Abstract
The economic advantage of oil and gas exploration and production to the Nigerian government nonetheless, oil and gas exploration activities have been a thorn in the flesh of Nigerians residing within the oil and gas producing region of Niger Delta. This is due to ceaseless environmental rights violations. The most serious and notorious cases of pollution, damage of the environment are usually perpetrated by the Multinational Oil Companies. The operations of these licensed MNCs negatively influence and affect virtually every aspect of human existence especially the environment of host communities. The land, water and air are polluted with oil spills, gas flaring and oil leakages from rusty and old pipelines. This paper appraised the issues and challenges in the enforcement of environmental rights in Nigeria. It is revealed that overwhelming powers of multinational companies, corruption, poverty, revenue generation, poor asset management, and lack of political are most of the issues and challenges militating against the enforcement of environmental rights in Nigeria.