This paper highlights the negative impact of oil pollution in Nigeria with particular reference
to the Niger Delta region. For a region that provides a majority of Nigeria's revenue and …

The oil exploration and exploitation industry which is majorly centred in the Niger Delta
region is without doubt currently the most important earner of foreign exchange to the …

This paper assessed the effects of oil spillage on community development in the Niger Delta
Region of Nigeria with a view to determine its adverse effects on poverty and hunger and its …

In Nigeria, environmental problems are severe, particularly in the Niger Delta region of the
country. In that region, crude petroleum activities damage the fertility of the soil, and destroy …

Problem Statement: Oil exploration and exploitation has been on-going for several decades
in the Niger Delta. It has had disastrous impacts on the environment in the region and has …

This study closely examined how oil exploration has caused environmental degradation and
untold hardship to the local communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Nigeria is …

The exploration and production of petroleum and its subsequent transportation and
distribution in the Niger Delta have led to pollution of aquatic habitats with serious threats to …

The study examined the socio-economic and environmental impact of oil exploration on
agriculture with particular reference to Edjeba and Kokori communities of Delta State …

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is richly endowed with both renewable andnon-renewable
natural resources. It contains 20 billion of Africas proven 66 billion barrelsof oil reserves and …

Colonel Drake drilled a 70 feet well in Titusville, Pennsylvania and discovered oil. In 1956,
Shell British Petroleum discovered crude oil in the Niger Delta within Nigeria and since then …