A NEARLY INVISIBLE OIL SPILL THREATENS SOME OF ASIAS RICHEST FISHERIES

Caused by a fiery collision in the East China Sea, the spill has created an environmental disaster that has tested Chinas ability to lead... READ MORE›

NEW 360 FILM REVEALS NIGERIA OIL SPILL DEVASTATION

Oil in Our Creeks allows viewers to grasp the havoc wrought by oil spills on Niger Delta communities... READ MORE›

NO SURVIVORS AS IRANIAN TANKER SINKS ENGULFED IN FLAMES

The oil spill situation is very serious, CCTV quoted the reporter as saying on social media... READ MORE›

HIGH COURT BLOCKS NIGERIA OIL SPILL CASE AGAINST SHELL

You can never, never defeat Shell in a Nigerian court... READ MORE›

SHELL SUED IN UK FOR 'DECADES OF OIL SPILLS' IN NIGERIA

They want to hold Shell, incorporated in the UK, responsible for the actions of its Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, or SPDC... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM ATTACK ON NIGERIA OIL TEAM KILLED OVER 50

There has been no serious suggestion that Boko Haram is motivated by a desire to control oil in northeast Nigeria... READ MORE›

SHELL RESUMES ARCTIC DRILLING BUT CUTS $15BN FROM GLOBAL INVESTMENT

Related Stories Royal Dutch Shell is reviving plans to drill for oil in the Arctic in a move likely to intensify its battle with environmentalists... READ MORE›

THE NIGERIAN WHO COMPOSED HYMNS FROM A LEPER COLONY

Ikoli Harcourt Whyte had lessons to teach Nigeria, Mr Achinivu said... READ MORE›

FOUR BRITISH MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA

Britons snatched by unidentified gunman in Nigeria's southern Delta state on 13 October, say police... READ MORE›

NIGERIA'S TANKING CURRENCY HAS LEFT ITS AIRLINE INDUSTRY ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE

Soaring jet fuel costs have also led United Airlines and Spain's national carrier, Iberia, to shutter their Nigeria routes... READ MORE›

MONTANA OIL SPILL LATEST IN PIPELINE COMPANY'S STRING OF OF INCIDENTS

Bridger Pipeline, the operator of the Poplar Pipeline that broke recently near Glendive, Montana, recorded nine pipeline incidents between 2006 and 2014, according to the pipeline administration... READ MORE›

NIGER DELTA VILLAGERS LOSE UK COURT BID TO SUE SHELL OVER POLLUTION

A British court has blocked Nigerian villagers' attempt to sue oil giant Shell for allegedly polluting their fishing waters and farmland... READ MORE›

IS CRUDE OIL KILLING CHILDREN IN NIGERIA?

When crude oil spills on land, it seeps into the soil, the air and the water table... READ MORE›

ANGER OVERFLOWS IN NIGERIA AS ECONOMY DIVES

A gas station supervisor who calls herself Madame No Nonsense stepped aside to let it fuel up before anyone else... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA ON ALERT FOR POTENTIAL OIL SPILL OFF GREAT BARRIER REEF

Other agencies, AMSA, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection and Maritime Safety Queensland are also on standby... READ MORE›

TIMBUKTU'S HISTORIC TOMBS RESTORED IN SHOW OF CONFIDENCE FOR WAR-RAVAGED MALI

Local and international project in city of 33 saints reconstructs 14 Sufi mausoleums smashed up by al-Qaida backed extremists... READ MORE›

OBAMA'S OFFSHORE DRILLING PLAN MEETS HEAVY RESISTANCE ALONG ATLANTIC COAST

Kure Beach, North Carolina, doesn't seem a likely place to call itself ground zero for a key plank of Barack Obama's presidential legacy... READ MORE›

NIGERIA TO SPEND $10BN TO END CONFLICT IN OIL-RICH NIGER DELTA

Mr Buhari's predecessor Goodluck Jonathan came from the Niger Delta, and managed to broker a peace deal with militants in the region... READ MORE›

BP GOT 'PUNISHMENT IT DESERVED' LORETTA LYNCH SAYS

Lynch said 85 percent of the money from the Clean Water Act fines would go to clean up the damages the Gulf region has suffered... READ MORE›

DIEPREYE ALAMIEYESEIGHA NIGERIAN EX-GOVERNOR DIES AT 62

He was also charged with money laundering by the United States... READ MORE›

83 NIGERIAN SOLDIERS MISSING AFTER BOKO HARAM ATTACK

Senior military officers say 83 soldiers are missing after Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked a remote base in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE›

NIGERIA FINDS A NATIONAL CRISIS IN EVERY DIRECTION IT TURNS

But the Avengers seem bent on crippling Nigeria's economy while it is particularly fragile, striking at the core of Mr. Buhari's plans for the nation... READ MORE›

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Thursday found that BP was guilty of "gross negligence" ahead of the rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico... READ MORE›

BRUISED OIL NATIONS SEEK SOLACE IN FASTEST GROWING GUZZLER

Venezuela has faced widespread shortages of food and essential products as the price of oil, which accounts for 95 percent of its foreign currency earnings, collapsed... READ MORE›

OGONI WIDOWS SUE SHELL OVER MILITARY CRACKDOWN

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited appealed to the Nigerian government to grant clemency... READ MORE›

NIGERIAN MILITANTS HIJACK MERCHANT SHIP AND DEMAND ACTIVIST'S RELEASE

Nigeria's Igbo people prosecuted a civil war to create a separate state of Biafra in the south-east that killed a million people in the 1960s... READ MORE›

ARMED GROUP BLOWS UP MAJOR PIPELINE IN NIGERIA

Niger Delta Avengers claims attack on Nembe pipeline in restive Delta region forcing drop in production, officials say... READ MORE›

BP WILL PAY $US18.7 BILLION FOR THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL

Government lawyers urge Barbier to find BP grossly negligent, which could roughly quadruple the amount of fines under the US Clean Water Act... READ MORE›

A IGONI BARRETT ON THE WRITING LIFE IN NIGERIA

All my life I had read alone no one had exchanged books with me or recommended writers to me... READ MORE›

NIGERIA STRUGGLES TO BOOST OIL OUTPUT; THAT'S GOOD FOR OPEC

A recent visit by the Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to delta is a start however, attacks will likely continue until we strike the right tone... READ MORE›

NIGERIA'S BUHARI SAYS GOVERNMENT TALKING TO NIGER DELTA MILITANTS

Nigeria's Buhari says government talking to Niger Delta militants statement... READ MORE›

NIGERIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT LONDON DOCTOR REGARDING EAR INFECTION

The statement also said the president would travel to London on Monday to rest ... READ MORE›

NIGERIA'S SENATE PASSES 2018-2020 BUDGET FRAMEWORK, RAISES OIL PRICE ESTIMATE

Nigeria's Senate on Tuesday in the capital, Abuja passed the government's medium-term expenditure framework for 2018-2020, raising its oil price assumption to 47 from 45 per barrel... READ MORE›