With much fanfare, Ghana's Jubilee Oil Field was discovered in 2007 and began producing
oil in 2010. In the six coastal districts nearest the offshore fields, expectations of oil-backed …

The discovery of oil in commercial quantity in Nigeria in 1956 ushered in a period
characterized by endemic crises of oil rents management and corporate insecurity. From …

Crude oil exploration has led to environmental problems in the producing communities. This
has adversely affected livelihood activities in agriculture leading to low income. For survival …

Nigeria has been engaged in the business of oil exploration, prospecting and marketing for
several years now. The exploratory activities of the oil multinational companies (MNCs) in …

Small-scale fisheries (SSF) mainly operate in rural communities and face the challenge of a
lack of generational renewal worldwide. Maslow's theory of human motivation was used to …

Several works have explored the relationship between oil and gas exploration and the
livelihood. Such works posit that the two are undeniable inversely related (Auty, 1993; Le …

Africa is a continent that contains fifty-four countries and, in 2010, had an estimated
population of more than 854 million people.'The upstream oil industry is pivotal to Africa's …

OIL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND ILLEGAL OIL BUNKERING IN NIGER DELTA,
NIGERIA, 1999-2011 Page 1 1 OIL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND ILLEGAL OIL …

Although environmental degradation has become an increasing global concern in recent
times given its concomitant devastating consequences on humanity, it is now synonymous …

Africa extended and strengthened its status as a maker of international law by spearheading
the creation and implementation of the norm of" shared sovereignty" in international criminal …