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‘We don’t have report of SPDC staff involved in oil theft’
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By Prince Okafor
The management of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, SPDC, has disclosed that it does not have any formal report of its staff members or contractors involved in pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft.
This is coming against the backdrop of a research conducted by Dutch Environmental Group, Milieudefensie, at Ikarama, a small community situated within Yenogoa Local Government Area in Bayelsa State.
The report disclosed that the employees of Shell Nigeria, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, orchestrate vandalism of oil pipelines to benefit from the money spent on the clean-up operations.
1. The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited
2. Total E&P Nigeria Limited
3. Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited … … …Respondents
(Substituted by the Order of the Court of Appeal dated 17/3/2011)
(Lead Judgement delivered by Honourable Ejembi Eko, JSC)
Facts
The Respondents and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), were parties to a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) in relation to Oil Mining Leases (OML) 18, 24, 25 and 29. The Appellant was not a party to the JOA, just as NNPC was not a party to the Agreement for Assignment (“the SPA”) of 45% Undivided Participating Interest in OML 25 owned jointly by the Respondents.
Sometime in June 2013, the Appellant became aware that the Respondents were considering divesting their 45% Undivided Participating Interest in OMLs 18, 24, 25 and 29 and receiving expression of interest from credible organisations, the Appellant therefore, expressed its interest in OMLs 24 and 25, demonstrating financial and
Employees of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Nigeria cause oil spills to enable them to make money from cleanups, a new report by Milieudefensie and Friends of the Earth Nigeria, verified by an independent journalist, has said.
A statement issued by Head of Yenagoa Office of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) in Bayelsa State, Alagoa Morris, revealed that Shell organises the oil spill cleanups in such a way that they generate income for the local population and that the oil giant was aware of the development, but was doing nothing about it. x
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Corporate support boosts Beeta Playwright Competition
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By Prisca Sam-Duru
The Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF), organisers of the Beeta Playwright Competition which aims to find new voices in the literary genre of drama among Nigerian young playwrights, has announced the take-off of the fourth edition of the competition.
The theme for this edition is, ‘Through the Ashes We Rise – Stories of Hope and Resilience in a New Nigeria’. BUAF is therefore calling for drama entries from young playwrights. It is open to indigenous playwrights between ages 18-40. The deadline for all entries is December 28, 2020.
The top 10 finalists will be treated to a writing boot camp, with a winner emerging at the grand finale event. The best playwright will win N1 million (One Million Naira), a publishing deal with PaperWorth Books Limited and the play produced by BUAF. It will also be part of the nationwide University Campus Outreach, which will see the play performed in