Chineme Okafor writes about a new legal action by community leaders in Niger Delta who want their environmental challenges addressed before fresh licences can be handed out for the 57 marginal oil blocks up for grabs in a new licensing round A number of community leaders in the oil-bearing Niger Delta region have expressed worries over the damages irresponsible oil mining has done on their lives and environment over the years, and now want these addressed before new licenses would be issued in Nigeria’s ongoing marginal oil fields bid round. They stated this in a lawsuit they filed at the Federal High Court (FHC) in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa state.