The proliferation of ethnic militia and their activities in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta region has moved from the closing of flow stations to kidnapping for ransom. The aim of these militia groups have changed from asking for fairness and equity in the distribution of the wealth of...
Forming another large ethnic group just behind the trio of Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo, the Ijaw is also among the list of major ethnic groups in Nigeria and believed to have covered about 10% of Nigeria’s entire population. With the best part of its indigenes found across the Niger Delta, ...
This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the remote and immediate causes of the armed ethnic conflicts in the Niger Delta in Nigeria and attempts to proffer a strategic approach rather than the use of brute force in managing the conflicts. The study revealed that the underlying cause of ...
“It is imperative to state that since the ethnic conflict that engulfed Delta State over 20 years ago, particularly Warri and environs, this is the first time the Ijaws and Itsekiris are united by forming a unity team to play against other ethnic groups in the state,” he stated. ...
The paper examines the nature and character of ethnic militarism in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It notes the evolutionary trends of the Niger Delta conflicts, the causes of conflicts and the several dimensions, which violence has taken in the Niger Delta zone of Nigeria. It further discu...
Nigeria in the Niger Delta: An Allegory of the "Legs Tying the Hands" This paper examines the potentials of the Niger Delta region in the Nigerian State using the historical approach as the platform for our analysis. We obser... SO Tamuno,SG Edoumiekumo - 《International Review of Social...
NIGER DELTA; THIRD TERM; RELIGIOUS/ETHNIC CLEANSING? HYPOCRISY AND MORE HYPOCRISYFolayan Osekita
The country has very distrusting groups, the Igbo cooperated with GB and tried to break away from Nigeria. What is the most important economic activity in the Niger River Delta? Farming because the silt carried by the river is the most fertile....
The Songhai—farmers, fishermen, and merchants—live along the banks and islands of the Niger River, east of the inland delta. The nomadic Tuareg, of Berber origin, are mainly in the north, in the Adrar des Iforas. The Minianka, largely farmers, populate the region of Koutiala, and the...
Conflict resolution refers to a society's capacity to mediate the conflicting (though not necessarily violent) interests of different social groups. Conflicts in the Niger-Delta region have in recent years attracted both national and international attention. The article attempts to analyse the causes,...