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Njemanze demolitions: Social and economic effects - Mon, 12 Jul 2010
The Njemanze waterfront community located in Port Harcourt city was demolished on the 28th August 2009 during the rainy reason, having serious consequences for the thousands who lived and worked there.
Sweetcrude: Vanguard's monthly review of the Nigerian Energy Industry - Mon, 12 Jul 2010
Sweet Crude is the Nigerian newspaper the Vanguard's monthly review of the Nigerian energy industry.
Comprehensive Niger Delta Environmental Survey released - Thu, 8 Jul 2010
The second phase of the Niger Delta Environmental Survey has been completed offering a detailed examination of the complex socio-economic-environmental situation in the Niger Delta.
Revenue Watch: Nigeria Considers creating new Sovereign Wealth Fund to promote sustainavble development - Thu, 8 Jul 2010
To promote sustainable economic development, the government of Nigeria is considering the creation of a Sovereign Wealth Fund, a savings tool that could protect against the volatility of the country's main revenue source: oil. But, according to new analysis by the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI), Nigeria risks repeating patterns of weak economic governance and volatile spending unless its new Fund features certain safeguards.
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concluding observations - Thu, 17 Jun 2010
The Committee is very concerned at reports on the environmental degradation and widespread pollution in the Niger Delta as a result of the oil industry operating in the area, and its impact on the health and standard of living of children. The Committee also notes with concern information that the population in the Niger Delta suffers from respiratory problems, such as asthma and bronchitis, as a result of toxins released from gas flaring.
Official reports, declarations, constitutions and Legislation relating to the Niger Delta - Wed, 14 Apr 2010
From The Transnational Crisis Project website:
All the major militant declarations of 1990 - 2000, the principal laws that contribute positively or negatively to the conflict economy in the Delta, and a series of independent and governmental reports addressing the Delta, from the Willink Report of 1958 to the Niger Delta Technical Committee report of 2008.
Fuelling Discord: Oil and Conflict in Three Niger Delta Communities - Fri, 19 Feb 2010
This report examined the evolution of three cases (Ogoni, Rumuekpe and Ikarama) to explain the remote and immediate causes of communal crises in oil bearing communities in the Niger Delta area.
Citizens Report on State and Local Government Budgets in the Niger Delta - Mon, 18 Jan 2010
This new report by the Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform (NDCBP) contains findings of analyses and monitoring of the annual budgets of the governments of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States in 2009.
Port Harcourt Waterfront Urban Regeneration - Scoping Study - Thu, 7 Jan 2010
The study outlines a long term, sustainable, urban plan-based solution to the current conflict of interest involving the Rivers State Government and residents of the Port Harcourt Waterfront communities whose neighbourhoods are under threat of demolition.
killing at will - unlawful killings by the police in nigeria - Tue, 15 Dec 2009
Amnesty International exposed the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria, in a new report released today.
Nigeria’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Just a Glorious Audit? - Thu, 10 Dec 2009
This paper analyses Nigeria's implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) process, a global initiative that seeks to promote transparency in company payments and government revenues from oil, gas and mining.
>> Download the full report from the Chatham House website
Report of The Technical Committee on the Niger Delta - Wed, 7 Oct 2009
This Report presents a novel blueprint to solving an age-old problem. It is the Committee's view, as evidenced by conflicts in some other parts of the world, that there is need for actions that are quick, sincere and sustained which will stem the escalation of conflict and enable other programmes to become rooted.
Alternatives to demolitions - Abonnema Wharf Community - Fri, 4 Sep 2009
This blueprint is for proposed alternative to waterfront demolition and presented by Abonnema Wharf Community House Owners Association consequent to the state government’s plan to demolish all waterfronts in Port Harcourt for development. The proposal is prepared based on contemporary national and global policies and legislations and represents the popular opinion of the entire residents of Abonnema Wharf.
>> Read the full report by the Abonnema Wharf Community House Owners Association here
Demolition of Njemanze Waterfront - Factsheet from SDN Partners SERAC - Fri, 4 Sep 2009
SDN's parters the Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) report on the Demolition of Njemanze Waterfront on August 28, 2009 in Port Harcourt.
Thirst for African Oil: Asian National Oil Companies in Nigeria and Angola - Wed, 2 Sep 2009
The report provides a comparative study of the impact of Asian companies on the two leading oil producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria and Angola.
The report shows that Asian companies that gained a foothold in the Nigerian oil sector in return for their commitments to invest in downstream and infrastructure projects failed to understand the political context of the time.
UN Habitat: Evictions and Demolitions in Port Harcourt - Tue, 1 Sep 2009
Over the past months, the UN-HABITAT Headquarters in Nairobi, the Habitat Programme Support Office (HAPSO) in Abuja, Nigeria, and the Advisory Group on Forced Evictions to the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT (AGFE), have received information from a range of different sources, including from several of UN-HABITAT’s NGO partners, on ongoing and planned demolition of housing and commercially-used structures in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Amnesty International: Petroleum, pollution and poverty in the Niger Delta - Fri, 3 Jul 2009
This report is based on fieldwork carried out in the Niger Delta in March and April 2008, as well as desk research and follow-up research from London between May 2008 and May 2009 by a multi-disciplinary research team, including experts in the oil industry and environment.
