On February 17, twenty four gunmen attacked a jetty near an ExxonMobil housing complex in Eket, Akwa Ibom state. A Nigerian army unit stationed nearby to guard the complex drove them off after a 30 minute battle. Local security officials believe the gunmen are still in the area and ExxonMobil has removed the dependents of […]
The Niger-Delta area of Nigeria, coincides approximately to the south-south geopolitical zone of the country. Before the discovering of the black gold (crude oil), agriculture was the dominant occupation of the people in the area. This study reveals that the causes of the crises in the Niger-Delta region is sequel to the inability of the multinational companies involved […]
During the 4th cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Nigeria will be amongst the countries, whose human rights records will face scrutiny by fellow member states of the United Nations in February 2009. Read full text