The Niger Delta of Nigeria is a boiling cauldron and a pandora's box that has exploded in the past and will continue to simmer for many generations until drastic steps are taken by all stakeholders to end the current political, economic and environmental impasse in the country's economic basket. Nobody doubts that Niger Delta is the real (not proverbial) goose that lays the golden eggs in Nigeria.Approximately 90 percent of foreign exchange earnings and 80 percent of federal revenues for the last 45 years come from oil, the so called Bonny, sweet 'light' oil.The Niger Delta is believed to hold at least twenty billion barrels of oil reserves. Nigeria pumps 2 million barrels of oil daily from the Niger Delta. Although Nigeria has earned more than $280 billion dollars over the past 40 years from oil exploration, the environmental and living conditions of the oil producing communities is a misery tale of unparalleled proportions. For the inhabitants of the oil producing communities, every day basic activity is a gargantuan struggle. They cannot drink water because of oil pollution; cannot enjoy gainful employment because their traditional sources of livelihood have been destroyed; cannot hunt because their wildlife is gone; cannot send their children to school or enjoy basic healthcare because of abject poverty and; cannot enjoy basic transportation, electricity and telephone services because of the ''Nigeria'' factor.The Nigeria's current political experiment will continue to be hounded by the environmental, health and economic morass of Niger Delta. The Niger Delta issue is a complex web of political betrayal at all levels of government (federal, state and local), endless economic marginalization, and massive environmental insensitivity and neglect. More so, the Niger Delta question is not amenable to quick organizational fixes, Amnesty, political expediency, and inflammatory rhetoric or double talk.Indeed, Niger Delta represents the rot of Nigeria's polity and its chicanery tendencies, and the diabolical machinations of unrepentant elite both from the Niger Delta and the corridors of power in Abuja. The Niger Delta question also transcends the usual Nigerian past time of simplistic ethnic jingoism, atavistic political leadership, cult and personality following, and self-imposed immunity from personal and collective responsibility.The pertinent question at this juncture is very simple: Should Nigerians that occupy the source of our enormous national wealth enjoy an equitable standard of living, pursue economic freedoms with minimal discomfort, and live a life free from avoidable environmental hazards ? It is not believed that any Nigerian or multinational conglomerate can argue otherwise or respond in the negative.Consequently, this book attempt to answer the following rational questions: What went wrong in the Niger Delta since oil was discovered in the region i 1956 ? How and when did it go so wrong ? Can anything be done to remedy the wrong and assure that it will never happen again ? The writer believes that the die is cast for Niger Delta. No present or future government in Nigeria can ever neglect the unjust situation in the Niger Delta without major repercussions.The book is divided into eighteen chapters. Chapter one deals with relevant review of literature on the Niger Delta challenges. Chapter two examines two theoretical frameworks expounded by two eminent scholars on the relationships between resources and conflicts. The rest of the chapters cover wide range of issues as they relate to Niger Delta questions on injustice perpetrated on the people of the region. My joy in writing this book will derives much from the contribution that it's able to make in removing the mystique around the Niger Delta region thus, leading to a better understanding of the problem. It is my hope that this book will be an asset to the reade