Glycated Hemoglobin as a Screening Tool in the Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus among Adult Patients in a Tertiary Health Facility in Port Harcourt, Niger Delta Region of Nigeria by Gesiye Bozimo, Marcellinus Okafor Nkpozi, Adaeze Ugwu, Victoria Eno Gomba, Chinweuba M. Abonyi, Chioma Unachukwu

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CSR INITIATIVES AND SUSTAINABILITY RESILIENCE IN NIGERIA'S OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY: A PLS-SEM APPROACH FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES' PERSPECTIVE by Tajudeen Alaburo Abdulsalam, Rofiat Bolanle Tajudeen, Abdulrahman Abubakar, Akeem Olamilekan Babatunde

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Communique Issued at the End of the First International Conference on Community, Trade and Religion in Coastal Yorubaland and Western Niger Delta, Held at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, from 6–8 December 2016 by Yoruba Studies Review

“… An international conference was held from December 6 to 8 2016 at Adeyemi College of Education Ondo, with the theme “Mobile Populations, Fluid Boundaries: Community, Trade and Religion in Coastal Yorubaland and the Western Niger Delta.” The conference was sponsored by the European Research Council (ERC), and jointly organized by the University of Birmingham, Osun State University, and Adeyemi College of Education. …”
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Integrating principal component analysis, fuzzy inference systems, and advanced neural networks for enhanced estuarine water quality assessment by Richard O. Usang, Bamidele I. Olu-Owolabi, Kayode O. Adebowale

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Modelling and Interpretation of Adsorption Isotherms by Nimibofa Ayawei, Augustus Newton Ebelegi, Donbebe Wankasi

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Articulating fertilizer subsidy effects on women’s diet quality by food supply source in Mali by Amidou Assima, Giacomo Zanello, Melinda Smale

“…The subsidy negatively influences dietary diversity of foods sourced as gifts in the Niger Delta. Subsidy effects on dietary diversity accessed through food purchases are strong and positive in the Niger Delta, but negative on the Koutiala Plateau. …”
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Perceived husbands’ support during pregnancy and childbirth among women in yenagoa metropolis, bayelsa state by Jessica Agada Jimmy, Arunibebi Lamawal Lawrence, Maureen B Nkamare, Wonyinbarakemi Ladi Berefagha

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Delta intérieur du fleuve Niger au Mali – quand la crue fait la loi : l’organisation humaine et le partage des ressources dans une zone inondable à fort contraste. by Marie-Laure De Noray

“…In Mali, the inner Niger delta is a large, temporarily inundated wetland which covers approximately 35,000 km2 between the cities of  Djenne, Mopti and Tombouctou. …”
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POVERTY AND NATIONAL SECURITY: AN OVERVIEW OF NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC by ADAMU MOHAMMED

“… Nigeria is now facing significant internal security difficulties, such as the Niger Delta militancy in the South-South geopolitical zone that includes Bayelsa and Rivers, and the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeastern regions of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa. …”
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Investigating the Legacies of Violence and Conflict in Transitional Justice and Peace by Onu Godwin, Kolapo Quadri Abayomi

“…With the focus on transitional justice, various processes have been considered through the promotion of rule of law, security, and accountability in the Niger Delta and the northeast of Nigeria that have been ravaged by insurgency, terrorism, violence, and conflict, and these processes have been supported and developed by an increasing number of actors at the national and international levels. …”
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Introduction: Touching the Wounds by M. Therese Lysaught

“…From the wounds of depression, moral injury, and trauma, to populist scapegoating in the Philippines and violence in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, each essay first touches a place of woundedness, interrogates the church and received theology, and from there points in new directions for both moral theology and ecclesial practice.…”
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Oil Exploration and Exploitation in Ugbo (Ilaje) Communities of Coastal Yorubaland by ‘Gbade Ikuejube, O.A. Funmilayo

“…This article argues that the effects of oil exploitation on Ilaje Ugbo communities are comparable to what occurs in other oil communities of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. …”
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THE NIGERIAN OIL RESOURCEAND SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND: AN INTERROGATION by Joshua DANJUMA

“…Findings reveal poor political institutions, corruption and lack of accountability, weak executive control of oil resource governance with apparent inadequate checks and balances, and the resultant conflicts and clashes of interests, manipulations, and inflation of oil contracts with favouritism in allocating oil blocs to cronies.Therefore, this articleshades in a newlight by interrogating the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund to ensure optimal benefits of oil wealth to all citizenry; it submits that measures must be adopted in building political institutions, reforming the Niger Delta Development Commission; diversification, building a welfare state, equitable distribution of oil wealth and the imposition of direct tax. …”
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TERRORISM AND POLITICS IN NIGERIA by MUHAMMED GADDAFI YUSUF

“…The historical backdrop reveals the emergence of groups like Boko Haram and militant factions in the Niger Delta, underscoring the importance of understanding the roots of this enduring crisis. …”
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Aflatoxin B1Contamination of Some Edible Grains Marketed in Nigeria by S. A. Odoemelam, C. I. Osu

“…This paper presents an assessment of the aflatoxin B1 contamination of some food grains (wheat, millet, Guinea corn, breadfruit and groundnut) from major markets in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The concentrations of aflatoxin B1 obtained in the ranges from 17.01-20.53 µg kg–1 for wheat, 34.00– 40.30 µg kg–1 for millet, 27.22-36.13 µg kg–1 for guinea corn, 40.06-48.59 µg kg–1 for breadfruit and 74.03-82.12 µg kg–1 for groundnut. …”
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Monitoring of specific activities of long-lived radioactive elements along the Mini- Okoro/Oginigba Creek, Port Harcourt by Gregory O Avwiri, Olanrewaju Lawal, Edith I Nwokeoji

“…. © JASEM Keywords: Radionuclide; environmental monitoring; Niger Delta; Gamma spectroscopy; Environmental management…”
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Geo-computation techniques for identifying spatio-temporal patterns of reported oil spills along crude oil pipeline networks by Seyi Adewale Adebangbe, Deborah Dixon, Brian Barrett

“…The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is a major oil-producing area which experiences frequent oil spills that severely impacts the local environment and communities. …”
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By Canoe and Speedboat: The Recent Expansion of the Ìlàjẹ Fishing Trade by Kayọde Joseph Onipede

“… Competition has remained a significant feature of trade, particularly in regions with diverse social groups like the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This article examines the expansion of trade among the Ìlàjẹ communities of Ondo State in the coastal area of Yorùbáland, which to the best of our knowledge has not been documented. …”
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Quantification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Wetlands in Aja-Pessu and Environs (Oil Bearing Communities) Warri South Delta, Nigeria by C. Ogwu, V. Ideh, J. Ogana, O. M. Adinkwu

“… Oil production in Nigeria is synonymous with wetland degradation resulting in most times in youth’s restiveness and unrests in oil bearing Niger Delta. Hence, the objective of this paper is to evaluate the quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in wetlands in Aja-Pessu and environs (oil bearing communities) Warri South Delta in Nigeria using appropriate standard methods. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Produced Water Quality from a Nearshore Oil Treatment Facility by DBM Nwokoma, KK Dagde

“…The effluent quality of a crude Oil processing and exporting installation located in the coastal area of the Niger Delta was studied for six months to ascertain the efficiency of the company’s produced water treatment processes. …”
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