Oronto Douglas

Oronto Douglas

Oronto Douglas; Environmentalist, born in 1966 at Okoroba, Bayelsa State. He was a leading human rights attorney in Nigeria, and served as one of the lawyers on the defense team for the Ogoni…

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Dangote Refinery in Lekki Lagos iss a huge boost to Nigeria's Extractive Industry

Extractive Industry

Extractive Industry; in Nigeria involve different activities that lead to the extraction of raw materials from the earth (such as oil, metals, mineral and aggregates), processing and utilization…

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Vandalism is a problem in Nigeria. Oil theft suspects here shown.

Vandalism

Vandalism; is the damage to public properties. Bottled resentment due to Niger Delta crisis has been blamed for instances of vandalism of oil and gas pipelines[i]. A total of 2,258 cases of…

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Konya Roseline

Konya Roseline; Environmentalist and public servant, Konya, once a Chairman of Civil Service Commission was appointed as the Rivers State Commissioner of Environment in November 2003 by the Rivers…

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Ken Saro Wiwa

Saro-Wiwa Ken

Ken Saro-Wiwa; Nigerian Environmentalist and author. Ken Saro-Wiwa was the President of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP an organisation founded to defend the environmental and…

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Isaac Adaka Boro in suit

Isaac Adaka Boro

Isaac Adaka Boro was a Minority rights activist and hero of the Nigerian Civil War on the side of the federal government, who paradoxically was himself a former secessionist, declaring in…

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Niger Delta Conflict

Niger Delta Conflict saw a series of insurgencies in the oil producing creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria, threatening the country’s Oil and gas industry which provides about 85% of…

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