Nigeria - Military rains bombs on Ijaw militants in South-West

It has been reported that no fewer than 100 people suspected to be militants have been reportedly killed as the Nigerian military on Saturday continued the aerial bombardment of Fatola, the base of militants and pipeline vandals in the Arepo area of Ogun State.

The perennial issues of the Niger Delta needs to be addressed and taken seriously by the Nigerian government. The oil in Nigeria has proved to be a curse rather than a blessing. For a country that has enjoyed immense wealth from oil revenues, it should not have been an issue to invest heavily on the oil producing states. Corruption, embezzlement, ethnicity, nepotism and lackadaisical attitudes are some of what has made the states what they are today. 

It is so easy to wheel out the military to quench the agitations and uprising of trouble makers. Years of neglect and underdevelopment has contributed to the state of things in the Niger Delta. How can these be reversed? 

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