{"id":36215,"date":"2026-06-04T10:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=36215"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:01:47","slug":"new-claims-put-nigerias-oil-industry-under-pressure","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/new-claims-put-nigerias-oil-industry-under-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"New claims put Nigeria\u2019s oil industry under pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Fresh allegations are raising serious questions about environmental accountability in Nigeria&#8217;s oil industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Internal documents obtained by the media suggest that Shell continued operating a major oil pipeline for years despite warnings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Shell staff said that the infrastructure was vulnerable to theft, failures, and widespread pollution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The revelations come as affected communities in the Niger Delta pursue legal action over oil spill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The spill that has devastated their environment, health, and livelihoods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20970,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-36215","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Questions raised over environmental accountability in Nigeria's oil","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36218,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36215\/revisions\/36218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=36215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}