niger delta

But a far more ambitious approach is needed if the Niger delta is to be persuaded of the federal government's good intentions.

Certainly it has not proven to be a workable solution in the Niger Delta, where it has only served to toughen the militants.

Militants in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger delta have been tapping pipelines and illegally exporting crude for the best part of a decade.

Shell seems about to cut some of its losses in Nigeria, reportedly preparing to sell $5 billion in assets in the Niger Delta.

Security has been beefed up in the Niger Delta and the authorities say they will come down hard on anybody returning to violence.

Reports from Nigeria say that an oil tanker seized by pirates off the coast of the Niger Delta last week has been released.

All the main militant leaders in Nigeria's Niger Delta have now joined the disarmament process set up as part of an amnesty deal.

The Nigerian government has been unable to quell the insurgency in the Niger delta, making it difficult for oil firms to operate there.

Nigeria's most prominent oil militant leader tells the vice-president he will try to help end violence in the Niger Delta.

In a brief address, he pledged to fight corruption, to work for fair elections, and to work to move towards peace in the Niger Delta.

An oil tanker seized by pirates off the coast of the Niger Delta last week has been released, officials in Nigeria say.

It shows intrigue and thievery at the court of an ancient king in the Niger Delta.

The Niger Delta, one of the world's most active oilfield regions, contains about 200 permanent downhole gauge (PDG) installations.

This is no longer a Niger Delta problem, nor a Nigerian problem but a global problem.

Niger Delta activists say the federal government has profited from the region's oil wealth, without reinvesting in its people.

Starved of investment and beset by rebellion in the Niger Delta oil region, the country is pumping at barely two-thirds of its capacity.

The Niger delta: Fifty years of oil extraction in the Niger deltahas scarred the Niger delta.

Militants in Nigeria have handed over weapons at a ceremony organized by the authorities in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

But it also suggests that hopes for a new era of peace and development in the Niger Delta are fading fast.

But Emem turns hope of a better future into action and through her work Niger Delta women are resilient and strong.

Niger Delta Basin is a Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary basin and it is located along the triple junction area of African plate and Atlantic plate.

This may be great news for anxious displaced residents of the Niger Delta.

Violence in the Niger delta, theft of oil and underinvestment are costing billions of dollars in lost revenue each year.

In Nigeria, militants attacked two Shell pipelines on Monday as violence in the Niger Delta escalated.

Extremists from the Niger Delta recently blew up more than a dozen people by car bomb in the capital.

Nigeria: Rump Niger Delta including Port Harcourt; States of Kano, Kanduna, Lagos, Ondo and Plateau. The Niger border.

Nigeria's main militant group in the oil-producing Niger delta has described peace talks with President Umaru Yar'Adua as promising.

And interestingly, the present president (Jonathan) is from the Niger Delta.

In the oil-rich and restive Niger Delta, delays could be damaging.

Last summer he arranged an amnesty for militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

His first concern should be the Niger Delta.

These problems are most egregious in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

More than 200 foreigners have been seized in the Niger Delta since early 2006.

The Niger Delta is the third largest wetland in the world and the oil spill has caused great damage to mangrove swamps and wildlife.

An oil worker is covered in crude after a leak in the war zone that is the country's oil-rich Niger Delta.

This is more so especially in the Niger Delta as activities extend to the more challenging deepwater environments of offshore West Africa.

Many of the people displaced in the Niger Delta by the current military offensive say they are eager to return home.

With 606 oil fields, the Niger delta supplies 8. 2% of the crude oil imported by the US.

It said all of them have links to Henry Okah, a former rebel from the oil rich Niger Delta.

The Niger Delta extends over 12, 400 square miles along Nigeria'sAtlantic coast.

Here is the video testimony from people whose livelihoods have been destroyed by the oil spills in the Niger Delta

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta