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ALETO EXPLOSION: MIIDEEKOR DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY AND NIGER DELTA SAFETY AUDIT

October 16, 2026
Campaign, Press

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Port Harcourt, 16th October, 2026 ALETO EXPLOSION: MIIDEEKOR DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY, END TO CORPORATE IMPUNITY AND URGENT SAFETY AUDIT OF OIL AND GAS INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE...

PRESS STATEMENT Global Day of Action: Miideekor Calls for Africa’s Right to Self-Determined Development

October 12, 2026
Campaign, Environmental Justice, News, Press

PRESS STATEMENT Global Day of Action: Miideekor Calls for Africa’s Right to Self-Determined and Sustainable Development Port Harcourt, Nigeria | October 12, 2026 As the 2026 IMF–World Bank Annual...

Miideekor Environmental Development Initiative launches the LET AFRICA BREATHE Campaign

October 11, 2026
Environmental Justice, Policy Brief, Press, Project

Debt and pollution are choking African communities. From Bangkok, MEDI is calling for an end to new Bretton Woods lending to the continent and a justice-based path to industrialisation....

LET THE NIGER DELTA ENVIRONMENT BREATHE! Independence Day Statement by Miideekor Environmental Development Initiative – MEDI

October 1, 2026
Campaign, Environmental Justice, News, Press

LET THE NIGER DELTA ENVIRONMENT BREATHE. Independence Day Statement by Miideekor Environmental Development Initiative – MEDI 1 October 2026 Today, Nigeria marks 66 years of independence. Across the country,...

MIIDEEKOR DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR JOY AMOS’ DEATH AND THE BILLE GAS CRISIS

September 25, 2026
Campaign, News, Policy Brief, Press

MIIDEEKOR CONDEMNS THE DEATH OF JOY AMOS AS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY; DEMANDS IMMEDIATE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE ONGOING GAS DISASTER IN BILLE KINGDOM Miideekor Environmental Development Initiative -MEDI mourns...

Communiqué Issued by Stakeholders at the Regional Dialogue on the Niger Delta Environmental Cleanup

August 21, 2026
Environmental Justice, Policy Brief, Press

COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED BY STAKEHOLDERS AT THE REGIONAL DIALOGUE ON THE NIGER DELTA ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP: ISSUES AND WAY FORWARD ORGANISED BY THE MIIDEEKOR ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE – MEDI, 13TH AUGUST...

PRESS STATEMENT: OGONI OIL MUST REMAIN IN THE GROUND

August 1, 2026
News, Press

Ogoni oil must remain in the ground. No oil well should be reopened in Ogoniland. We demand the immediate decommissioning of all dilapidated wells and facilities, a comprehensive cleanup...

Nigeria: Shell documents expose ‘basket’ pipeline, ‘missing’ wells and US$10.Gbn decommissioning costs as pollution scandal grows

July 29, 2026
Press, Reports

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 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...

STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY

July 15, 2026
News, Press

July 15, 2026 STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY The Miideekor Environmental Development Initiative-MEDI stands in strong solidarity with the Talaingod 13 and the Indigenous Peoples’ Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL) on...

A NATION MORTGAGED, A PEOPLE IGNORED: MEDI CONDEMNS NIGERIA’S NEW WORLD BANK LOAN

July 6, 2026
News, Press

Press Statement – July 3, 2026 The Miideekor Environmental Development Initiative-MEDI rises today to add its voice to the chorus of well-meaning Nigerians who have watched, with mounting...