OIL COMPANIES, THE PEOPLE AND

THE ENVIRONMENT IN

NIGER DELTA

The curse of having Oil

Celestine examines purported cleanup of spilled site in Ikarama Community in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Oil spill and the

devastation of

Rumuekpe and Ogoni

Communities in Rivers

State, Nigeria

Poverty and loss of livelihoods ...paradox of having Oil

An Alligator rescued from fire outbreak from an oil pipeline in

Ikarama, Bayelsa State

A Faulty Oil Equipment

and fire outbreak in Ogoniland, River State,

Nigeria

Another fire outbreak from a Shell oil field in Ogoniland

Gas flare in close proximity to human habitation

(Rumuekpe Community)

Celestine and others block Shell Gas Station in Europe

Nonviolent actions against oil companies by the Ogonis

Celestine being escorted to a Police Station to secure the release detained Ogoni women activists

Celestine leads a campaign against gas flaring in Nigeria

Celestine speaks at mock burial of Shell in Ogoniland

Celestine AkpoBari, Rev. Nnimmo Bassey, Executive Director of ERA, Patrick Bond and Dennis Brutus during the “LEAVE OUR OIL UNDER” campaign in Durban South Africa