a total of 17,301 spills occurred, dumping nearly three million barrels of oil into the environment. Between February and April 2020, dead fish washed up on parts of the Niger Delta's Atlantic ...

Africa's Nontobeko Mlambo attended the 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC), held at Witwatersrand ...

“Over the years, the Niger Delta has experienced a series of devastating oil spills primarily caused by industrial activities related to the extraction and transportation of oil and gas.

blaming saboteurs for the oil spills. They’re also actively divesting from their onshore operations in the Niger Delta and moving offshore. Shell has also “repeatedly — and unsuccessfully ...

Workers involved in the remediation project in Bodo, where two spills occurred in 2008 ... that cross a vast swath of the Niger Delta, connecting 263 producing oil wells, 56 producing gas wells ...

Oil spill after oil spill has turned the Niger Delta, in southern Nigeria, into one of the most polluted places on Earth. It's extremely dangerous - militant groups blow up pipelines, oil ...

While the oil spills in this case happened from 2004 to 2007, pollution from leaking pipelines continues to be a major issue in the Niger Delta. BBC Africa Live: Updates from around the continent ...

The federal government and Bayelsa State government have recommitted to address oil spills and gas flaring in the Niger Delta region. They made the commitment during an International Conference on ...

According to Diri, 40 per cent of Bayelsa’s mangroves have been destroyed; and toxic spills have contaminated soil and water. He also said that oil pollution and gas flaring have caused over ...

The Niger Delta region has continued to suffer environmental ... has become a challenge following incessant oil spills and environmental degradation which have resulted in the loss of nutrients ...

Victims and communities impacted by the Bonga oil spill of 2011 in the Niger Delta region may soon get justice as a Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, prepares to deliver judgment in suit ...