Feature: Up in Smoke - Nigeria's continued reliance on gas flaring - Thu, 9 Apr 2009
Stakeholder Democracy Network Niger Delta Discussion Series
Before Christmas 2008, SDN commissioned longstanding gas journalist Chris Cragg to review the data and some of the debates around gas flaring in Nigeria using his experience of reporting on the industry to try and bring some fresh perspectives.
Minority Rights Echoes at Nigeria's United Nations Review - Mon, 16 Mar 2009
Several member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council during today's Review of Nigeria raised concerns about the growing depreciation in the protection of the rights of minorities and indigenous issues in the country.
Niger Delta's Civil Society Organisations recommendations on the human rights situation in Nigeria - Mon, 16 Mar 2009
In June 2008, the Federal Republic of Nigeria was elected chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council, it chaired the African Regional Preparatory Meeting on the Durban Review Process in August 2008, and hosted the last session of the 44th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights.
The Njemanze waterfront community located in Port Harcourt city was demolished on the 28th August 2009 during the rainy reason, having serious consequences for the thousands who lived and worked there.
- More...Sweet Crude is the Nigerian newspaper the Vanguard's monthly review of the Nigerian energy industry.
- More...The second phase of the Niger Delta Environmental Survey has been completed offering a detailed examination of the complex socio-economic-environmental situation in the Niger Delta.
- More...To promote sustainable economic development, the government of Nigeria is considering the creation of a Sovereign Wealth Fund, a savings tool that could protect against the volatility of the country's main revenue source: oil. But, according to new analysis by the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI), Nigeria risks repeating patterns of weak economic governance and volatile spending unless its new Fund features certain safeguards.
- More...The Committee is very concerned at reports on the environmental degradation and widespread pollution in the Niger Delta as a result of the oil industry operating in the area, and its impact on the health and standard of living of children. The Committee also notes with concern information that the population in the Niger Delta suffers from respiratory problems, such as asthma and bronchitis, as a result of toxins released from gas flaring.
- More...From The Transnational Crisis Project website:
All the major militant declarations of 1990 - 2000, the principal laws that contribute positively or negatively to the conflict economy in the Delta, and a series of independent and governmental reports addressing the Delta, from the Willink Report of 1958 to the Niger Delta Technical Committee report of 2008.
- More...This report examined the evolution of three cases (Ogoni, Rumuekpe and Ikarama) to explain the remote and immediate causes of communal crises in oil bearing communities in the Niger Delta area.
- More...This new report by the Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform (NDCBP) contains findings of analyses and monitoring of the annual budgets of the governments of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States in 2009.
- More...The study outlines a long term, sustainable, urban plan-based solution to the current conflict of interest involving the Rivers State Government and residents of the Port Harcourt Waterfront communities whose neighbourhoods are under threat of demolition.
- More...Amnesty International exposed the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria, in a new report released today.
- More...This paper analyses Nigeria's implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) process, a global initiative that seeks to promote transparency in company payments and government revenues from oil, gas and mining.
>> Download the full report from the Chatham House website
- More...This Report presents a novel blueprint to solving an age-old problem. It is the Committee's view, as evidenced by conflicts in some other parts of the world, that there is need for actions that are quick, sincere and sustained which will stem the escalation of conflict and enable other programmes to become rooted.
- More...This blueprint is for proposed alternative to waterfront demolition and presented by Abonnema Wharf Community House Owners Association consequent to the state government’s plan to demolish all waterfronts in Port Harcourt for development. The proposal is prepared based on contemporary national and global policies and legislations and represents the popular opinion of the entire residents of Abonnema Wharf.
>> Read the full report by the Abonnema Wharf Community House Owners Association here
- More...SDN's parters the Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) report on the Demolition of Njemanze Waterfront on August 28, 2009 in Port Harcourt.
- More...The report provides a comparative study of the impact of Asian companies on the two leading oil producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria and Angola.
The report shows that Asian companies that gained a foothold in the Nigerian oil sector in return for their commitments to invest in downstream and infrastructure projects failed to understand the political context of the time.
- More...Over the past months, the UN-HABITAT Headquarters in Nairobi, the Habitat Programme Support Office (HAPSO) in Abuja, Nigeria, and the Advisory Group on Forced Evictions to the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT (AGFE), have received information from a range of different sources, including from several of UN-HABITAT’s NGO partners, on ongoing and planned demolition of housing and commercially-used structures in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
- More...This report is based on fieldwork carried out in the Niger Delta in March and April 2008, as well as desk research and follow-up research from London between May 2008 and May 2009 by a multi-disciplinary research team, including experts in the oil industry and environment.
- More...Stakeholder Democracy Network Niger Delta Discussion Series
Before Christmas 2008, SDN commissioned longstanding gas journalist Chris Cragg to review the data and some of the debates around gas flaring in Nigeria using his experience of reporting on the industry to try and bring some fresh perspectives.
Several member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council during today's Review of Nigeria raised concerns about the growing depreciation in the protection of the rights of minorities and indigenous issues in the country.
- More...In June 2008, the Federal Republic of Nigeria was elected chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council, it chaired the African Regional Preparatory Meeting on the Durban Review Process in August 2008, and hosted the last session of the 44th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights.
- More...