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18/05/2023

Issues for host communities under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA)

Issues for host communities under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) establishes the Host Community Development ...
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16/05/2023

PRESS RELEASE: How the Petroleum Industry Act could backfire for host communities

SDN today releases research that highlights how the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) targeted toward host community development ...
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26/04/2023

Why is gas problematic for Nigeria and the Niger Delta?

Why is gas problematic for Nigeria and the Niger Delta? The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) plans to expand gas ...
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26/04/2023

2023 elections: What have we learned from Rivers State and what needs to be done to protect the polls in the future?

The lead-up to the Nigeria 2023 election was characterised by a growing interest among young people in the election process, ...
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25/04/2023

PRESS RELEASE: Niger Delta communities will suffer the impacts of proposed increases to gas production without better safeguards in place

SDN today releases research that highlights the risks associated with increasing gas production in Nigeria. Expansion is expected due to ...
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21/02/2023

Nigeria’s General Election 2023: A Voter’s Guide

As one of the largest democracies in Africa, Nigeria’s 2023 general election marks a crucial moment for Nigerians to exercise ...
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02/02/2023

Oil major divestment from the Niger Delta, record international profits, and a UK court case – is environmental justice for communities any closer?

About a year ago, we wrote about the huge changes taking place in onshore oil production in the Niger Delta ...
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31/08/2022

PRESS RELEASE: Amid new concerns over the Ogoniland clean-up, UNEP’s departure will worsen the situation and the people of Ogoniland deserve better

Recent news coverage has highlighted further concerns about the credibility and quality of Nigeria’s largest oil spill clean-up, including poor ...
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01/07/2022

Promoting climate smart agriculture and access to finance for smallholder farmers in Bayelsa state

Access to finance is one of the biggest barriers to growth and productivity for SMEs and smallholder farmers and fisher ...
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27/05/2022

Register to vote in the 2023 Election FAQ

This page will be updated if and when new information becomes available through INEC Nigeria What is Continuous Voter Registration?To ...
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25/04/2022

Lives will continue to be lost without a comprehensive government plan on oil theft and artisanal oil refining – SDN Statement on Rivers refinery explosion

This weekend saw the latest tragic incident involving an artisanal oil refinery, with over 100 people reportedly killed in an ...
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25/04/2022

As international oil companies are leaving onshore oil fields, what are the consequences for Nigeria and the Niger Delta?

Photo credit: Asiayei Enaib for SDN. Nigerian domestic oil companies (DOCs) are taking over the country’s onshore oil and gas ...
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Inside an artisanal oil refinery in the Niger Delta

21/04/2022

Inside a Nigerian artisanal oil refinery (2021)

SDN has worked with SOAS University of London (UK) to help map links between artisanal oil refining and other livelihoods, ...
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30/03/2022

Dirty fuel imports continue to pose a serious health risk in Nigeria

Photo credit: George Oshodi for SDN. In February 2022, a large consignment of imported petrol had to be withdrawn from ...
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17/08/2021

PRESS RELEASE: Shrinking civic space in Rivers State

New research by Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) indicates that civic space in Rivers State is squeezed on all sides… and ...
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09/08/2021

Community Monitoring and Advocacy Groups help secure N4.3bn worth of development projects in the Niger Delta

SDN has worked with six communities across Rivers and Bayelsa states in the Niger Delta to develop highly effective Community ...
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20/07/2021

SIWP and portal secure high-level backing!

Hon. Minister of State, MNDA, Senator Omotayo Alasoadura in group photograph with a cross-section of participants at the round table ...
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07/07/2021

What’s in the latest Petroleum Industry Bill draft? Environmental and Host Community concerns.

On the 1st July, both the House of Representatives and Senate passed third readings of the Petroleum Industry Bill. Our ...
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30/06/2021

Engaging communities in Rivers and Edo states to improve metering & reduce theft

Many people in Nigeria still have very limited access to electricity or rely on diesel generators which are noisy, expensive, ...
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19/05/2021

SDN brings together private and public sector leaders on the Niger Delta’s post-COVID19 economic recovery

SDN brought together private and public sector leaders in December 2020 to review our forthcoming report on economic recovery of ...
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13/04/2021

Dutch Embassy witnesses firsthand the impact of investing in communities for better governance and accountability

