the  nigeria  agip  oil  company ,will  be  embarking   on building  a  gas  plant  in  akala-olu  in  2007.  this  project,is  aimed  at  expanding  the  production  capacity.already  the  areas  to  be used  (lands)have been   maped  out.the  project  may  last  up to  3yrs.

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http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=52072

Derivation Fund: Ijaws Seek Direct Payment to Communities
From Ahamefula Ogbu in Port Harcourt, 07.03.2006
A new dimension was weekend added to the resource control agitation in the Niger Delta as Ijaws under the aegis of Ijaw Association for Oil and Gas Producing Communities (IAOGPC) demanded that hitherto, the Federal Government should give the 13 per cent now paid to states to them for direct development of their areas.

i  visited  oruma  community  in  bayelsa  state  on  the  16  of   june   in  company  of  lars, ifiemi,  tina,  peter,  and    jome.  on  arrival, jome   and    lars   had  to   stop  by   at   the   bridge   to  take  some  shots,  while  ifiemi  and  tina  went  on  to   make  arrangement  to  meet  with  the  community   women.i  and  peter  went  to  see  one  of  the opinion  leader  in   the  community   rev.oguru.  much  more  later,  we  assembled   in  the  community  hall  to  get  interview  
from  the community  women.     in  the  interview  one  striken  story  was that  of  a young  lady  and  a  middle   aged   woman.   this  is what  the  lady  said .         because    the   river   is were  we  use  to  go  to  toilet,  i  went  to  toilet   to   free   my  self    from   nature  call,  but  my  father  called  me  back  and  said ,  dont  go  because  the   water  has  been  polluted  by   shell.i  insisted  that  i  must  go  because  the  river  is  were 
we  have  been  using  for  so  many  years.  after   excreting,  i  used   the  water  to  wash  up  and  went   home.  after  one or two  days  i  lost   my  three  months    pregnancy.                                                              
                                                                          

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Tales from ORUMA...

I was at Oruma-Ogbia yesterday in the company of some colleagues and some local folks. Oil spills have been a recurrent challenge here. Now a pipeline is adding to their woes. The community forest has been devastated and the usually precarious access is now almost impossible. Oruma is home to a neglected people, typical of the Niger Delta; a determined people, typical of the Niger Delta.

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/business/article05
The Guardian, Lagos, 16 June 2006

MOSOP forecloses resumption of Shell's operations in Ogoni
From Kelvin Ebiri, Port Harcourt

MOVEMENT for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has warned that Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) cannot resume oil exploration activities in Ogoni without proper and lasting resolution to the accumulated grievances of the people.

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The Guardian, Lagos 12 June 2006

Community appeals against stay- of -execution order over gas flaring

THE Iwerekan Community in Delta State has filed a notice of Appeal against the ruling of the Court of Appeal granting a stay- of- execution on the order of a Benin Federal High court ordering Shell to stop gas flaring in that community by April 30, 2007.

This kind of news report shows the underlying reason why there is so much neglect in the Niger Delta and also why there is so much discontent. Some people are playing games with the revenue generated from crude oil...while all the local people of the Niger Delta contend with degradation and unfulfilled promises.

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