Madam Adeline Odikibiebuma is an inhabitant of Ogu, in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State; she is a teacher, women leader, and a respected voice who has been...
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 Bori, the traditional headquarters of the Ogoni nation, amidst...
Bayelsa State is located in Southern Nigeria at the heart of the Niger Delta between Rivers State and Delta State. Its capital is Yenagoa and the state averages a...
On Saturday 10th December 2016, Rivers state will hold Federal and Legislative rerun elections. This follows the elections in 2015 where results were anulled due to widespread violence and...
Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), was established as a non-governmental not-for-profit organization in 2004 with the mission to support the efforts of those affected by extractive industries and weak governance through...
Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr. (also known as Ken Wiwa) was an important thinker and human-rights activist, whose wit spoke for the very heart of people in the Niger Delta. Ken...
Between the years 2000 – 2005, Nigeria lost around 55% of its’ primary forests, causing the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to record it as having the highest rate...
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...
Today, July 19th 2016, about three hundred men, women and children from waterfront communities threatened with ongoing forced evictions by the Rivers State Government took to the streets to...
The mounting consequences of climate change are taking their toll on Nigeria, from different angles: desertification in the north, deforestation in the south east, oil pollution and flooding in...
The Niger Delta region fuels Nigeria’s economy, accounting for 95 per cent of Nigeria’s export earnings and over 80 per cent of the federal government’s revenue. Yet it remains...
It was good news for the people of Ogoniland in Rivers state of Nigeria when the federal government announced that it was going to implement the recommendations of the...
Mr Inemo Samiama, an environmentalist, on Tuesday called for proper clean-up of Ogoni environment polluted by years of oil exploration. Samiama, Country Director, Stakeholders Democracy Network, a Non Governmental...
Press Statement It appears the stage is set. The decorations and rehearsals are done and the spectators ready for another round of war games in the Niger Delta. War...
Decommissioning is the process whereby abandoned oil and gas fields are made safe and the land or sea is restored as far as possible to their original state. This...