this study the Lower Niger refers to the portion of the River Niger which stretches from Lokoja where the River Benue joins the Niger to form a confluence and flows southward to the Atlantic Ocean via a many mouth delta.1 The study focuses on the major channel of the Lower Niger which passes through Lokoja, Onitsha. Warri, Sapele, and Burutu where it empties itself into the open sea. In the colonial period the British the Lower Niger via Burutu and Warri ports.2was important because transportation on the Lower Niger River served as a mode for conveying commodities for internal trade and for export.

this study the Lower Niger refers to the portion of the River Niger which stretches from Lokoja where the River Benue joins the Niger to form a confluence and flows southward to the Atlantic Ocean via a many mouth delta.1 The study focuses on the major channel of the Lower Niger which passes thro...