Fidelis Allen situates violent conflict in the Niger Delta in the context of failure by government
to effectively implement relevant oil-related environmental policies intended to achieve …

This study sets out to establish that the rising militancy in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria is
an outcrop of the lackluster quality of the country's leadership. Suddenly, the region has …

Abstract The Niger Delta is a 'region of paradoxes'. A region so rich in resources yet so poor,
a major contributor to the development of the Nigerian state yet itself underdeveloped, a …

This study investigates the role of the Nigerian government in the implementation of the
state's oil-related environmental policy in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This work …

Militias specializing in kidnapping oil workers and vandalizing oil infrastructure purportedly
as a form of protest against marginalization by the state and transnational oil corporations …

Over the last fifty years, the Niger Delta has been the centre of agitations that have
threatened socio-politico economic processes in Nigeria. In the colonial past, slave and …

The modern thinking in organizational literature is based on corporate participation in the
development process of host communities. Therefore, to assess the efforts that Agip has …

Extractive industries (including oil, gas and mining) generally afford an opportunity for the
host government to generate the revenue to fund sustainable growth and development. It is …

Abstract Peace and Conflict Risk Assessment (PCRA) has gained prominence in
development planning. Today, one would hardly contest the fact that the negative interaction …

A region so rich in resources yet so poor, a major contributor to the development of the
Nigerian state yet, itself underdeveloped, a region classified as the world's largest wetland …