Tag: Niger Delta

The following are news highlights in leading Nigerian media outlets on Wednesday. — President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday blamed the ...

Nigeria will invest $10bn (£8bn) in its oil-rich south to end an insurgency by militants, the oil minister has said. ...

The oil industry has caused widespread environmental damage in the Niger Delta Militants say they have blown an oil pipeline ...

Warri (Nigeria) (AFP) - The Niger Delta Avengers on Saturday claimed responsibility for the destruction of a major oil pipeline ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged Nigerian youth to remain focused in life, pursue their dreams and reject those fanning ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has told those clamouring for Biafra Republic to forget about it. Buhari spoke on Tuesday while receiving ...

The father of an ex-Niger Delta militant leader has reportedly died following injuries sustained during incursions by the Nigerian military, ...

The father of a former Nigerian militant leader has died after sustaining injuries during a government military campaign aimed at ...

Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's economy nosedived into a recession, official data showed Wednesday, with oil production hammered by militant attacks ...

Johannesburg (AFP) - A Nigerian jailed in Johannesburg for a series of terror attacks in his homeland on Wednesday appealed ...

Warri (Nigeria) (AFP) - When the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) rebel group announced this week it had called a ceasefire ...

Warri (Nigeria) (AFP) - Nigerian rebels claimed a Tuesday attack on a state-owned oil pipeline and accused the military of ...

Nigeria announced on Monday it resumed payments to former militants in its oil-rich Niger Delta region, according to a Bloomberg ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled his visit to Ogoni land in Rivers state. The president was scheduled to travel to ...