In 2020 and 2021, Nigeria's National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency recorded 822 combined oil spills, totalling 28 003 barrels of oil into the environment.Thousands of crude oil spills have happened in the Niger Delta region in southern Nigeria since it was first discovered in 1958.
The life expectancy of those in the Niger Delta is 41 years, 10 years lower than the national average.In the oil-rich Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria, the people are worried about the health and environmental impacts of the crude oil spills that have been happening since oil was discovered there in 1958.
Between 1976 and 1991, more than two million barrels of oil polluted Ogoniland in 2 976 separate oil spills as Nigeria became one of the world's largest oil producers.
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