SDN has worked extensively across Rivers State, setting up community groups called ‘Community Monitoring and Advocacy Groups (CMAGs)’, and supporting ...
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13/04/2021

Community Advocacy Working Groups: action restores Oghoghobi community’s power supply

A reliable electricity supply from the grid to individuals and households supports schooling, small businesses, and care facilities, creates safer ...
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12/04/2021

SPDC-funded development projects need to mainstream climate resilience

Many communities in the Niger Delta of Nigeria shoulder the double burden of fossil-fuel extraction (associated oil spill risks and ...
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02/03/2021

Defending civic space: 9 #EndSARS protestors finally released in Rivers State

Family members of some of the detainees at a press conference after their release. The detainees did not attend for ...
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25/02/2021

PRESS RELEASE: Judge acquits and orders release of 9 #EndSARS protestors detained for months without trial or family contact. Many more remain in detention.

25/2/2021 With the support of Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), a coalition of civil society worked to secure the detained protestors ...
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16/02/2021

Bridging the gulf to improve electricity provision and access in the Niger Delta

Poor access to power and our recommendation to improve it: A 2018 survey by SDN of Benin Electricity Distribution Company ...
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12/02/2021

United Kingdom Supreme Court ruling on Shell a step in the right direction

Today’s ruling that Shell can be brought to court in the UK for the actions of its subsidiary sets an ...
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03/02/2021

Media briefing: cases of police brutality in Rivers State

We, the members of the Coalition of Concerned Civil Society Organisations in Rivers State in collaboration with our partners, and ...
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02/02/2021

The time has come for all oil, gas and mining contracts to be published.

SDN actively works to promote financial transparency in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria, which is concentrated in the ...
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27/01/2021

Supporting investigative journalism in the Niger Delta

As part of SDN’s Defend civic space project, we’re supporting investigative journalism in 2020 and 2021 through trainings and commissions ...
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12/01/2021

Training new members of Community Monitoring and Advocacy Groups.

Despite the natural resource wealth of the region, the Niger Delta remains under-developed, suffering insecurity and very high rates of ...
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04/01/2021

International virtual reality hackathon

Together with the Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation, SDN coordinates and supports the Ken Saro-Wiwa Innovation Hub, maintaining a space and facilities ...
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16/12/2020

Bayelsa West and Central 2020 by-elections for State House of Representatives

On Thursday 03rd December, SDN trained 45 people to become election observers and provide on-the-ground reporting of elections and to ...
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26/10/2020

Endorsed: Principles for Digital Development

As an official endorser of the Principles for Digital Development, we will seek to embody the concepts of the Digital ...
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19/10/2020

In solidarity with #EndSARS in the Niger Delta

We support the demands of young people in the Niger Delta for: Accountability for previous, current, and ongoing acts of ...
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12/10/2020

Help us contribute to social and economic growth in the Niger Delta through technology and innovation

We are seeking financial support to continue this work and to expand the Hub’s programmes and training to reach a ...
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23/09/2020

Panel discussion: the potential of transparency initiatives to drive change

Tuesday 06.09.2020 from 1pm-2pm (GMT+1) How can civil society and communities affected by the oil and gas industry make use ...
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02/07/2020

Community stories: covid-19 intervention in local communities

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), there are currently 20,919 confirmed cases of the Corona Covid 19 ...
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24/06/2020

Press release: How do the oil companies compare?

SDN’s new flagship report, the Nigerian environmental performance index (the Index), provides a comparison of the environmental performance of oil ...
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24/06/2020

Webinar: How do the oil companies compare?

Wednesday 01.07.2020 from 2pm-3pm (GMT+1) Register In 2018 alone, more than 25,000 barrels—4 million litres—of oil were spilled in the ...
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23/06/2020

Shell in the Supreme Court: a key decision for oil company accountability

The English Supreme Court will rule next week on whether the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell, can be taken ...
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10/06/2020

The Nigerian oil spill compensation regime

This report documents and explains some of the legal, technical, administrative, and socio-political barriers to the effective implementation of the ...
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01/06/2020

Working with rural communities to curb Covid-19 in the Niger Delta

SDN’s Niger Delta COVID-19 Response Project seized upon church networks in our target communities as a primary channel for advocacy ...
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05/05/2020

Webinar: Dirty fuels in Nigeria

Wednesday 20.05.2020 from 2pm to 3pm (GMT) This webinar provides an overview of recent research by SDN which indicates low ...
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30/03/2020

Press release: Dirty diesel, petrol, and kerosene; the toxic trio for Nigerians’ lungs and livelihoods.

