Crisis in Nigeria

J. Timothy Hunt, author of "The Politics of Bones" discusses the current situation in the Niger Delta

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News & Politics

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• Nigeria
• Saro-Wiwa
• petroleum

[dieanotherday]

all my Nigerians i promise u the giant of Africa and the heart Of Africa will rise I promise u Nigeria will be one of the Strongest Nation....... we will RISE its a promise slash Prophecy

[dyentertainment]

NIGERIA:- OUR LEADERS MADE UP POOR!

[keltar2007]

Uh...I was born and grew up there for 17 years.

[KendoTheGreenWiza]

What exactly do you know about nigeria?

[keltar2007]

THat wouldn't have solved squat...

[dhortphad]

i am a nigerian abroad it deeply sadeens me when i reflect on all this but i dont think the problem is unity. the problem is the government and the oil companies, they have selfishly made themselves rich. Nigeria is made up of three nations and until we go back to that there cant be rest because one will always step on the others feet...we are meant to be 3 nations even the two rivers divide us well

[Biafrans7]

"Nigeria as it is today, is not a nation. We did not think that just because the British created it this way, we were all bound by it. We thought that even if there was going to be a Nigeria, the component units should be the ethnic groups."..."there should have been a Yoruba State, Igbo State, Hausa State, Ijaw State and the rest of the ethnic groups. That should have been the basis of our unity." -- Anthony Enahoro. Nigerian Nationalist. This Day Newspapers. Saturday September 27, 2008.

[Biafrans7]

"Niger Delta has not been relying on crude oil, we don't even see it. It is being stolen by the parasites, the scavengers and the vulture. What we are saying is that they can no longer continue it as we will continue in this struggle to take back our stolen sovereignty." --- Dokubo Asari. Champion Newspapers. Sunday August 10, 2008.

[Biafrans7]

"We never gave up our sovereignty at any time and this sovereignty we must take back..we offer you peace, call a Sovereign National Conference. Let us sit and test the popularity claim of Nigeria in Ijaw land, in Ogoni land, in Hausa land and other areas of the country. Let us put in place a Sovereign National Conference and the decision from this will now be subjected to a plebiscite. ---- Asari Dokubo. Champion Newspapers. Sunday August 10, 2008.

[msoyekan]

It's all gonna be worse and get worse until we unite and make a decision and follow through with it.

[Biafrans7]

"Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB)has appealed to the United Nations (UN), to arrest and prosecute former president Olusegun Obasanjo, accusing him of genocide. MASSOB described Obasanjo's acts to its members during his eight years administration as war of genocide."Obasanjo should be arrested and arraigned before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), for ordering the killing of many MASSOB members and execution of Odi people." - This Day Aug.19, 2008.

[Biafrans7]

"The only explanation for the extra-ordinary U-turn of the north in favour of strong, almost unitary constitution, in which the federal government owns everything including the mineral resources in my backyard, (and we all know that the federal government means the Arewa North) is what Professor Omafume Onoge has aptly described as "Niger Delta's Oil and Gas proceeds cupidity." --- Prof Itse Sagay. Vanguard Newspapers. Thursday June 23, 2005.