looks like. I was born and raised in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria‚ a place where most people are suffering from one disease or another‚ conditions that are either unknown in the US‚ or are highly preventable. I never wondered who would help‚ or raise awareness; I was that someone. To my mind‚ Public Health is the most important aspect of Medicine. It can help prevent and bring solutions to health issues like no other field. In the Niger delta region of Nigeria‚ multinational oil companies
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citizens from a home nation into a new conquered territory”. As aforementioned they successfully did so by three means‚ one is by coordinating treaties. Seizing power and gaining control‚ British successful established treaties with the chiefs of the Niger Delta‚ which ultimately allowed them to proclaim the central and eastern coast of Nigeria as protected land by the British‚ ultimately granting them power to control the oil in that area. This in turn led to large European merchants coming over to partake
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Community Development and the Politics of Development Intervention in Nigeria: Issues and Emerging Perspectives By John M. Patrick Ph.D jopatmoo@yahoo.com 08055315449 Department of Adult and Non-Formal
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to the needs they want met? Are the youths trying to draw society’s attention to themselves more than the issues they appear to be fronting? These and more are the questions we would try to tackle head on today. In Nigeria for instance‚ the Niger Delta region which is unarguably the bedrock of the oil industry in Nigeria permeated the news for a lengthy period of time as the youths of that region tried various means of getting government and oil companies to pay attention to their dire conditions
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Yellow-Yellow by Kaine Agary Throughout the story of Yellow-Yellow the protagonist‚ Zilayefa‚ faces problems with different males similar to the daily struggles of the poor in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The first person who tries to exploit her is Sergio. Sergio is a charming man from Spain who travels to Zilayefa’s village for a funeral. During Sergio’s visits‚ Zilayefa makes herself noticeable to Sergio which strikes conversation. Sergio becomes fond of her and they begin to spend time
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The Aguleri and Umuleri are of the same Igbo ethnic extraction and are predominantly Christians. The Aguleri and Umuleri towns are located in the southeastern part of Nigeria in Anambra State‚ close to the large town of Onitsha‚ which lies on the Niger River. In the southeastern part of Nigeria‚ they are considered to be among the most highly educated as a result of their early contact with the missionaries. The question ’who owns the land?’ is at the root of communal clashes in several theatres
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SOLUTIONS TO THE NIGER DELTA PROBLEMS IN NIGERIA AN ASSIGNMENT WRITTEN IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE DVS 512: TECHNOLOGY‚ ENERGY‚ NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT BY ISU‚ DORATHY AKWUGO PG/MSC/07/46529 LECTURER: DR. OGAKWU INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES‚ UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA‚ ENUGU CAMPUS. AUGUST 2009 BACKGROUND The Niger Delta produces the oil wealth which accounts for the bulk of Nigeria’s foreign earnings. Paradoxically however‚ these vast revenues
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been destroyed. The laws and policies passed by the government to protect the Nigerian marine coast are given in the following sections: 3.1 Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990. 3.2 National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA). 3.3 The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 3.4 Petroleum Related Laws and Regulations a. Endangered Species Decree Cap 108 LFN 1990. b. Federal Environmental protection Agency Act Cap 131 LFN 1990. Totally 14 laws have been passed‚ 6 agencies organized by
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OILY AFFAIR” EXAMINING THE LEGALITY OF THE NIGER DELTA AMNESTY PROGRAMME By Christopher O. Ogundare (ESQ)( [pic] The Niger Delta Region showing Ondo‚ Edo‚ Delta‚ Rivers‚ Bayelsa‚ Cross River and Akwa Ibom States and and contiguous South Eastern Region (Owerri‚ Aba‚ Umuahia‚ and Onitsha) INTRODUCTION The Niger Delta crisis traces its origins to the perceived injustices which its propagators felt was meted out on the Niger Delta region‚ born out of the discovery of oil in
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A TERM PAPER ON HOW TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE IS DONE IN ANNANG CULTURE. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF ANNANG ETHNIC GROUP. Annang is a cultural and semi Bantu speaking ethnic group that lives in the coastal southeast Nigeria Also known as southeastern Nigeria or former southeastern state of Nigeria.The Annang people are the second largest ethnic group in Akwaibom state of southeast Nigeria‚occupying eight out of the thirty one local government areas in akwaibom state of Nigeria‚vi3.ikot Ekpene‚obot
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