A wealth of resources, a land of suffering The Niger Delta, often referred to as the “oil-rich” region of Nigeria, has long been the economic backbone of the nation. It holds the world’s ...

But no amount of shiny PR can hide the sticky truth about Shell's ongoing pollution in southern Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta ... K Dere village is a tiny dot on the map of Africa’s largest river ...

After a Nigerian firm called Heirs Energies paid $1.1bn in 2021 to acquire an oil field in the Niger Delta ... to one main conduit for Nigeria’s oil exports (see map). Map: The Economist ...