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.

The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, has said its operatives have arrested 62 suspected oil thieves and confiscated over 350,000 litres of stolen products during a series of operations across four states in ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People walk amid an oil spill in the Niger Delta in village of Ogboinbiri, Nigeria, Dec. 11, 2024. Credit: AP/Sunday Alamba By The Associated Press February 3, 2025 ...

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.