'Environmental groups urge Nigerian government to clean up Niger Delta oil pollution', 4 Aug 2015:…A coalition of Nigerian and international environmental and human rights organizations [have] urged Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari…to tackle oil pollution in the Niger Delta…[and] take concrete steps to implement the recommendations of the 2011 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, which exposed overwhelming oil pollution in the Niger Delta. "Four years after the UNEP published its landmark Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland report, we urge you to continue to make the implementation of the UNEP report a priority for your Government. You can kick-start the clean-up of the Niger Delta and free the people of Nigeria from the legacy of decades of oil pollution," the letter reads. On July 28, Nigerian authorities convened a meeting between the government, UNEP, the oil industry and representatives of affected communities in order to begin implementing UNEP recommendations. According to the report, continued contamination of the water and soil in Nigeria’s Ogoniland poses a serious threat to human health...