Voluntarism is not enough to ensure that transnational companies such as Shell consult people likely to be affected by their proposed activities
Exploration has brought income inequality and poverty to people in Mauritius, Mozambique and Nigeria.
The murder of Fikile Ntshangase in KwaZulu-Natal was not an isolated incident. Around the globe, from Nigeria to Brazil, environmental activists are similarly being silenced, and it is our duty to continue this struggle
The Avengers are not superheroes, but rather militants left in the cold by Nigeria’s amnesty programme.
President Buhari’s initial announcement to wind down an earlier amnesty deal by 2018 is said to have contributed to the re-emergence of militancy.
Petroleum companies in the Niger Delta seek alternatives to the destructive and costly business.
Ken Saro-Wiwa spoke out against the devastation of Niger Delta by oil companies and the corrupt Nigerian government. He was executed on a school day.
Niger Delta insurgents say they’re ready to take up arms again if President Goodluck Jonathan doesn’t win Saturday’s elections.
Niger Delta community members walked out during talks, saying the company’s offer did not equate to the amount of income they lost.
Shell has begun talks with Nigeria’s Bodo community on compensation and a cleanup after the largest loss of a mangrove habitat caused by oil spills.
Nigerian security authorities were informed of an imminent attack before the 2010 terrorist bombings in Abuja that left 12 people dead and 36 injured.
Amnesty International has reported that Shell lied about the magnitude of an oil spill in the Niger Delta.
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/ 5 February 2012
Nigeria’s Movement for the Emancipaton of the Niger Delta has claimed responsibility for the attack on an oil pipeline owned by Italian firm Eni.
Latest Shell oil spill is comparable to the Exxon Mobil spill of 1998, say authorities as emergency measures are put in place to protect the coast.
The landscape of banana trees and a pineapple farm where some Ogoni live looks bleak, stained with oil, in air filled with dark smoke.
Royal Dutch Shell has awarded Saipem a $101-million contract to build a petrol pipeline system in Nigeria which it hopes will reduce flaring.
Royal Dutch Shell has shortlisted bidders for four Nigerian onshore oil blocks it has put up for sale but financing challenges could yet undo plans.
A militant faction in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta said on Monday it had ruptured an oil pipeline in Delta state.
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/ 8 November 2010
Five workers were kidnapped and two others injured on Monday at an oil rig just off the coast of Nigeria’s troubled southern delta.
A former Nigerian rebel leader said on Friday he would abandon an amnesty programme if the government did not quickly provide jobs and development.
Militants in oil-rich southern Nigeria, who last year laid down arms under an amnesty deal, on Wednesday pledged to back new leader Goodluck Jonathan.
Militants in the Niger Delta have threatened a fresh wave of potentially crippling attacks on Nigeria’s oil industry.
Royal Dutch Shell spilled nearly 14 000 tonnes of crude oil into the creeks of the Niger Delta last year, the company has announced.
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/ 4 February 2010
The Nigerian government warned Niger Delta militants on Wednesday against issuing threats of violence.
An amnesty deal by the Nigerian government for militants in the Niger Delta aimed at reducing unrest in the oil-rich region came into effect this week
Nigerian militants said on Wednesday they had sabotaged an oil-pumping station in the restive southern Niger Delta region.
The late Nigerian writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa vowed that the oil giant, Shell, would one day be brought to justice.
Nigerian militants clashed on Thursday with soldiers in the oil-rich Niger Delta before warning firms to evacuate staff by the weekend.
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/ 18 February 2009
Gunmen attacked a compound housing ExxonMobil staff in the Niger Delta but were repulsed after a fierce battle the oil company said on Wednesday.
Pirates seized a ship belonging to French maritime services company Bourbon off the coast of Nigeria during the weekend, the company says.
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/ 5 December 2008
Gunmen attacked two oil-services vessels in separate incidents in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta on Thursday.
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/ 25 November 2008
Nigeria’s main militant group warned on Tuesday it may end a unilateral ceasefire and launch attacks across the Niger Delta.