Troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have arrested 39 suspected oil thieves and destroyed 18 illegal refining sites in a ...

Nigeria’s underdeveloped but oil-rich Niger Delta region currently is the site of a crippling insurgency. Fueled by a complex mixture of protest, crime, and political corruption, the network of ...

Militia Stages Attacks in Niger Delta Seeking Local Control of Oil The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, first emerged in January 2006 when it launched coordinated attacks ...

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has strongly condemned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State, calling it a betrayal of the Niger Delta region.

Abuja – The Association of Niger Delta Monarchs of Nigeria (ANDMON) has declared its full support for the federal government’s renewal of the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita ...

An international research team led by the University of Galway has used Earth observation radar data to map oil pipeline networks covering a 9,000 km 2 region in the Niger Delta and pinpoint where ...

Others say it’s the economic machine of the nation. Truly, the oil-rich Niger Delta, located in the southern part of Nigeria and home to a significant portion of Nigeria’s oil and gas reserves ...

His Majesty, the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has stressed the importance of protecting the vital ecosystems of the Niger Delta mangroves, just as he kicked against its economic exploitation.

Fringing the delta of the Niger River, local mangrove forests are essential to biodiversity and the survival of local communities. In Nigeria, scientists, activists and lawyers are joining forces ...

The paper particularly assesses the impact of the 2009 amnesty programme that was initiated to halt the downward spiral into violence in the Niger Delta and resolve the region's socio-economic ...

The Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, has called for the protection of the Niger Delta’s mangroves from foreign interests seeking to exploit them under the guise of carbon credit ...