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

An expert in chemical engineering and environmental science, Engr Abdullahi Abdulsalam, has voiced concerns over continuous oil spills in the Niger Delta, saying they pose a severe risk to surface and ...

Martha Alfred used to harvest 20 bags of cassava each year before an oil spill forced her to abandon her field and hawk roasted fish to survive. Her smallholding at Ikarama-Okordia, a community in ...

Scientists in Belfast and Nigeria have developed a diagnostic tool that deploys microbes to uncover the timeline of crude oil contamination in soils. The collaborative project is led by researchers ...

Oil spills in Nigeria’s mangroves are likely to remain a salient problem as the oil sector expands in size in the country and the agency responsible for reporting and cataloging environmental ...

YENAGOA, Nigeria, Jan 21 (Reuters) - An ongoing oil spill at a wellhead and subsequent fire in Buguma community in Nigeria's coastal Rivers state has entered its fourth week, with no immediate action ...

As it passed above the Niger Delta in 2021, a satellite took an image. It showed acres of land, scraped bare. The site, outside the city of Port Harcourt, was on a cleanup list kept by the United ...

Amnesty International stated on Thursday that the oil company Shell bears responsibility for cleaning up and remedying historic oil pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, despite the company’s divestment ...

This article examines the devastating impact of oil pollution in the Niger Delta, analysing its causes, and consequences, and proposing comprehensive solutions for the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Since the late 1980s, repeated oil spills have devastated Ogale's natural environment, eroding its once-rich biodiversity and natural capital. As a boy in the 1970s, Mathew Osaronwaji often led groups ...

YENAGOA, Nigeria, May 6 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Renaissance Africa Energy Co. Ltd has halted oil shipments via its Okordia-Rumuekpe pipeline in the coastal Rivers state following a spill, the ...