Niger Delta Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Geography== The Niger Delta, as now defined officially by the Nigerian government, extends over about {{convert|70000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and makes up 7.5% of Nigeria's land mass. Historically and cartographically, it consists of present-day [[Bayelsa State|Bayelsa]], [[Delta State|Delta]], and [[Rivers State]]s. In 2000, however, [[Olusegun Obasanjo|Obasanjo's]] regime included [[Abia State|Abia]], [[Akwa-Ibom]], [[Cross River State]], [[Edo State|Edo]], [[Imo State|Imo]] and [[Ondo State|Ondo]] States in the region.<ref name=":0" /> The Niger Delta and the South South geopolitical zone (which contains six of the states in Niger Delta) are two different entities. The Niger Delta separates the [[Bight of Benin]] from the [[Bight of Bonny]] within the larger [[Gulf of Guinea]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Akpan|first=D.|title=Oil Exploration and environmental degradation in the Niger Delta. A paper presented at the first regional conference.|year=2006}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page