Oil workers have threatened to abandon the Niger Delta in the wake of the upsurge in violence in the oil-rich region in the last two weeks. Babatunde Ogun, president of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria … read more
Oil giant Shell faces allegations of complicity in horrific abuses by the Nigerian government, including the execution of environmental protestor Ken Saro-Wiwa, in a potentially landmark trial starting Wednesday. In a highly unusual move, activists brought the lawsuit to a … read more
Following the ongoing military onslaught against militants in the Niger Delta region, some Ijaw living in coastal areas of Ondo State have begun fleeing their communities for fear of being attacked by the men of the Joint Task Force. A … read more
As the military onslaught against militants in the Niger Delta region enters its 13th day, the Joint Task Force (JTF) said yesterday that there would be no let-off in the fight in the creeks until its men abducted were rescued. … read more
Sixteen foreign-based civil society organisations have called for the prosecution of the Joint Task Force Commander, Gen. Sarkin Yarkin-Bello, over the killing of civilians in Gbaramatu, Delta State. The groups, in a joint petition to the International Criminal Court in … read more
LEADER of Camp 5, a militant group in Delta State, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, who was declared wanted by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, last Thursday has sent words from his hideout to his men … read more
The Niger Delta militants were forced into carrying arms against the state by long years of marginalisation, injustice and lack of implementation of government’s policies on the region, Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has said Ameachi made the statement … read more
Nigeria’s main militant group said on Monday it had attacked major oil pipelines in the Niger Delta in order to prevent five flow stations feeding a facility operated by U.S. firm Chevron (CVX.N) from functioning. The Movement for the Emancipation … read more
THE Federal Government says the conflict in the troubled Niger Delta is fuelled by the collaboration of foreign nationals with militant elements in the area. The foreign arms merchants, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, have … read more
The United States(US) Senate is seeking an immediate cessation of the military offensive in Delta State, and the adoption of a creative political process in resolving the Niger Delta crisis. The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a statement by … read more