Yankius: Arsenal F.C. & Fainting Thief
Yankius on Arsenal F.C. and the Fainting Thief Riverine Remedy: Yankius, you self, you cannot even ask after me if I don’t call you. Na so your friendship be? Yankius:…
Niger Delta
Nigeria Needs Strong Social Movements
Nigeria Needs Strong Social Movements Voting, votes and honest election results are not enough to prevent elected officials from misbehaving or misgoverning once they get into office. Constitutional checks and…
Buhari: Uncollected Gas-Flaring Revenues
Buhari: Uncollected Gas-Flaring Revenues When it comes to attacking and witch-hunting the defenceless, or the underestimated, President Muhammadu Buhari has a heart larger than Zuma Rock – his machismo is…
Can Buhari Win The Oil War?
Can Buhari Win The Oil War? The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) may not be a praiseworthy entity to many but their emergence and defiance have provided a thorough and incisive…
The Niger Delta “Overlooked” by Government
The Niger Delta has been exclusively the undisputed source of Nigeria’s vast but plundered national wealth for five decades. When President Muhammadu Buhari came to power in 2015, his first…
Warri Pipeline Disaster: Negligence and Rumours
It has been a week now since the news of the explosion of an oil pipeline line in Warri occurred. The explosion happened just behind the 3 Battalion Army Barracks,…
Bombing Niger Delta To End Bunkering? 2
Bombing Niger Delta To End Bunkering? To say that the Government of Nigeria (GON) handles issues of the military of nature with either weak short-term “quick fixes” or opportunities for…
Bombing Niger Delta To End Bunkering?
Bombing Niger Delta To End Bunkering? The Government of Nigeria (GON) has sought to undertake a very unusual method of stopping or deterring “oil bunkering” in the Niger Delta; the…
Oil and Gas Free Zone in Nigeria: What is it all About?
It was recently announced in July 2015 that Brass in Bayelsa State, Nigeria has been designated as an “Oil and Gas Free Zone” by the federal government. It was shocking…
A Response to “Our Lands Must Bleed No More”
http://nnimmo.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/our-lands-must-bleed-no-more.html Our Lands Must Bleed No More is an activist’s plea and determination to end the cumulative and inimical genocide of people of the Niger Delta in the name of…
The Jesse Fire Disaster Remembered
The Ikoko r’Idjerhe has just completed an hour of silence and reflection on the unnecessary and horrific tragedy that happened on this day 16 years ago, better known as the…
To Cook a Continent: A Review and a Comment
To Cook a Continent: A Review and a Comment REVIEW: To Cook a Continent: Destructive Extraction and Climate Crisis in Africa is yet another book about Africa’s exploitation but with…
Resisting Ecocide: Crimes and Rents
t is interesting to know that the Niger Delta is listed third out of ten hotspots of ecocide in Polly Higgins’ Eradicating Ecocide. I have written a review of the…