International oil companies are selling their onshore assets to move offshore, or out of Nigeria altogether. The rate of divestment is accelerating, and there are widespread concerns that the...
Biannual Progress Report: July-December 2022 In 2020, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) commenced the Independent Civil Society Monitoring of the Ogoniland...
SDN today releases research that highlights how the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) targeted toward host community development create both opportunities and challenges. We are encouraged by...
Why is gas problematic for Nigeria and the Niger Delta? The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) plans to expand gas production to serve growing international and domestic demand. However,...
About the Report: This research analyses the possible impacts for Nigeria and the Niger Delta if it continues down the path of increasing gas production. The analysis aims to...
SDN today releases research that highlights the risks associated with increasing gas production in Nigeria. Expansion is expected due to domestic energy plans, and increased demand from Europe and...
Recent news coverage has highlighted further concerns about the credibility and quality of Nigeria’s largest oil spill clean-up, including poor implementation of remediation techniques and mishandling of contracts. This...
Biannual progress report July–December 2021 In 2020, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) commenced the Independent Civil Society Monitoring of the Ogoniland...
What is happening? Nigerian domestic oil companies (DOCs) are taking over the country’s onshore oil and gas industry, while international oil companies (IOCs) are steadily moving offshore, or out...
Three oil spills have been reported in the press in August and September 2016. All of these spills have had a devastating impact on the agriculture, environments and general...
The UN Climate Change summit in Paris is well under way, towards the agreement of decisive climate action plans which will lead the way towards greater protection of the...
As people remember the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the 8 other Ogoni leaders 20 years ago, SDN’s latest report exposes some startling truths about oil spill cleanup in...
The case of Rumuekpe Community, Niger Delta, narrates the wretched human consequences of oil exploration. A community left without development, despite its resource riches, plagued by poverty and in-fighting. ...
Oil-producing communities desperately need their rights enshrined by the federal government with regard to oil-spill compensation, environmental clean-up and improved socio-economic development of the operating regions.
The yet-to-be passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) proposes a new fiscal regime for Nigeria’s oil industry which would governs the economic benefits derived from petroleum exploration and production. The...