SDN today reveals research that suggests low quality, highly toxic fuels are sold to Nigeria by international commodity traders. These ...
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18/03/2020

Civil Society Statement on Coronavirus Covid19 in Nigeria

2pm 17 March 2020 Civil Society groups in Nigeria are deeply worried that Nigeria continues to be exposed to both ...
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15/01/2020

Nira Stock

Tell us a little about yourselves Our names are Richard Tamunotonye, Samuel Sebastine, and Tonyo Waribo (not availablefor this interview) ...
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15/01/2020

Alpha Nextphase Technologies

Tell us a little about yourselves Our names are Emmanuel, Joshua, and Ndianabasi. Emmanuel: I am 24 years old. I ...
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15/01/2020

TinX

Tell us a little about yourselves Our names are Sunny David, Tonye Waribo, and Raphael Ryan Paul. Sunny David: I ...
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15/01/2020

Entric energy

Tell us a little about yourself My name is Abiye Geoffery and I am 27 years old. I was born ...
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15/01/2020

Supporting start-up businesses at the Ken Saro-wiwa Innovation Hub

The Ken Jr Award for Innovation is a 6-month ‘incubation’ programme for aspiring tech entrepreneurs, providing a grant, free work-space ...
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13/11/2019

Situation Room Calls for Peaceful Governorship Elections in Kogi & Bayelsa States

Issued: 4:00pm Wednesday, 13th November 2019 The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room calls on the major political parties to curb ...
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22/10/2019

Open call to documentary makers (Port Harcourt)

Call for proposals: Produce a documentary video of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Innovation Hub in Port Harcourt, Niger Delta, Nigeria Deadline: ...
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21/10/2019

Elections in Bayelsa State; information and advocacy

With less than two months until the November 16th Bayelsa State Governorship election of 2019, SDN is giving face-to-face training ...
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01/10/2019

A tribute to Patrick Naagbanton

Patrick Naagbanton, with a portrait of his mentor, Ken Saro-Wiwa.Photograph credit: CEHRD At SDN, we were extremely saddened by the ...
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10/07/2019

Ken Jr. Award for innovation

Call for applications: Application Deadline: 11:59pm, July 28, 2019 The Ken Jr Award for Innovation is a 6-month ‘incubation’ programme ...
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23/04/2019

Webinar: oil spills, gas flaring, and environmental monitoring in the Niger Delta

Monday 29 April 2019 10:00 EST / 15:00 London / 15:00 Abuja Online, via zoom.us – a joining URL will ...
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17/04/2019

Socio-economic rehabilitation and re-integration of ex-cultists

With little in the way of livelihood opportunities, some young people are lured into criminal, and sometimes violent, means to ...
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10/04/2019

Piloting digital livelihoods with the Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation Innovation Hub

Nigeria has experienced significant flows of people from rural to urban areas, where opportunities to continue traditional livelihoods, such as ...
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03/04/2019

Testing the Community Block Farming approach to growing rice in the Niger Delta

Summary SDN conducted research in 2017, and field tests in 2018, on what livelihood strategies could be viable in the ...
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03/04/2019

Six things the Federal Government should prioritise in the Niger Delta following the 2019 elections

SDN has been engaging with the Federal Government, international community, and others, over some immediate priorities for development in the ...
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01/04/2019

Contributing to credible elections and the development of good governance in Bayelsa State

The Bayelsa state election is slated for December 2019–off-cycle to the majority of state elections held in Nigeria in early ...
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27/03/2019

Innovating livelihood options for the planned restoration of Ogoniland

Summary The Ogoniland area of the Niger Delta region has experienced widespread contamination from petroleum hydrocarbons originating from Nigeria's active ...
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14/03/2019

Joint Statement on Rivers State Elections (11.03.19) Suspension

[Note, the following statement refers only to the postponement of the Rivers State Elections on 11th March 2019. Please consult ...
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11/03/2019

Observation of the Governorship, State Houses of Assembly and FCT Area Council Elections

Issued: 2:00pm Sunday, 10th March 2019 The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room) continued with its observation of the ...
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11/03/2019

