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Duda (R) and his Nigerian counterpart Buhari (R) discussed gas supplies in Abuja (Photo: President.pl)
“We would like energy supplies to Poland from top foreign-policy aide, explained that the Polish
Nigeria to be bigger in future,” he said, according head of state would “listen closely to the African
to the Polish Press Agency. perspective” prior to a trip to the 77th session of
According to Buhari, Nigeria is hoping to the United Nations General Assembly in New
increase the level of trade with Warsaw, noting York.
that it “remains relatively low in spite of the long “We’ll be discussing ways to counteract the
period of relations between [the] two countries”. Russian food blackmail, but we also intend to
The topics of trade, bilateral relations and make it clear how our region of Europe, which
countering Russian “propaganda” were also the has never been a coloniser, perceives Russian
main focus of Duda’s trips to Côte d’Ivoire and imperialism, which is following the worst tra-
Senegal. dition of conquering and colonising the lands of
Before the trip, Jakub Kumoch, the president’s others,” Kumoch said. ™

SPDC to investigate oil spill in Bayelsa

NIGERIA SHELL Petroleum Development Corp. (SPDC)
revealed on September 5 that it was investigat-
ing an oil spill that reportedly occurred late last
month as a result of problems with one of its flow
stations in Bayelsa State.
Mike Adande, a spokesman for the joint ven-
ture, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
that SPDC was aware of the spell, which took
place on August 24. NAN had said on that day
that SPDC’s Diebu Creek flow station, located
near the Ogboinbiri community in the South-
ern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa,
had discharged an unknown amount of crude
oil because of operational difficulties.
The spill is reported to have had a signifi-
cant impact on Peremabiri, a community in
the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area that
lies downstream from Ogboinbiri. Residents of
Peremabiri have reported that the spilled oil is Archive photo of spill at Diebu Creek flow station in 2014 (Photo: Shell)
polluting farmlands and swamps, as well as the
Nun River. the spill and hinted that the joint venture sus-
Adande did not comment on the cause or pected that oil theft, which is common in the
extent of the spill. However, he did stress that Niger River Delta region, had played a role in
SPDC was working to determine the cause of the incident.

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