The Nigerian government is in talks with local communities to restart oil production in a region that’s previously suffered ...

By JUDE DIKE In the heart of Nigeria, where the air smells of oil and the soil holds an abundance of wealth, the Niger Delta ...

Oil spills have contaminated the water sources ... The rise of militancy and illicit activities The situation in the Niger Delta took a dangerous turn in the early 2000s when militant groups ...

After decades of crude oil spills and the introduction of invasive plant species, thousands of hectares of mangroves in the Niger Delta are destroyed, impacting aquatic species and women’s ...

Another important aspect of the environmental crisis in the Niger Delta is the impact of oil spills on biodiversity. Research indicates that oil spills threaten not only the local ecosystem but ...

Nigeria’s plan to resume oil production in one of the most environmentally devastated parts of the oil-rich Niger Delta after a three ... decades’ worth of oil spills in Ogoniland have been ...

An ongoing oil spill at a wellhead and subsequent fire in Buguma community in Nigeria's coastal Rivers state has entered its fourth week, with no immediate action taken by authorities or operators to ...

Christopher decried that host communities of the Niger Delta region have continued to ... (DHRD), note with much concern the prolonged oil spill that occurred in Buguma waterways in the Degema ...

Dennis Naku reports on the wellhead fire and oil spill devastating multiple communities ... be zero illegal bunkering activities in the Niger Delta region and Nigeria,” he said.