Nigeria: A Shell of a State. / Wale Adebanwi.
by Adebanwi, Wale; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 73Environment. Publisher: Dollars and Sense, 2001ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Environmental degradation -- Nigeria | Human rights -- Nigeria | Ogoni (African people) | Petroleum industry and trade -- Nigeria | Niger River Delta (Nigeria)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "In February 2000, Nigerian federal troops stormed Odi, a sleepy village right in the heart of the troubled Niger Delta, a spatial cash cow with 20 billion barrels of oil reserves and 120 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves. Ostensibly, the troops were on the trail of suspects who had allegedly kidnapped and killed 12 mobile policemen in one of the region's numerous uprisings against ecological devastation and neglect--offenses which multinational oil companies (including Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobile, Texaco, Chevron, Elf, and Agip) and the colluding Nigerian government all stand accused." (DOLLARS AND SENSE) The author describes the oil industry's harmful effects on the environment and the Odi people's way of life.
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Originally Published: Nigeria: A Shell of a State, July/Aug. 2001; pp. 19+.
"In February 2000, Nigerian federal troops stormed Odi, a sleepy village right in the heart of the troubled Niger Delta, a spatial cash cow with 20 billion barrels of oil reserves and 120 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves. Ostensibly, the troops were on the trail of suspects who had allegedly kidnapped and killed 12 mobile policemen in one of the region's numerous uprisings against ecological devastation and neglect--offenses which multinational oil companies (including Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobile, Texaco, Chevron, Elf, and Agip) and the colluding Nigerian government all stand accused." (DOLLARS AND SENSE) The author describes the oil industry's harmful effects on the environment and the Odi people's way of life.
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