Health for Mother Health Foundation (HOMEF), has declared that said the ruling of the Dutch Appeal Court against Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over environmental offences offers the people some hope that their fight for justice is yielding results.
The Dutch Appeal Court had ordered SPDC to pay compensation to farmers in some Niger Delta states following the devastation of their farmlands through oil exploitation.
Speaking at a roundtable with the theme: Abolishing Persistent Ecological And Economic Crimes In The Niger Delta, Executive Director of HOMEF, Nnimmo Bassey, said the judgment was another plus to the judgments against a foremost polluter in the Niger Delta.
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Insecurity: CSOs express disappointment over Buhari’s failure to appear before House of Reps
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By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja
Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Monday, expressed disappointment over President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to appear for the House of Representatives on Thursday last week.
It will be recalled that Buhari had indicated readiness to honour the invitation to appear before the House of Representatives to address Nigerians on the worrisome dimension and trend of insecurity across the country upon the recent killing of 43 rice farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram sect.