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Oil pollution in Nigeria: NGOs accuse Shell of bad pipeline maintenance

Activists protesting the impact of environmental devastation caused by Shell in Nigeria, outside The Royal Courts of Justice, ahead of the Ogale and Bille communities versus Shell court case in London, on 13 February, 2025.
Activists protesting the impact of environmental devastation caused by Shell in Nigeria, outside The Royal Courts of Justice, ahead of the Ogale and Bille communities versus Shell court case in London, on 13 February, 2025. AP - Kirsty Wigglesworth

After decades of operations in the Niger Delta, oil giant Shell is once again facing allegations regarding pollution. A consortium of NGOs is accusing the company of having been aware of oil spills yet allowing them to continue, in order to keep raking in ever-greater profits – amounting to nearly €16 billion in 2025.

Shell must answer for decades of pollution in the Niger Delta after internal company documents revealed broken rules, failing infrastructure and unresolved clean-up costs that risk leaving affected communities to pay the price, a coalition of human rights and environmental organisations, including Amnesty International, said this week in a report.

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