Port Harcourt — Residents of Obololi Community in Southern Ijaw, Bayelsa State are struggling to survive after a major oil spill from a Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, facility contaminated ...

Eleven thousand Nigerian villagers are suing Royal Dutch Shell after two 2011 oil spills destroyed the environment near their community, MSNBC reported. Shell has admitted liability for the spills, ...

Off the coast of Nigeria, one of the world’s largest oil production ships, called the Bonga, was taking oil from a field on the ocean floor and transferring it to a tanker ship. Such transfers are ...

Amnesty International stated on Thursday that the oil company Shell bears responsibility for cleaning up and remedying historic oil pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, despite the company’s divestment ...

Nigeria was devastated by two oil spills in 2008, and it's still trying to clean up the mess. It may finally recover with a trial to hold those responsible accountable. According to Amnesty ...