The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency works to ensure oil companies are complying with government regulations.

"The majority of cleanup companies are owned by politicians." New evidence reveals disturbing details of tragedy under UN's ...

Recognising the human and environmental tragedy associated with oil contamination in the Ogoni region - where oil exploration ...

In Nigeria, the first part of a $1 billion project to clean up Ogoniland in the Niger Delta, where there have been thousands of oil spills, was a “total failure.” As it passed above the Niger ...

The United States will return $52.88 million in seized assets to Nigeria as part of a yearslong corruption probe against ...

Nigeria is ramping up its battle against oil theft in the Niger Delta, aiming to boost national production to 3 million ...

ABUJA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - An oil spill has occurred at the Shell loading terminal in Nigeria's Delta region after a pipeline ruptured, Nigeria's maritime agency said on Sunday. The Nigerian ...

Thousands of oil spill incidents have occurred since oil was discovered in commercial quantities in Nigeria in 1958 – due to the activities of oil thieves. The dip in production often has ...

Shell has been accused of deployed delaying tactics in court proceedings about oil spills in Nigeria's Rivers State, an assertion it has refuted, arguing that this was caused by problems with the ...

whose 68-year history has been marred by ecological damage from oil spills and tensions with communities in the Niger Delta, the people said. Nigeria’s government was minded to assure Shell that ...

The thick oil slick on the water’s surface endangers the growth and development of marine life, both at sea and along the coastline. For example, oil sticks to a bird’s feathers, causing them to mat ...