Nigeria Oil Spill Needs Big Clean-up Action

The World

Anchor Lisa Mullins reports on a call from the UN on Thursday for a massive clean up of oil spilled over many decades in Nigeria. A new UN report says it could take as long as 30 years to clean up pollution from oil operations in Nigeria’s Ogoniland region.

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