News
Power Sector Review 2018
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...
Community voices for change: local advocacy in the Niger Delta
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...
BEDC Customer Survey: Developing Mutual Accountability to Tackle Electricity
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...
SDN Shaping Development Conversations in the Niger Delta through Radio and Social Media
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...
Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr.
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...
WATERFRONT DEMOLITIONS IN RIVERS STATE
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...
UNEP Report: Expert calls for proper clean-up of Ogoni environment
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...
Current spate of violence and insecurity in the Niger Delta region
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...
The UN Climate Change summit: strong action needed to protect the Niger Delta
The UN Climate Change summit in Paris is well under way, towards the agreement of decisive climate action plans which will lead the way towards greater protection of the...
Building Bridges: Community-Based Approaches to Tackle Pipeline Vandalism
Pipeline vandalism cost the Nigerian Government, oil-companies and communities an estimated $14bn dollars in 2014. The failure of the Nigerian state to provide basic public services and security in...
Oil divides: rebuilding peace in the Niger Delta
The case of Rumuekpe Community, Niger Delta, narrates the wretched human consequences of oil exploration. A community left without development despite its resource riches, plagued by both poverty and...
SDN Wins Community Development and Nature Conservation Award
On Thursday 3rd September, 2015 at the Nigerian Institute for International Affairs in Lagos, the Country Director of Stakeholder Democracy Network, Inemo Samiama received “The 2015 Community Development and...
Nigeria’s fuel subsidy under the spotlight
Whatever strategy President Buhari chooses to address this program one thing is clear – he will be moving against very powerful forces, entrenched since the advent of democracy.
International Youth Day 2015: Strengthening Civic Engagement in the Niger Delta
Today marks the 20th International Youth Day. The theme adopted this year is “youth civic engagement”, which the UN argues is essential to achieve sustainable human development. More than...
President Buhari Approves Actions To Fast-Track Environmental Clean-Up Of Ogoniland
In keeping with his avowed commitment to working for the development and well-being of all Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja approved several actions to fast-track the long...