Niger Delta - Wikipedia
WEBThe Niger Delta, as now defined officially by the Nigerian government, extends over 70,000 km 2 (27,000 sq mi) and makes up 7.5% of Nigeria's land mass. Historically and cartographically, it consists of present-day Bayelsa , Delta , and Rivers States .
Niger Delta | geographical region, Africa | Britannica
WEBThe Niger delta is a vast low-lying region through which the waters of the Niger River drain into the Gulf of Guinea. Characteristic landforms in this region include oxbow lakes, river meander belts ( see meander), and prominent levees.
Niger delta is rich in resources, but environmental destruction is ...
WEBOct 30, 2023 · Environmental degradation of Nigeria’s Niger Delta region is causing poverty as well as food insecurity, increased crime and conflict.
Conflict in the Niger Delta - Wikipedia
WEBSince 2006, militant groups in Nigeria's Niger Delta, especially the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), have resorted to taking foreign employees of oil companies hostage. More than 200 foreigners have been kidnapped since 2006, though most were released unharmed.
The Niger Delta - ArcGIS StoryMaps
WEBMay 29, 2024 · The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is richly supplied with a plethora of natural resources, including gas and oil deposits. This delta is also considered a large multilayered aquifer, that supplies groundwater to the millions of people that live within the region (Abam and Nwankwoala 2020).
Niger Delta oil spills bring poverty, low crop yields to farmers
WEBSep 9, 2022 · Industry insiders say six decades of oil exploration have made the Niger Delta one of the most polluted places on earth and damaged a lot, including farmlands.
How insecurity affects the lives of everyone in the Niger Delta
WEBApr 7, 2021 · Our research was conducted in six states of the Niger Delta region: Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers State. It showed that each state had unique and crosscutting forms of...
Significant Rise of Insecurity in the Niger Delta Through 2019
WEBFeb 26, 2020 · The Niger Delta produces most of Nigeria's oil. A recently published annual report by the Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) is a salutary reminder of...
2016 Niger Delta conflict - Wikipedia
WEBThe 2016 Niger Delta conflict is an ongoing conflict around the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in a bid for the secession of the region, which was a part of the breakaway state of Biafra. [5] It follows on-and-off conflict in the Christian-dominated southern Niger Delta in the preceding years, as well as an insurgency in the Muslim-dominated northeast.
The Niger River Delta - a strategic asset in Africa’s Sahel region
WEBOct 20, 2014 · In this vast panorama, the Inner Niger Delta stands out: In a region where limited rainfall is a fact of life, the Delta is a natural dam and irrigation scheme whose flood plain creates a grazing and cropping perimeter that at its peak can reach 30,000 km2 and sustains about 900,000 people.
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