The Republic
Rivers State · Crises, Wars & Protests

Rivers State · Crisis deep dive

Colonial era (1900–1959)

  • 1929 Women's War (spread to Rivers area); discovery of oil 1956; Ogoni Bill of Rights 1990; MOSOP/Saro-Wiwa movement (execution Nov 1995); Niger Delta militancy 2006–2009 (MEND); Godwin Abali uprising; #EndSARS 2020 Port Harcourt; ongoing cult violence (Deywell, KKK)Grievance-to-Insurgency PipelineImpunity Loop
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.