The collapse of plans to distribute voters cards to several of the largest states (including Rivers) in the first week of December amounted to nothing less than a debacle....
SDN, in collaboration with Dawn in the Creeks and CCADA, has been running a number of roadshows over the previous months in the Niger Delta to mobilise communities against...
The role of the media in empowering citizens to fight corruption can never be over emphasized.
Young combatants who handed their guns over to the government in 2009 say oil-soaked corruption and inequality are pushing the next generation back toward bloodshed. Read the full article...
Hot on the heels of the launch of the Gas Flare Tracker in Abuja in November, the Nigerian Department for Petroleum Resources decides to drop all fines for gas...
October 16, 2014 marked the beginning of another small successful milestone for SDN in the ongoing journey towards a process of reconciliation and peace following the conflict in Rumuekpe.
On the 13th of October 2014, the head of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) in charge of Rivers and Bayelsa together with three other...
Nigeria’s oil spill compensation system is broken. Individuals and communities whose lives have been ruined by oil spills wait years for payments which often never come.
On a recent visit to Kpite by SDN to carry out a Town Hall meeting on the upcoming elections, SDN staff were thanked by the Paramount Ruler for chosing...
SDN staff in Port Harcourt have been visiting local communities to facilitate participatory discussions on political participation, gender inclusion, mandate protection, and mitigation of electoral violence as part of...
This week provided a quite shocking reminder of how poorly Nigeria's gas resources are being utilized.
The third anniversary of the UNEP report on environmental damage in Ogoni has brought an acknowledgement that the HYPREP intervention has been a comprehensive failure.
Like many other voiceless victims in Niger-Delta communities, Mrs. Yerizima wishes there could be something done about her case, but she remains in the dark about what to do....
Three years after the publication of a ground-breaking report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on oil pollution in Ogoniland, the people of Ogoniland continue to suffer the effects...
The paper is informed by comparative research and the practical experiences of those who have – through negotiation, litigation, and other forms of recourse – sought remedy after an...