AMNESTY International has called on the Nigerian government to carry out a thorough and independent inquiry into human rights abuses in the wake of new evidence of violations committed this year at ...

The Presidential Amnesty programme is fulfilling its mandate of providing peace in the Niger Delta through its training and empowerment of ex-militants, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta ...

Niger Delta locals are disappointed by efforts to repair the destruction left by oil spills, as the government plans to ...

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has undergone a significant revival under Dr. Dennis Brutu Otuaro, aligning with President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda Over 5,000 beneficiaries have been ...

Human rights group Amnesty International raised concerns Friday about the Nigerian government's hiring of two firms with past dealings with Shell to assess the proposed $2.4 billion sale of the ...

Before the decision of the administration of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to engage the Niger Delta militants in dialogue to resolve their grievances against the Federal Government and the ...

PORT HARCOURT/YENEGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Security forces have deployed in two cities in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta in the past two days to disperse former militants protesting over the ...

A key Shell-operated oil pipeline system in Nigeria continues to be hit by sabotage and crude theft, despite being shut down to prevent such events, with the latest incident in Rivers State causing a ...

July 5 (Reuters) - Nigerian militants said on Sunday they had launched their third attack against Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> since President Umaru Yar'Adua made an amnesty offer and warned their ...

Amnesty International on Friday said that the Nigerian government’s pardon for the Ogoni Nine falls “far short of real justice.” The human rights group published the statement in response to the ...