Conduct of the 2019 Governorship, State Assembly and FCT Area Council Elections

Issued: 2:00pm Saturday, 9th March 2019 Introduction With votes on-going in the 2019 Governorship and State Houses Assembly elections, the ...
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08/03/2019

Nigerian governorship elections: an update

Nigeria is in the middle of an election season, and the challenges involved in organising the nationwide and regional polls ...
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07/03/2019

Governorship, State Assembly and F.C.T Area Council Elections

Issued 12.00pm: Thursday, 7th March 2019 On Saturday 9th March 2019, Nigerians will come out to vote at State level ...
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06/03/2019

Aquaculture & Agriculture, piloting twin alternatives to the Artisanal Oil Industry in Bayelsa State.

Summary In 2018, SDN engaged remote communities, heavily involved in the artisanal oil industry - and marked by the associated ...
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27/02/2019

Collation and Announcement of the 2019 Presidential Election Results

Issued: 8:00pm Tuesday, 26 February 2019 Introduction The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room) has been observing the national ...
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26/02/2019

Conduct of the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly Elections on 23 February 2019

Issued: 9:00 Monday, 25th February 2019 Introduction Following from its observation of the 2019 Nigerian Presidential and National Assembly elections, ...
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20/02/2019

Increasing Women’s Participation in Politics in the Niger Delta

The Women in Governance project is an exciting new nine-month project by SDN, in partnership with the Nigerian Women’s Trust ...
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19/02/2019

Statement on INEC’s Postponement of the 2019 Elections

[SDN is a member of the Civil Society Situation Room which is made up of civil society organisations (CSOs) working ...
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18/02/2019

Niger Delta Watch 2019 – Webinar #3

Wednesday 20 February 201910:00 EST / 15:00 London / 16:00 AbujaOnline, via zoom.us – a joining URL will be shared with youDuration: 45 minutes ...
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06/02/2019

Research on women’s participation in politics in the Niger Delta

Background: Women’s participation in politics in Nigeria and the Niger Delta region is peculiar, particularly the low number of women ...
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30/01/2019

Niger Delta Watch 2019 – Webinar #2

Wednesday 06 February 20191000 EST / 15:00 London / 16:00 AbujaOnline, via zoom.us – a joining URL will be sharedDuration: ...
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23/01/2019

Call for proposals: Ken Saro-Wiwa Innovation Hub Documentary Production

See full Terms of Reference Deadline: 28.01.2019 (The expected duration of this consultancy is January 2019 – February 2019. The ...
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19/12/2018

New project funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF).

SDN is pleased to announce that in January 2019 it will launch a new project funded by the United Nations ...
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12/12/2018

Niger Delta Watch 2019 – webinar #1

Stakeholder Democracy Network invites you to attend an online briefing on the 2019 Nigerian elections. Tuesday 18 December 201810:00 EST ...
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11/12/2018

Press Release: New report on artisanal oil refining in the Niger Delta

"More Money, More Problems"– Economic Dynamics of the Artisanal Oil Industry in the Niger Delta Over Five Years PRESS RELEASE ...
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09/12/2018

Niger Delta Watch 2019 is a citizen-led elections observation project

Niger Delta Watch 2019 is a citizen-led elections observation project reporting on the 2019 Nigerian presidential and governorship elections. The ...
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03/09/2018

2019 Elections Update

The past few months have witnessed a dramatic increase in the political manoeuvring in advance of the 2019 Nigerian election ...
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03/09/2018

2019 Election: Voter Toolkit

This voter toolkit has been produced to empower individuals and communities with critical information about the 2019 elections in accessible ...
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03/09/2018

Policy analysis: NOSDRA Amendment Draft Bill

The Nigerian Senate has recently passed the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) Amendment Bill. This could help ...
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03/09/2018

PRESS RELEASE: Sowing Hope for Agricultural Livelihoods to Grow Development in the Niger Delta

Recent research by SDN indicates a burgeoning artisanal oil industry in the Niger Delta, endangering regional environmental health and stability ...
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08/08/2018

Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Condemns Security Siege at the National Assembly

The Nigeria Election Situation Room notes with serious concern the growing attack on constitutionalism in Nigeria and brazen acts of ...
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01/05/2018

