Special Reports from SDN and others working in Nigeria

Select one of our Special Reports for more insight into the Niger Delta conflict.

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.

>> Read the SERAC Report here

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.

US State Department: 2008 Human Rights Report for Nigeria - Wed, 4 Mar 2009

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

Watch: BBC Newsnight talks to Niger Delta gangs - Fri, 9 Jan 2009

The BBC Newsnight team talks to armed militias in the creeks of the Niger Delta.

Shell Chief Exec gets a grilling from Monbiot - Tue, 6 Jan 2009

In the latest of his groundbreaking encounters George Monbiot challenges Jeroen van de Veer, chief executive of oil and gas giant Shell, on ethics, greenwash advertising, renewable energy investments and gas-flaring in Nigeria.

Ending Dependence: Hard Choices for Oil-Exporting States - Tue, 1 Jul 2008

Based on a major study of twelve hydrocarbon-exporting countries, this report shows that the oil boom does not guarantee economic sustainability for oil exporting countries, most of which face hard policy choices over domestic consumption, development spending and rates of economic growth.

Local Perspectives on Security and Human Rights in the Delta - Thu, 3 Apr 2008

In 2007, IKV Pax Christi, together with SDN and the CSCR decided to carry out a pilot project highlighting the challenge to engage civil society with the Voluntary Principles (VPs) at the local level.

Further Rigging - 2007 Election Report - Thu, 10 May 2007

SDN and partner organisations observed the 2007 elections in Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta and Akwa Ibom states in conjunction with IDASA (Institute for Democracy in South Africa). Observers reported systematic electoral abuses that were similar to the worst reports nationally by major observer groups such as the Transition Monitoring Group (Nigeria), European Union and National Democratic Institute.