With recent events such as the #EndSARS, COVID19 lockdown measures, and the Twitter ban rocking Nigeria, we must gauge the effects these events and others have had on civic...
SDN brought together private and public sector leaders in December 2020 to review our forthcoming report on economic recovery of the Niger Delta from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in...
Summary This report is based on research in Rivers State, Nigeria, on the status of civic space, and the implications for individuals and organisations seeking to defend and expand...
Summary A free press is a critical part of democracy and a progressive state. Across Nigeria there is a wealth of talented journalists doing important work to produce high...
SDN has worked extensively across Rivers State, setting up community groups called ‘Community Monitoring and Advocacy Groups (CMAGs)’, and supporting them with ongoing advice and materials. These groups have...
Under our Defend civic space project, a coalition of civil society worked to secure the detained protestors access to family and lawyers after months of being denied both. The...
25/2/2021 With the support of Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), a coalition of civil society worked to secure the detained protestors access to family and lawyers after months of being...
We, the members of the Coalition of Concerned Civil Society Organisations in Rivers State in collaboration with our partners, and Rivers Civil Society Organisations (RIVCSO) are profoundly worried about...
As part of SDN’s Defend civic space project, we’re supporting investigative journalism in 2020 and 2021 through trainings and commissions to investigate abuses of power during #EndSARS protests and...
Training election observers On Thursday 03rd December, SDN trained 45 people to become election observers and provide on-the-ground reporting of elections and to monitor any irregularities around polling units...