Emergence of armed groups in Niger Delta (2003–2004) · Nigerian oil crisis (2004–2006) · Royal Dutch Shell controversy · Piracy and kidnappings (2006–2014).

The principal cause is major oil spills by multinational corporations of the petroleum industry. Contents.

7 окт. 2020 г. · The Biafran civil war broke out in 1967, and Nigeria spent extended periods of the next three decades under military rule with frequent coups.

Nigerians marked their 64th independence day on October 1 with widespread protests fueled by growing public anger over soaring inflation, worsening insecurity, ...

Four British people abducted in Nigeria's Delta state · A man from the Bodo community, in Ogoniland, tries to separate with a stick · Africa ...

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In 1953, the old eastern region had a major crisis due to the expulsion of Professor Eyo Ita from office by the majority Igbo tribe of the old eastern region.

The extraction and commercialisation of oil, however, has led to environmental devastation in the Niger Delta. According to Kew and Phillips (2007: 159–60), 1.5 ...

The escalation of violence, which went on intermittently up to the end of August 2003, apart from the loss of hundreds of human lives, led to the disruption of ...

These have culminated in the Niger Delta Crisis. Thus, the area has become a hot bed of violence, insurgency, kidnapping, hostage-taking, oil pipeline sabotage ...