"Communities in Nigeria's oil hub complain of major oil spill", 21 Sept 2016

A broken crude pipeline in Nigeria's Niger Delta oil hub has caused a massive spill polluting around ten communities, a lawyer mandated by residents said...A pipeline operated by state oil firm [Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation] NNPC running from Escravos to Warri has been leaking crude since it went bust on Aug 17 in Delta state, lawyer Eldridge Emekawovie said in a statement. "Crude has spilled into all their communities with their people suffocating from the gas content contained in the crude oil...If urgent steps are not taken to arrest the situation, their communities may be engulfed by a massive fire outbreak," the lawyer said on behalf of the affected communities...