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Abstract This study was conducted in Bayelsa State South-South oil and gas rich region of Nigeria and one the thirty-six States. The study assessed the impact of oil exploration and environmental degradation on the development of rural communities’. The study made use of variables identified in the received literature as it relates to the empowerment and rural development in Bayelsa State. Oil exploration and degradation in Nigeria have evolved through ...

ABSTRACT   This study examines the conflict in Niger Delta region of Nigeria.  The region is blessed with oil and mineral resources that have continued to draw attention in the oil industry since the discovery of oil in commercial quantity in the mid 1950’s.  The exclusion of the area from the benefits of the oil appears to have fueled the crisis of agitation by the people of the region. The ...