Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- It was drizzling on a Thursday afternoon as Oluwadaisi Ogunne, 45, a mother of six, struggled to put firewood together in preparation for the family's dinner. As she struggled to make the fire, the rain stood as an obstacle frustrating her efforts to make a meal for the family.

She sat down very close to the walkway in a sober mood thinking about how her life and that of her family have suddenly changed. She later expressed anger over everything happening in the community aftermath of an oil well explosion.

"Our farmland and fishing areas have gone to the pipeline explosion and we are left with nothing," Mrs Ogunne said in an emotional laden tone.

"They have denied us access to the farmland, our water has been conta...