A new front is opening up in the fight against oil theft in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta region. The Association of Nigeria Refineries Petroleum Marketers (ANRPM),...
President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday he has put measures in place to address the infrastructural challenges in the Niger Delta. The president stated this when...
The Nigerian Army on Thursday release a list and pictures of eight people it has declared wanted over the killing of 17 of its personnel in...
The Nigerian Navy (NN), has disclosed that in one week, the troops of Operation Delta Sanity have nabbed 4,036.7 barrels of crude oil and 270,600 litres...
Last week, President Bola Tinubu promised to address the many issues troubling the Niger Delta region. We tracked two other stories from the seat of power,...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has begged traditional rulers in Rivers State to help the federal government in tackling oil theft and pipeline vandalism in...
A militant group, the Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters of Niger Delta {SEFFND} has called on the Federal Government to split the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee set up to investigate crude oil theft, Kabiru Rurum, said those involved in oil theft in...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed 34 illegal refineries and arrested 16 suspected oil thieves in the Niger Delta region in the last two weeks....
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has threatened to petition world leaders if the Nigerian government fails to arrest and prosecute...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) have destroyed 38 illegal refining sites and arrested 29 suspected oil thieves in the Niger Delta. The Director of Defence...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) have destroyed 41 illegal refineries and recovered more than 1.06 million litres of crude oil in the Niger Delta. The...
Atlanta Global Resources Inc. of the United States and the Federal Government, acting through the Ministry of the Niger Delta, have agreed to collaborate on a...
Nigeria lost a staggering 619.7 million barrels of crude oil, worth N16.25 trillion ($46.16 billion), due to crude oil theft between 2009 and 2020. The Nigerian...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe and other military units have destroyed 40 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta in the last two weeks. The Director...
Militants in the Niger Delta who came together under the auspices of Isourhobo Bombers have suspended their planned attack on oil and gas pipelines in some...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against governors of oil producing states in Nigeria for their failure to account for the spendings...
The international energy company, Shell has accepted to pay €15 million in compensation to three farmers and their villages in Niger Delta. The farmers with the...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has challenged governors of the nine oil producing states in Nigeria to make public, details of spending of the...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed 81 illegal refining sites in the last two weeks in Niger Delta. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen....
Ex-militants of the Second Phase of the Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP) have vowed to resist the 2023 presidential campaigns of various political parties if their stipends...
The Group Chief Executive Office of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has given reasons why the outfit had to engage the services...
Members of the House of Representatives from seven Niger Delta states have called on the Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management, Sadiya Umar Farouq, to immediately...
Unknown gunmen have reportedly attacked a speedboat belonging to the security outfit of former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpenupolo, aka Tompolo, who was recently awarded...
The Nigerian Navy has destroyed a vessel seized with stolen crude by a private security company commanded by former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo...
The Federal Government on Friday confirmed the arrest of 210 suspected crude oil thieves in the Niger Delta. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai...
The Nigerian Navy has set ablaze assets worth over N30 billion belonging to illegal refinery operators in the Niger Delta region. Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, Director of...
Mixed reactions have been trailing the decision of the Nigerian Government to award a multi-million dollar contract to ex-Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo. Ripples...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe have arrested 10 suspected pipeline vandals and two high-profile sea pirates in the Niger Delta in the last two weeks. The...
Former militant leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), Asari Dokubo, says Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is the “worst of the worst” in the...
Oil and gas companies operating in the Niger Delta spilled 1,545 barrels of crude oil, an equivalent of 246,000 litres, in three months, from January to...
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on February 19, expressed the willingness of the Federal Government to correct the distortions in the development of Niger Delta...
Pa Edwin Clark, the leader of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing him of being the cause of...
For the record and for posterity, it is imperative to state that oil found in the Niger Delta region belongs to the people of the area....
I have followed with keen interest the debate between Obasanjo and Edwin Clark as regards who owns the oil. Is it Nigeria or the Niger Delta?...
“How far? Is it true that your boss is going back to Aso Villa? I read that some of his aides, I don’t know whether you...
The Niger Delta Peoples’ Forum (NDPF) has slammed the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for allegedly denying his statement on the delay in...
The Niger Delta Youth Council (NDYC) has slammed the Bayelsa State Government for saying that the spill at Nembe, an area of the state, could be...
A new militant group in Niger Delta, Bayan-Men, on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the destruction of the Agip Oil Company of Nigeria (NAOC) facility at Obosi...
Angry Niger Delta women under the auspices of Wailing Women of Niger Delta (WWND) have given President Muhammadu Buhari a one-week ultimatum to inaugurate a substantive...
Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has, once again, kicked against any attempt at labelling Northern bandits as terrorists, and has instead advocated for a blanket...
The immediate past Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, Ita Udosen, has warned those circulating forged names from Saturday’s...
The delay in the constitution of the substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is due to the selfish and ulterior motives of Niger...
Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko was on Saturday crowned Ogiame Atuwatse III, the Olu of Warri at an elaborate ceremony, at the Itsekiri Kingdom in Warri, Delta State....
The governor of Rivers State, Nyesome Wike has stated that the three percent equity allocated to host communities in the Petroleum Industry Act is not enough....
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has rejected the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) passed by the National Assembly. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the PIB on Monday....
In the wake of the resolution of the National Assembly to ensure a three percent allocation to host communities within the framework of the Petroleum Industry...
In the week under review, the Federal Government announced the capture and repatriation of the leader of the proscribed Igbo separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the threat by a militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to resume hostilities in the oil-rich region. The NDA...
Leaders of thought in the Niger Delta have given President Muhammadu Buhari a three month ultimatum to restructure Nigeria or they will be forced to break...