Niger-Delta

How Zamfara gold mining resurrected clamour for resource control by oil producing states

THE Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMI) was conceived by the Federal Government as a means of transforming...

How young people in the Niger Delta are being left out of development

By Modesta Tochi Alozie, University of Sheffield TWENTY years ago, local resistance arose in the Niger Delta because of the...
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After ICIR’s investigative report, FG to hire six contractors to begin Ogoni water project

FOUR months after The ICIR’s investigation on how pollution as a result of oil spills in Nigeria's Niger Delta is silently killing the people of Ogoniland in Rivers state, the Federal Government has said it would hire six contractors to provide potable water in the affected communities.

Nigeria has lost 7,904 persons to violent killings in two years – Group says

NIGERIA has lost not fewer than 7,904 persons to violent killings across the country between 2018 and 2020, a...
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REPORT: How Niger Delta women are realising gender equity, creating opportunities

HOW do you tell when women are beginning to make impacts in their communities? Is it when their standard...

Silent killer: Oil pollution continues to kill Nigerians in Delta region

A six-month investigation unravels how frequent oil spill in Ogoniland, Rivers State contaminates the environment, silently killing the people,...
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