Report 1: Public Perceptions of Security Dynamics and Stabilisation Interventions in the Niger Delta

This report presents the results of a public perceptions survey, carried out by SDN in Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states ...
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01/05/2018

Oil sector reform: Clean The Delta campaign update

Recent political developments are paving the way for changes in how Nigeria’s oil industry, predominantly based in the Niger Delta, ...
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01/05/2018

Community voices for change: local advocacy in the Niger Delta

Corruption, patronage networks, difficulty in getting access to political representatives, and a lack of transparency mean it is extremely difficult ...
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06/03/2018

Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation award for innovation

The Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation launched it's first awards for innovation in 2017, supporting awardees to lift barriers to development of ...
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03/04/2017

Early Warning Early Response Impact on Ogbia and Yenagoa LGAs

The Early Warning, Early Response (EWER) training for community leaders, Peace Platforms, Security Agencies and other stakeholders from Ogbia and ...
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23/03/2017

Community Advocates To End Land Dispute With Neighbour

Wakama Community is located in Ogu-Bolo local government area of Rivers State. Its neighbouring communities are Kporgho, Kira, Bolo, and ...
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22/03/2017

Adeline Odikibiebuma Lead Advocacy For Infrastructural Development in Ogu Community.

Madam Adeline Odikibiebuma is an inhabitant of Ogu, in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State; she is a teacher, ...
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11/01/2017

Ogoni Day 2017: Civil Society Organizations and Stakeholders Further Call For Cleanup of Ogoni Land.

The 2017 edition of the Ogoni Day celebration themed: “Peace and Unity for the Sustainable Development of Ogoni land” held at ...
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10/01/2017

Early Warning and Early Response Training for Community Members and Security Agencies in Bayelsa State

Bayelsa State is located in Southern Nigeria at the heart of the Niger Delta between Rivers State and Delta State ...
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15/11/2016

SDN Shaping Development Conversations in the Niger Delta through Radio and Social Media

Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), was established as a non-governmental not-for-profit organization in 2004 with the mission to support the efforts of ...
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15/09/2016

Recent oil spills in Delta and Bayelsa States, Nigeria

Three oil spills have been reported in the press in August and September 2016. All of these spills have had ...
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19/07/2016

WATERFRONT DEMOLITIONS IN RIVERS STATE

Today, July 19th 2016, about three hundred men, women and children from waterfront communities threatened with ongoing forced evictions by ...
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02/06/2016

Launch of the Ogoni clean-up by the Federal Government of Nigeria

It was good news for the people of Ogoniland in Rivers state of Nigeria when the federal government announced that ...
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26/05/2016

Current spate of violence and insecurity in the Niger Delta region

Press Statement It appears the stage is set. The decorations and rehearsals are done and the spectators ready for another ...
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20/01/2016

Nigeria in 2016: a challenging year ahead

Economic slowdown in Europe and China, dropping prices of oil, mean shrinking of budgets in Nigeria. This coincides with a ...
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16/11/2015

Tackling pipeline vandalism in the communities of the Delta

SDN’s latest report, ‘Building Bridges’ investigates approaches to tackle the large scale issue of pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta ...
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09/11/2015

What has changed in the last 20 years? The uncomfortable truth about oil spill clean-up

As people remember the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the 8 other Ogoni leaders 20 years ago, SDN’s latest report ...
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26/10/2015

Rumuekpe Community: Breaking Cycles of Violence

The case of Rumuekpe Community (Rivers State) narrates the human consequences of oil exploration and weak governance. Rumuekpe typifies a modern conflict ...
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05/10/2015

The human cost of oil-exploration

The case of Rumuekpe Community, Niger Delta, narrates the wretched human consequences of oil exploration. A community left without development, ...
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14/09/2015

The Petroleum Industry Bill and its proposed Petroleum Host Communities Fund (PHCF)

Oil-producing communities desperately need their rights enshrined by the federal government with regard to oil-spill compensation, environmental clean-up and improved ...
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07/09/2015

The Petroleum Industry Bill; a short-sighted fiscal proposal

The yet-to-be passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) proposes a new fiscal regime for Nigeria’s oil industry which would governs the ...
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03/09/2015

SDN Wins Community Development and Nature Conservation Award

On Thursday 3rd September, 2015 at the Nigerian Institute for International Affairs in Lagos, the Country Director of Stakeholder Democracy ...
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03/09/2015

