According to Amnesty International (AI), the oil pollution in the Niger Delta has deprived tens of millions of people from their most fundamental right to food, water, and health. In a thick report, AI describes the environmental degradation in the delta where about 31 million people live. The group calls it a tragedy of human [...]

The considerations have now become political. Today, the production is safer in the deep offshore. The ‘new frontier’ of Nigeria’s oil which is near the coast or in the Delta is a veritable war zone for oil where militants declared war against major oil players and foreign authorities. Several facilities of major oil companies have [...]

Oil can bring out the best and worst in man. In Nigeria, it also alters human values. The Niger Delta where the biggest oil and gas industry in Africa is found is a hotbed of criminality, especially destruction of oil facilities and kidnap for ransom. Nigerian oil has made some people extremely wealthy, and more [...]