CHAPTER ONE

Introduction : Eric Hoffer once noted that, “there are similarities between absolute power and absolute faith; a demand for absolute obedience, a readiness to attempt the impossible, bias for simple solutions – to cut the knot r...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: There are a total of 983,213 square kilometres of land that make up the country of Nigeria, which is located in West Africa....

Introduction

The YZ field is located within the Niger Delta Basin, onshore Niger Delta Nigeria (Figure 1.1). Major focus in recent time, in hydrocarbon exploration has been moved towards the renewal of older fields and the identification of new prospects from these old fields (Emina et...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

In our consumption-oriented and mediated society, much of what comes to pass as important is based often on the stories produced and disseminated by media institutions. Much of what au...

ABSTRACT

The primary trouble befalling Nigeria and its Niger Delta has been described as a failure of leadership. At various periods during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Nigeria endured a bloody civil war and years of repressive military rule. Violence in the Niger Delta regio...

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

The Nigerian government passed legislation in the 1980s and early 1990s meant to satisfy the needs of the people of the Niger Delta, but a lack of political will and a high level of corruption among political elites impaired the implementation of...

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

Nigeria, which can be found in West Africa, spans a total of 983,213 square kilometers throughout its landmass. According to estimates provided by the World Bank, the country now has an estimated population of more than 150 milli...

ABSTRACT

Existing studies on the Niger Delta crisis focus largely on causes of the problem, the insurgency tactics of the militants, and some non-violent response mechanisms of the Nigerian state. These studies have neglected the use of military force to terminate the conflict. This stu...

ABSTRACT

The discourse of alienation, provoked by environmental despoliation due to the activities of multinational oil companies in the Niger Delta region, is aptly captured in literary works. Previous studies on literary texts about the Niger Delta crisis have identified the negative...

ABSTRACT

Natural resources worldwide are a gift of nature and an endowment of comfort that makes the existence of mankind complete. As nature’s priceless gift to man and because nature’s endowment of these resources is without reference to people or nation, the subject of ow...

ABSTRACT

The right to healthy environment is closely integrated in the basic concept of human right,

namely the „dignity inherent to all members of the human family„‟ But an environment de predated by pollution and defaced by the destruction of all beauty and varie...

ABSTRACT

This study is an assessment of the Amnesty Program for ex-militants in the Niger Delta as a government palliative for Oil Bearing Communities in the region. The study examined the extent to which the Amnesty Program addressed the issues of development of the people of the Niger...

ABSTRACT

Legal frame work for the prevention of environmental degradation by oil and gas companies in Nigeria is partly Customary Law, partly Statutory Law, and partly Common Law. The Statutory legal regime for the prevention of environmental degradation in Nigeria is largely influenced...

ABSTRACT

The Niger-Delta region of Nigeria has a chequered history of human and material exploitation as well as environmental degradation and underdevelopment. As the heartbeat of Nigeria’s economy being the source of most revenues accruing to the federation in terms of oil miner...

1.1Background of the Study

Slavery cum slave trade was a constituent part of the social system in Africa as in other parts of the world. During the old slavery era, people became slaves as a result of economic default, seizure as war captives, purchase and voluntary submission among oth...

ABSTRACT

Potable drinking water quality is a major concern, particularly as it is used for human consumption. Quality is a competitive weapon. It increases customer base, high profit margin and prevents business closure.

The aim of this research is to evaluate the current perf...

Nations all over the world are concerned about and interested in education, both at national and international levels, as a way of fostering human and national development. The philosophy of Nigerian education also recognized education as vehicle for effective human and national development. In t...

ABSTRACT

This project is on Corruption and Victimization in Isidore Okpewho’s Tides and Anthony Ndubuisi Abagha’s Children of Oloibiri. It is a study of the endemic corruption and Victimization that hold the Niger Delta captive and by extension the entire nation in spite of...

ANALYSING STATE ALLOCATION CORRUPTION AS A FACTOR OF INCREASING POVERTY: A CASE STUDY OF REVENUE MOBILISATION ALLOCATION AND FISCAL COMMISSION

Chapter One: Introduction

Background of the Study

Corruption in state allocation has long...

Abstract

This thesis examines the human impact on the environment, especially on the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, and its treatment in the selected poetry of Niyi Osundare, Tanure Ojaide and Nnimmo Bassey, using the ecocentric and the anthropocentric theories from the domain of ecocri...

ABSTRACT

Over the decades, the Nigerian government established a range of institutions and initiatives to address poverty, youth restiveness, conflict and under-development in the Niger Delta region. This study is an Evaluation of the Human Capital Development Programs of the Niger Delt...