A wealth of resources, a land of suffering. The Niger Delta, often referred to as the “oil-rich” region of Nigeria, has long been the economic backbone of the nation.

Smoke billows from a refinery in Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria, September 16, 2015. A new militant group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers is wreaking havoc in Nigeria's oil-producing region.

Stakeholders from the Niger Delta, including traditional rulers, youth leaders, students, and others, gathered on Friday in Port Harcourt to praise President Bola Tinubu for his two years in office, ...

The Niger Delta Avengers have carried out a campaign of attacks on oil pipelines in recent months. An advertizing board concerning oil pipeline vandalization in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, June 10.

The Niger Delta Avengers’ attacks have led Nigeria’s oil output to plummet by nearly 40 percent since before the campaign began, the country’s Oil Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said while ...

There have been numerous reports over the last 18 months about terrorist attacks in Europe, the United States and elsewhere. But one long-running hotbed of political violence, Nigeria’s oil ...

The Niger Delta Avengers have continued to terrorize Nigeria’s pipeline infrastructure and now have claimed that they aim to take the country’s oil production down to zero ...

A major new inquiry into oil companies operating in the Niger Delta has been launched by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu. The probe will investigate “environmental and human damage” in ...

PHOTO: ED KASHI. The Curse of the Black Gold After shooting with National Geographic in the Niger Delta in 2007, award-winning photographer Ed Kashi said Nigeria was the toughest place he had ever ...

Is Niger Delta still part of Nigeria? Niger Delta. By Obiaruko Ndukwe. The dance of ... Obviously, they are not far from us as the fate of the Niger Delta region now depends on them!

THE NIGER DELTA, Nigeria -- Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua unveiled an offer in June for rebels to turn in their weapons in exchange for amnesty. Militant leader Ateke Tom watched the news ...

Our Niger Delta produces virtually all the enormous revenues that keep our Nigeria alive. But we are content to let the Niger Delta die, and to let its inhabitants perish.