Foundation. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 Oil fields are abundant in the Niger Delta and provide the Nigerian government with much of its revenue. Environmental damage caused by oil production activities including exploration‚ drilling‚ production‚ transportation‚ and refining threatens biodiversity of the Niger Delta and the livelihoods of its inhabitants. Many of the people in the Niger Delta depend on the abundant natural resources of the delta for fishing‚ herbal medicines‚ food‚ fiber‚ and other uses. This
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Nigeria Suffering From Severe Dutch Disease Published on September 17‚ 2012 by pmnews · 1 Comment JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Prior to 1959‚ the Dutch country of Netherlands‚ then known as Holland‚ was well known for its industrialization‚ with its products exported to many countries. The country raised its foreign reserve with money earned from exportation. The discovery of oil in 1957 however brought a twist in the fortunes of the country. Its rulers turned all their attention to crude oil‚
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ix. Nupe Kingdom x. Oyo Kingdom xi. Songhai Empire xii. Warri Kingdom The name Nigeria was suggested by a British Journalist Flora Shaw in the 1890s. She referred to the area as Nigeria‚ after the Niger River‚ which dominates much of the country’s landscape. The word Niger is Latin for black. Nigeria has over 250 ethnic groups‚ which the three major and internationally recognized are Hausa‚ Yoruba‚ and Igbo. Other smaller groups include the Fulani‚ Ijaw‚ Kanuri‚ Ibibio‚ Tiv‚ and Edo
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for participation as tyranny‚ in Cooke‚ B and Kothari‚ U Dreano‚ B. 2012. The Arab awakening: The crisis of dictatorship and civil society. in Kaldor‚ M.‚ Moore‚ H.L Frynas‚ J.G. 2001. Corporate and state responses to anti-oil protests in the Niger Delta Glasius‚ M. 2008. Does the involvement of global civil society make international decision-making more democratic? The case of the International Criminal Court Kaldor‚ M. 2003. The Idea of Global Civil Society. International Affairs. 79. 3: 583-
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operating in the shallow water offshore and the Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited‚ which concentrates on the deep water frontier region. NAOC Limited operates in the land swamp areas of the Niger Delta‚ under a joint venture arrangement with NNPC‚ NAOC‚ and ConocoPhillips‚ with concessions lying within Bayelsa‚ Delta‚ Imo and Rivers states covering a total area of 5‚313 sq. km comprising of four blocks. Eni activities in Nigeria have demonstrated a strong commitment to active involvement of the host
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Nigeria‚ a country in West Africa‚ was one of the leading producers of palm oil‚ cocoa‚ and groundnuts‚ that had the potential of becoming a powerful nation. However‚ in 1885‚ European powers‚ such as Portugal‚ France‚ Britain‚ Germany‚ Spain‚ Italy‚ and Belgium‚ gathered all together at the Berlin Conference‚ deciding on which African colony they were each going to take over. This was the beginning of New Imperialism. During the Scramble for Africa‚ many African regions were colonized by European
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companies profits but ultimately proved to be the more powerful global actor. In contrast‚ developing states that largely rely on FDI from TNCs for economic growth‚ do not have the capacity to make laws against the interests on TNCs. For example‚ Shell is involved in oil production in Nigeria‚ which
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Can we rely on corporate social responsibility as a solution to poor corporate practices? The phrase Corporate Social Responsibility was coined in 1953 with the publication of Bowen’s ’Social Responsibility of Businessmen’‚ which posed the question ’what responsibilities to society can business people be reasonably expected to assume? (Bowen‚ 1953) At the most basic level‚ CSR is about a business taking responsibility for the economic‚ social‚ ethical and environmental impact of its activities (Harrison
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ironworking by the 2nd century BC. The transition from Neolithic times to the Iron |i| |Age apparently was achieved without intermediate bronze production. Others suggest the technology moved west from the|c| |Nile Valley‚ although the Iron Age in the Niger River valley and the forest region appears to predate the |k| |introduction of metallurgy in the upper savanna by more than 800 years. |L| |Nok Culture
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facing traces its origins back to the slave trade and colonialism‚ and evolves till today. The most important origin in making Nigerian poverty history is slavery. Slave trade in Africa started when four hundred slaves were shipped out of the Niger Delta by the Portuguese in 1480 (Falola‚ 31). During the eighteenth century‚ sugar production‚ gold mining‚ and the production of staple crops blossomed in many parts of Americas; which escalated the demand for slavery (Mann‚ 31). As a result‚ more than
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