As Shell exits onshore oil operations in Nigeria, Niger Delta communities are still fighting over cleanup, compensation, and responsibility. This ADUNAGOW article frames the crisis as a diaspora accountability story: after decades of extraction profit, African communities must not be left alone with poisoned land, water, and livelihoods.
Category: Environment
After the Profit, Who Cleans Up? Shell, Nigeria, and the Niger Delta Fight for Justice
New documents suggest Shell kept pumping oil through a troubled Nigeria pipeline despite years of internal concern over pollution risk, theft, and infrastructure failure. With communities now seeking $1bn in court, the deeper ADUNAGOW story is whether a company can extract wealth, divest assets, and still leave African communities fighting alone for dignity, cleanup, and justice.