The Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation launched it’s first awards for innovation in 2017, supporting awardees to lift barriers to development of future economies in Nigeria. It has been named the...
The Early Warning, Early Response (EWER) training for community leaders, Peace Platforms, Security Agencies and other stakeholders from Ogbia and Yenagoa LGA has come and gone yet its impact...
Wakama Community is located in Ogu-Bolo local government area of Rivers State. Its neighbouring communities are Kporgho, Kira, Bolo, and Gio communities. The traditional language of the Wakama people...
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...
Economic slowdown in Europe and China, dropping prices of oil, mean shrinking of budgets in Nigeria. This coincides with a year that will be the decisive test of Buhari’s...
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 (Rivers State) narrates the human consequences of oil exploration and weak governance. Rumuekpe typifies a modern conflict zone, with repeating cycles of criminal and political violence. ...
Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, is considering whether or not to end an expensive fuel subsidy programme, although many Nigerians see cheap fuel prices as perhaps the only benefit...
With insufficient refining capacity, Nigeria is forced to import almost all the fuel it needs – despite being the Africa’s largest and world’s 6th largest exporter of crude oil....
Nigeria would have been buoyant enough to finance its 2015 budget of N4.36 trillion and still pay off its external debts of N2.03 trillion if it had not lost...
According to our independent analysis based on average domestic fuel consumption, subsidies claimed by fuel marketers cost Nigeria $2.9bn over the last year. Here we explain the Nigerian fuel...
'This is Bonny, transit town' is a documentary that shares the experiences of fishermen and women living on Bonny Island, home to Nigeria's largest export terminal for the oil...
We however hold strongly that no claim to transparency and accountability can be considered valid in a system where the basic document to achieve it, is not available to...
The Niger Delta Anticorruption Network (NIDAN) paid courtesy visits to the leadership of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Nigerian Bar Association(NBA), Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the...
SDN received recognition for its work on the Oil Spill Monitor and Gas Flare Tracker digital mapping platforms in November after coming second in the HiiL Innovating Justice awards...