*Faults govt, firms on exploration, oil spills AHERHOKE OKIOMA, YENAGOA Oil spill in the Niger Delta region has killed about 16,000 neonatal babies in the within the space of one month, Stakeholders under the umbrella of Alliance for corporate responsibility (SACA) has revealed.
Port Harcourt – The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated a multi-million naira laboratory in Port Harcourt to detect and analyse samples of oil spillage in the country. The Minister of State for Environment, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, disclosed this while also inaugurating the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) office building in Port Harcourt.
ExxonMobil could be in for another trouble as fresh oil spill from its facility, has reportedly hit more than 10 communities on the Ibeno shoreline in Akwa Ibom. According to a youth leader in the community, Godwin Robert, secretary of Ulok Ulok People’s Assembly, the spill was the sixth this year. He said the cause […]