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Community Responses and Resistance to Crude Oil Pollution in Nigeria

Crude oil pollution remains one of the most persistent environmental and social challenges confronting Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta region where decades of petroleum extraction have severely degraded ecosystems and undermined local livelihoods. This article examines community responses and resistance to crude oil pollution in Nigeria, focusing on how affected communities negotiate, contest, and resist environmental harm caused by multinational oil corporations and the state. Drawing on environmental justice and political ecology frameworks, the study analyzes the diverse forms of c…