In 2018, SDN visited Biseni, a community in Bayelsa State, to learn more about the local impact of the oil industry. We spoke to community members about the challenges...
Released on 14/01/2019 This is the fifth edition of Niger Delta Watch 2019. Across the region the electoral campaigns appear to be less intense and with fewer resources than...
Released on 24/12/18 This is the fourth report of Niger Delta Watch 2019. At a regional level, the latest period has been markedly quieter politically in all of the...
SDN has published three case studies looking at how communities can work together to support social change. The case studies highlight how advocacy groups in Kpite, Nonwa, and Ogu...
See our updated analysis for the latest version of the Nigerian Petroleum Industry Bill 2020 Today SDN publishes two policy briefs looking at key pieces of Nigerian oil sector...
“More Money, More Problems”– Economic Dynamics of the Artisanal Oil Industry in the Niger Delta Over Five Years PRESS RELEASE See our press pack for photos, a graphic guide...
Niger Delta Watch 2019 is a citizen-led elections observation project reporting on the 2019 Nigerian presidential and governorship elections. The project focuses on the states of Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta,...
The past few months have witnessed a dramatic increase in the political manoeuvring in advance of the 2019 Nigerian election. A raft of defections from the ruling APC party...
Recent research by SDN indicates a burgeoning artisanal oil industry in the Niger Delta, endangering regional environmental health and stability. “Many people are propelled into the illicit industry through...
The Nigeria Election Situation Room notes with serious concern the growing attack on constitutionalism in Nigeria and brazen acts of impunity by elected officials. In the last one month,...
Nigeria’s power sector is failing. After $2 billion was spent on the nationalised National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) in the 1980s and 1990s, the Authority had an all-time low...
Corruption, patronage networks, difficulty in getting access to political representatives, and a lack of transparency mean it is extremely difficult for citizens in the Niger Delta to hold government...
Research from a survey conducted for customers in selected Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) business districts has found widespread inadequacy in the reliability of the electricity supply to households...
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...