Reforming Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry: A closer look at the Petroleum Industry Bill

The Petroleum Industry Bill: 14 years in the making Crude petroleum is Nigeria’s most important non-renewable energy source, contributing over ...
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23/08/2015

If Nigeria’s fuel subsidies are to end, cash transfers are the way forward

Nigeria's new president, Muhammadu Buhari, is considering whether or not to end an expensive fuel subsidy programme, although many Nigerians ...
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11/08/2015

Lack of Transparency and Mismanagement of Fuel Subsidy Revenues

With insufficient refining capacity, Nigeria is forced to import almost all the fuel it needs – despite being the Africa’s ...
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06/08/2015

President Buhari Approves Actions To Fast-Track Environmental Clean-Up Of Ogoniland

In keeping with his avowed commitment to working for the development and well-being of all Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday ...
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04/08/2015

Premium Times: Nigeria lost over N6.4 trillion to corruption-ridden NNPC oil sales – NRGI Report

Nigeria would have been buoyant enough to finance its 2015 budget of N4.36 trillion and still pay off its external ...
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04/08/2015

Nigeria’s Fuel Subsidy: The Balancing Act

Nigerian fuel subsidy has cost $3bn over previous year Exchange rate fluctuations are seriously impacting the cost of subsidy Increased domestic fuel ...
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16/06/2015

Massive Nigerian oil spill goes unreported

Details of the largest single oil spill of 2014, highlighted by local media group Sahara Reports in an article from ...
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16/06/2015

‘This is Bonny, transit town’ documentary by NACGOND

'This is Bonny, transit town' is a documentary that shares the experiences of fishermen and women living on Bonny Island, ...
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25/05/2015

Anti-Corruption Network demands release of budgets for Rivers State

Text of Press Conference by the Niger Delta Anti-Corruption Network (NIDAN) and the Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform (NDCBP) ...
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23/02/2015

NIDAN anti-corruption network gathers strength

Flora Asieri in Port Harcourt reports The Niger Delta Anticorruption Network (NIDAN) paid courtesy visits to the leadership of the ...
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02/02/2015

Oil Spill Monitor takes second place at Innovating Justice Awards

SDN received recognition for its work on the Oil Spill Monitor and Gas Flare Tracker digital mapping platforms in November after coming second ...
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15/12/2014

Pre-Election Preparations in Jeopardy

INEC has long said that a credible voter's register is the cornerstone of a credible election in Nigeria. It sits ...
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SDN and Dawn in the Creeks show violence does not pay

13/12/2014

Showing violence does not pay

SDN, in collaboration with Dawn in the Creeks and CCADA, has been running a number of roadshows over the previous ...
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09/12/2014

Niger Delta Anticorruption Network: Breaking the corruption chain

From Rita in Port Harcourt This year's theme for the International Anticorruption Day is "Breaking the corruption chain". Given that ...
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08/12/2014

Global Post: Five years after ceasefire, Niger Delta’s retired militants warn of new violence

Young combatants who handed their guns over to the government in 2009 say oil-soaked corruption and inequality are pushing the ...
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Gas flare in the Niger Delta identified by satellite

02/12/2014

Why has the DPR decided to drop gas flare fines?

Hot on the heels of the launch of the Gas Flare Tracker in Abuja in November, the Nigerian Department for Petroleum Resources ...
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28/10/2014

Helping to mediate in Rumuekpe

SDN's Samuel Agboola reports October 16, 2014 marked the beginning of another small successful milestone for SDN in the ongoing ...
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19/10/2014

ICPC supports SDN’s work to fight corruption

From SDN's Rita Agbor in Port Harcourt: On the 13th of October 2014, the head of the Independent Corrupt Practices ...
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14/10/2014

Towards a new oil spill compensation mechanism for Nigeria

Nigeria’s oil spill compensation system is broken. Individuals and communities whose lives have been ruined by oil spills wait years ...
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12/10/2014

Kpite community grateful to SDN for STAND ICT unit

On a recent visit to Kpite by SDN to carry out a Town Hall meeting on the upcoming elections, SDN ...
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12/10/2014

SDN helps communities prepare for the 2015 elections

SDN staff in Port Harcourt have been visiting local communities to facilitate participatory discussions on political participation, gender inclusion, mandate ...
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