Thousands of members of the Ogale and Bille communities are suing Shell and its Nigerian subsidiary SPDC. They hold them responsible for oil spills that have harmed their communities in the Niger ...

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The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency has reported an oil spill from Shell’s underwater pipeline in Obololi, Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa State. This is as it ...

Shell completed the divestment of its Niger Delta subsidiary to a Nigerian consortium, in a $1.3 billion transaction previously held back by regulators.

Lawyers representing 13,000 local Nigerians claim Shell and its subsidiary "failed to take basic steps" to stop the oil theft and other activity that caused the spill, and that there has "barely ...

The house of representatives has constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the “state and causes” of pipeline vandalism ...

The people of Ogale Community in Eleme local government area of Rivers State have staged a peaceful protest following fresh oil spill, which occured at a manifold operated by Shell Petroleum ...

Pigi's community has previously won a historic legal case against Shell at a UK court after a major oil spill in 2008 where more than 560,000 barrels of oil spilled into the community. The company ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Shell should take responsibility for environmental damage in Nigeria caused by oil spills, a community leader said on Thursday as a pivotal hearing in lawsuits brought against the ...

Speaking to Reuters, a Shell spokesperson said that the litigation "does little to address the real problem in the Niger Delta: oil spills due to theft, illegal refining and sabotage, which cause ...

They say the oil spills caused by oil-producing activities in the region have caused immense environmental damage, destroyed the livelihoods of local communities and caused health problems. They want ...