For peace to reign in the Gulf of Guinea and the Niger Delta, we need a body that can strategically mop up these arms and usher peace to the region. The Amnesty Office was meant to de-radicalise ...

Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has advocated a collaborative governance model to arrest the threats from ocean rise to communities in the Niger Delta region.Governor Diri, who spoke on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

and enhancing crude oil production in the Niger Delta. The exercise, codenamed Exercise DEIN ABAJI, which translates to “Calm Waters” in the Kalabari language of Rivers State, highlights the ...

The Bonga oil spill occurred on 20 December 2011, during Shell’s exploration activities in OML 118, located 120 kilometres off Nigeria’s coast in the Gulf of Guinea. The rupture of Shell’s ...

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 ...

“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 ...