Niger Delta conflict

Headlines

Frustration and Hope

Nigeria on Tuesday marks 50 years since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra plunged the country into a...

Headlines

Nigerian State Seeks To Move Oil Firms To Troubled Niger Delta

Nigeria's southern oil-rich Rivers state on Saturday backed a government call for major oil companies to move their...

Opinion

The Agility Of Youth And The Wisdom Of Old Age

So many writers have done so many stories about the civil war that broke out in Nigeria between 1967 and 1970. In the...

Opinion

The Heart And Soul Of Nnamdi Kanu

In my essay titled "Head Bloodied But Not Bowed And The Ascension Of President-Elect Donald J. Trump" (Part 1) I wrote...

International

Nigeria Militants ‘bomb’ Oil Pipelines In Niger Delta

A militant group in Nigeria says it has bombed three pipelines in the south of the country in the latest attack on the...

International

Nigerian Army Presence Prompts Niger Delta Attacks

A Nigerian armed group said the continued presence of the army in the southern Niger Delta energy hub has undermined...

International

Stop Granting Amnesty To Militants, Pyrates Tell Buhari

THE National Association of Seadogs, NAS, otherwise known as Pyrates Confraternity has told the President Muhammadu...

International

Nigeria To Spend $10bn To End Conflict In Oil-Rich Niger Delta

Nigeria will invest $10bn (£8bn) in its oil-rich south to end an insurgency by militants, the oil minister has said....

Opinion

Niger Delta Avengers Break Truce With Pipeline Blast

Warri (Nigeria) (AFP) - The Niger Delta Avengers on Saturday claimed responsibility for the destruction of a major oil...