A BBC investigation has uncovered allegations that energy giant Shell has ignored repeated warnings that a controversial ...

LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab should take responsibility for environmental damage in Nigeria caused by oil spills, a community leader said on Thursday as a pivotal ...

The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency has reported an oil spill from Shell’s underwater pipeline in Obololi, Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa State. This is as it ...

The house of representatives has constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the “state and causes” of pipeline vandalism ...

Thousands of members of the Ogale and Bille communities are suing Shell and its Nigerian subsidiary SPDC. They hold them responsible for oil spills that have harmed their communities in the Niger ...

Pigi's community has previously won a historic legal case against Shell at a UK court after a major oil spill in 2008 where more than 560,000 barrels of oil spilled into the community. The company ...

Lawyers representing 13,000 local Nigerians claim Shell and its subsidiary "failed to take basic steps" to stop the oil theft and other activity that caused the spill, and that there has "barely ...

Shell's Nigerian subsidiary told the BBC: "The operating environment in the Niger Delta remains challenging because of the huge scale of illegal activities such as oil theft. "When spills do ...

Speaking to Reuters, a Shell spokesperson said that the litigation "does little to address the real problem in the Niger Delta: oil spills due to theft, illegal refining and sabotage, which cause ...