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Ensuring Accurate, Transparent Trade Statistics: A Strategy for Economic Growth
The Will
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July 6, 2025
July 06, (THEWILL) — Trade statistics serve as the backbone of economic planning, investment decisions and policy formulation. For Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and a key player in global trade, accurate and transparent trade data is essential...
Traditional Ruler Drags Shell To Court Over Niger Delta Pollution
TVC News Nigeria
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June 22, 2025
A major legal showdown is unfolding in the Niger Delta as King Bubaraye Dakolo, has filed a lawsuit against oil giant Shell, accusing the company of attempting to divest its onshore assets without cleaning up decades of environmental damage....
Niger: FG constitutes committee to implement ACReSAL’s strategic catchment mgt plans
Tribune Online
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June 15, 2025
Federal Government of Nigeria has constituted a team of implementation committee to ensure the implementation of the strategic catchment management plans produced, validated, and endorsed for the 19 ACReSAL states and the Federal Capital...
ECOWAS must keep its door open to Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso – Boakai urges regional leaders
New Mail
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June 21, 2025
President of Liberia, Joseph Boakai, has urged West African leaders to maintain open lines of dialogue with Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, stressing that the door to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) must remain open to the...
Bayelsa traditional ruler drags Shell to Court over Niger Delta pollution
TVC News Nigeria
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June 21, 2025
A major legal showdown is unfolding in the Niger Delta as His Royal Majesty, King Bubaraye Dakolo, has filed a lawsuit against oil giant Shell, accusing the company of attempting to divest its onshore assets without cleaning up decades of...
Niger Delta Stakeholders Task NDDC On 2025 Budget
Leadership
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June 14, 2025
Niger Delta stakeholders have urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to ensure that funds allocated in its 2025 budget are in line with current economic realities to ensure that conceptualised projects are completed for the benefit of...
Bayelsa Monarch Appears In Court, Demands $12billion Compensation From Shell Company Over Alleged Environmental Damage In Niger Delta
Sahara Reporters
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A traditional ruler in Bayelsa State, His Majesty Bubaraye Dakolo of the Ekpetiama Kingdom, has taken oil giant, Shell, to court, demanding $12 billion in compensation for decades of environmental damage allegedly caused by the company's...
Bayelsa Traditional Ruler’s Suit Against Shell’s Divestment, Pollution Adjourned till July 22
This Day
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June 21, 2025
Olusegun Samuel in Yenagoa The Yenagoa Division of the Federal High Court on yesterday adjourned a suit challenging the divestment by Shell UK Plc from onshore and shallow water assets hitherto operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company...
“Niger Delta Thriving Under Tinubu’s Leadership” – Lokpobiri Replies Dickson’s Criticism
Information Nigeria
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June 14, 2025
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has criticized Senator Seriake Dickson over his Democracy Day remarks, where Dickson accused President Bola Tinubu of complicity in the ongoing political crisis in Rivers...
Shell’s Bid to Escape Liability for Niger Delta Oil Spills Rejected in UK Court
Arise News
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June 21, 2025
Oil giant Shell will now face a full trial in London’s High Court in 2027, over allegations that it was legally responsible for legacy oil pollution in Nigeria. Shell Plc and a Nigerian-based subsidiary of the company, now known as the Renaissance...
Niger Delta stakeholders demand audit of host community funds under PIA
Business Day
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June 13, 2025
… Also Unite to drive inclusive, transparent Petroleum Industry Act implementation Stakeholders in the Niger Delta have demanded for acceptable audits of the funds that now flow to the host community trust funds. Stakeholders made the call at the...
Climate Injustice Floods Nigeria
Living on Earth
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The aftermath of the flooding in Western Nigeria. (Photo: Uwaisu Idris) At the end of May a flood caused by torrential rain swept into Mokwa, a poor rural community in western Nigeria, leaving behind a horrific scene of death and destruction....
Niger govt carries out Mokwa flood review assessment
Tribune Online
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June 13, 2025
Niger State government said it has carried out review assessment of the Mokwa flood disaster that killed hundreds of people and rendered thousands of people homeless. It said the review was also aimed at measuring the level of impact and analysing...
Reforestation: Niger to plant one billion trees in 4 years – Official
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 20, 2025
The Niger state government has initiated a programme for the planting of one billion trees within the next four years as part of measures to mitigate the effects of deforestation due to climate change. The Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry...
Nigeria In Perpetual Search Of Acceptable Constitution
Daily Independent
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July 6, 2025
1 …Senate Defends Fresh Review Of 1999 Constitution …As The Patriots Insist On True Federalist Code ABUJA – The Senate Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution has embarked on another round of zonal public hearings and Nigerians find...
NCDMB’s local content policies spotlighted at Nigeria Oil and Gas conference
Premium Times
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July 5, 2025
Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Executive Secretary, Felix Omatsola Ogbe addressing participants during the recent 2025 Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference in Abuja The recently held 2025 Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG)...
UK Court Rules Shell Company Can Be Held Accountable For Decades Of Oil Pollution In Nigeria’s Niger Delta, Begins Trial 2027
Sahara Reporters
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A United Kingdom (UK) High Court has ruled that oil giant Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary, now known as Renaissance Africa Energy, can be held legally accountable for decades of devastating oil pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta...
Niger's Economy Rebounds In 2024 Thanks To Large-Scale Oil Exports And A Good Agricultural Season
MENAFN
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo Niger's economy recorded robust growth in 2024, driven by large-scale oil exports. However, short-term sources of growth remain limited and exposed to downside risks, according to the World Bank's...
Shell to face High Court trial over legacy oil pollution in 2027
City A.M.
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June 20, 2025
Friday 20 June 2025 3:52 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email Oil pollution case against Shell set for 2027 trial Oil giant Shell will now face a full...
50,000 members of two Nigerian communities taking Shell to High Court over systemic oil pollution
LBC
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20 June 2025, 14:35 HRH King Emere Godwin Okpabi joins the protest - A solidarity demonstration at the High Court on the first day of the major court hearing. Picture: Alamy Residents of two Nigerian communities who are taking legal action against...