In my opinion Nigeria has never had a president since May 2007. The man who was illegally imposed on us is now very sick and lying in some hospital in far away Saudi Arabia. Call it the shame of Nigeria-the nation with the largest ...
  2 weeks ago

• NIGERIA ROBUST ECONOMIC GROWTH - WORLD BANK

  
  NIGERIAN CURIOSITY — Authority: 484
  
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• Peak oil: the summit that dominates the horizon

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 145
  The big international companies such as BP and ExxonMobil are struggling to find enough new oil to replace their exploited reserves year-on-year and Shell found itself on the end of a major fine for exaggerating its reserves report to the Securities & Exchange Commission in the US.
  2 weeks ago

• Fiscal federalism, solution to N-Delta crises, says Ibori – Vanguard

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 147
  Former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, has identified fiscal federalism and the amnesty programme as the most urgent political challenges confronting the Federal Government and the Niger Delta people.Besides, he noted that an increase in crude oil production occasioned by the ceassation of hostilities by ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mark, others chart path to constitution review, N’Delta stability – The Guardian

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 147
  The critical issues of constitution review and lasting peace in the Niger Delta have again been visited by political leaders and parties who underscored the necessity for sincerity and patriotism in addressing them.Senate President David Mark led the way yesterday, declaring that the Upper legislative chamber has no ...
  3 weeks ago

• Nigeria, SPDC achieves record gas production at 512MMscf/d

  
  Oil and Gas News — Authority: 125
  The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), operators of a joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has set a record gas production with a total of 512 million standard cubic feet of gas (MMscf/d) in Western Niger Delta.SPDC said the production level was the highest in two years from ...
  3 weeks ago

• European Union gives Nigeria $1bn for peace - Militants have been demanding a greater share of the oil wealth

  
  Niger Watch — Authority: 91
  From BBC News online, November 23, 2009: European Union gives Nigeria $1bn for peace The European Commission has signed a $1bn (£602m) development pact with Nigeria, aimed at tackling corruption and promoting peace. A substantial amount of the funding will be spent on resolving conflict in the oil-rich and ...
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  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 145
  
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