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Oil was discovered in Nigeria at almost the same time the country gained independence from the British in 1960. Since then there have been several coups and assassinations web hosting review. But one thing has remained a constant--the role of multinational oil companies in propping up the country's military dictatorships .

Chima Ubani "they are simply continuing what theTransAtlantic slave trade and British colonialism did to us in the past."

Chima Ubani is a member of Nigeria's oldest human rights group , the civil liberties organization and has been imprisoned several times, resisting successive military regimes.

Chima Ubani: "and the struggles of our people today to rid ourselves of these agencies is merely an extension of our struggle for national independence budget hosting. And our independence is not yet won until we send these exploitative forces packing from our soil."

Oil is the lifeblood of the Nigerian regime, supplying the military with nearly 80% of its revenue, pumping more than $10 billion a year into the government shared hosting, enriching corrupt generals and their cronies.

For nearly 40 years, oil giants like Shell, Mobil and Chevron have worked in joint ventures with Nigeria's dictatorships to exploit the country's vast petroleum resources, often against the wishes of the local communities of the oil rich Niger delta business web hosting. Protest against these oil giants has often resulted in a bloody response from their military business partners. Again pro-Democracy activist Chima Ubani.

Chima Ubani: "it is the same kind of relationship that the slave masters had with those traditional rulers and local chiefs of that period who actually sold our people into slavery to the European and American slave masters. That is exactly what has happened all over. What we find is that the Nigerian military creates the conducive environment for these multinational companies to come and exploit our people. They impose laws that favor such an exploitation and disempower our people. And most importantly, when our people rise to fight against this exploitation, it is the Nigerian government that uses its own troops to suppress and kill our people for fighting against exploitation by foreign companies"