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Conflict Resolution in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: An Empirical Investigation

This study investigated conflicts in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria which is triggered by prolonged socioeconomic and political alienation marked by extreme poverty, hunger, disease, environmental pollution and high levels of youth unemployment.The region has witnessed an unprecedented spate of violent conflicts in the recent past, and all efforts to quell it seem to have defied solutions.In this study, we obtained unstructured and structured data from indigenes of the Niger Delta oil producing communities, oil exploration and oil-based organizations operating in the region and the Niger De…