This book is multi-disciplinary, hence useful to varied readers. It addressed a central theme in the Nigerian economy. Oil Pollution in Nigeria is of paramount importance to the nation, as it now determines to a large extent other key oil activities of the country especially those of exploration and exploitation of the mineral resources; which is incessantly being sabotaged by aggrieved victims of environmental degradation from the oil activities. This prevailing scenario has substantially reduced the quantity of this important commodity being supplied by Nigeria to the international...

Nigeria's Drylands cover almost one-fourth of the country's landmass and is located at the northern part of the nation; where poverty and population are continuously rising at an alarming rate. The recent socioeconomic challenges of the region in terms of unemployment, resource-use conflict and insurgency are therefore not unconnected with the sustainability of the region's natural resources.This makes an in-depth study into the area very necessary with the view to unfolding the development challenges of a region that hosts over 50 million people and was hitherto the grain-basket of Nigeria....