President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed the significance of the Niger Delta region to Nigeria’s economic prosperity, describing it as “the goose that lays the golden egg.”This is even as he tasked the ...

The Niger Delta’s story is one of contradictions: a region that sits atop unimaginable wealth yet suffers from crippling poverty; a land rich in natural resources but drained by exploitation; a ...

A UK-funded report reveals that Mali’s social protection system is ill-equipped to handle compounding crises of climate shocks, conflict, and food insecurity. It calls for stronger disaster risk ...

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, first emerged in January 2006 when it launched coordinated attacks on oil installations and kidnapped four oil workers to protest the ...

Environmental degradation of Nigeria’s Niger Delta region is causing poverty as well as food insecurity, increased crime and conflict.

Oil spill makes environmental problems worse in Niger Delta The volume of oil spilled has not been determined, but activists have published images of polluted farmland, water surfaces blighted by ...

It also established Peace Clubs in secondary schools and universities across the Niger Delta region to foster changed attitudes and behaviors and promote peace through education.

Shell’s planned exit from the Niger Delta has been slammed by a Dutch non-profit organisation, which said the supermajor should not be allowed to sell its onshore assets in Nigeria until it ...

Southern Nigeria’s vast Niger Delta boasts Africa’s most extensive mangrove forests — and some of the world’s largest fossil fuel reserves. Efforts to extract oil and gas have resulted in ...

The Niger Delta hosts the second largest petroleum reserves in Africa, with the Nigerian economy heavily dependent on the industry. But since the extraction and processing of oil started in the ...

The Nigerian army announced Sunday that it has shut down 19 illegal crude oil refineries in the oil-rich Niger Delta region as part of nationwide efforts to curb petroleum theft.