Abstract
The Niger Delta conflict started less than a decade after Nigeria began producing and exporting oil in commercial quantities. The conflict began with non-confrontational and nonviolent agitation by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) against the degradation of the Niger Delta area. Later the conflict developed into a conflagration of numerous unmanageable conflicts. The violent nature of the conflict at present has resulted into daily kidnappings of expatriate oil workers, burning of oil pipes, and disruption of oil production in the country. The situation has put the nation on tenterhooks with security of lives and properties being compromised as a result of the activities of the militants. Government leaderships in the country, at different times, have tried to bring an end to the conflict but this has not yielded the expected result as the situation in that area is like sitting on a keg of gunpowder in spite of the recent arms surrender exercise by the militants. It is against this background that the author sheds light on the trends and prospects of the Niger Delta conflict.
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