Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has officially handed over an AW139 helicopter to the Nigerian Air Force to enhance security operations in Rivers State and the Niger Delta region at large.

The Nigerian Army, 6 Division said its operatives have arrested 43 suspected oil thieves and recovered 254,000 litres of stolen products in the Niger Delta region. The Army said a total of 14 ...

Militia Stages Attacks in Niger Delta Seeking Local Control of Oil The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, first emerged in January 2006 when it launched coordinated attacks ...

in the Niger Delta. The service said its Operation Delta Sanity II last month recorded tremendous successes in Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa states. A statement issued at the weekend by the Director ...

have arrested 39 suspected oil thieves and destroyed 18 illegal refining sites in a sustained crackdown against crude oil theft and related crimes in the Niger Delta region. The Acting Deputy ...

DELE OGUNYEMI examines the military’s renewed crackdown on Niger Delta oil theft and illegal refineries to boost crude production to between 2.5 and 3 million barrels daily and strengthen 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 ...

Missing from these discussions has been any form of commitment on the part of Shell or the Nigerian Government to address the human rights implications that come from 60 years of oil extraction in the ...