is a local name given to a very soft marine clay found in the fresh and salt water swamps of the Niger Delta, Nigeria. The influence of an industrial textile dye effluent on a Chikoko soil, is the subject of this study. The textile dye waste-chikoko soil was tested for index and engineering properties after curing. The Chikoko soil has low undrained strength, fairly high Atterberg limits and natural water contents. In the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) test, there is moderate increase in the compressive strength when stabilized with the textile dye waste. However, the improvement is not satisfactory as they are not up to the 1710kN/mm 2 UCS value for 7days cured specimens recommended by road note 31 (TRRL 1977) for base material. It is therefore concluded that, although the colour of the textile dye waste has no significant effect on the soil properties, the textile dye has soil stabilization potential even though the road note 31 specification was not met.