(Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images) A U.N. resolution last week condemned piracy in the Gulf of Guinea — the ... especially in and around the Niger Delta, appeared to spill out onto the water ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a short series examining maritime geography and strategic challenges in specific bodies of water, ranging from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Guinea and the South China ...

Also evident is that most of Nigeria’s maritime domain and international coastline outside of Lagos, all of which are within the Gulf of Guinea, are in the coast of Niger Delta and this region ...

Abuja Bureau Chief, LEON USIGBE analyzes the impact of the creation of the Ministry of Regional Development on the Niger Delta. The transformation of Nigeria’s Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs ...

Sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean, the Niger-Delta is located within nine coastal southern states, which include all six states (Edo, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River ...

ABUJA — A Niger Delta-based advocacy group, 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience (21st CYNDAC), has called on the Federal Government to disregard what it described as ...

The Gulf of Guinea is one of the most important economic corridors in the world, given its abundance of natural and mineral resources, including oil and gas, and its status as a major maritime ...

A University Don, Professor Abdulrazaq Owolabi Abdulkadir, of the University of Ilorin, has identified the major cause of resentment in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. He also noted the negative ...

“All the Gulf of Guinea countries are very worried,” said Pauline Bax, deputy director of the Africa program at the International Crisis Group. Amid the furor over the coup in Niger, and the ...

An international research team has used earth observation radar data to map oil pipeline networks covering a 9000 km2 region in the Niger Delta and pinpoint where crude oil spills have caused the ...

After decades of crude oil spills and the introduction of invasive plant species, thousands of hectares of mangroves in the Niger Delta are destroyed, impacting aquatic species and women’s ...