Digital Delta: The Digital Gender Gap in the Niger Delta
The Digital sector in Nigeria is rapidly growing, driving economic development and creating job opportunities across the country. However, as in many parts of the world, gender inequality persists in the digital economy, leaving women and girls behind.Our latest research, ...
SDN and USAID Mangrove Restoration and Conservation Conference
In July 2024, SDN and USAID hosted a pivotal conference focused on mangrove restoration and conservation in Nigeria. Key stakeholders, including government representatives, researchers, and civil society organizations, gathered to discuss the critical role of mangroves in biodiversity, climate resilience, ...
Multiple taxation in Rivers State
Multiple taxation report is one of the biggest issues for women and young people in Rivers State. Our research found that the current system disproportionately harms them, prompting a call for greater awareness about the impacts on their lives and ...
Rivers State Governorship Debate 2023
In the lead-up to the 2023 elections, it is crucial for voters to have a clear understanding of where each candidate stands on issues that matter most to the people of Rivers State. SDN, in collaboration with our partners, hosted ...
Campus Campaign: SDN and INEC Officials Sensitises University Students on How to Get Their PVCss
As part of our commitment to fostering greater political participation among Nigeria's youth and women, we are excited to share highlights from our recent campus campaign in partnership with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This campaign focused on sensitising university ...
SDN at 20: Celebrating two decades of impact in the Niger Delta
Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) with our special documentary. This documentary brings together our past and present staff, founders, partners, and executives to share the inspiring journey of SDN since its inception in ...
Climate Smart Agriculture: Supporting Smallholder Farmers to Adapt to the Impact of Climate Change
In the Niger Delta in Nigeria, smallholder farmers are grappling with the devastating effects of climate change. As an organisation at the forefront of sustainable development, SDN has implemented this project that teaches farmers climate smart agriculture techniques. By adapting ...
Report: 2020 Nigerian oil industry environmental performance index
Overview The Environmental Performance Index analyses annual emissions by oil-producing companies operating in the Niger Delta, the oil and gas-producing region of Nigeria. This includes total emissions and comparisons between companies, states, and countries – specifically oil spills and gas flaring ...
Video: Reducing Digital Gender Gaps in the Niger Delta
Nigeria's digital economy is rapidly growing, and it is crucial that all segments of society, particularly women, are given an equal opportunity to participate and reap its benefits. At SDN, we are committed to bridging the digital gender gap in ...
SDN Annual Report, 2023
We are proud to publish SDN annual report for the year 2023. As we reflect on the past year, we are proud to share with you the progress, achievements, and impact of our work in promoting environmental justice, sustainable ...
Report: 2019 Nigerian oil industry environmental performance index
Overview The Environmental Performance Index analyses annual emissions by oil producing companies operating in the Niger Delta, the oil and gas producing region of Nigeria. This includes total emissions and comparisons between companies, states, and countries. In 2020, Nigeria was ...
Report: Independent Monitoring of Ogoniland Clean-up
In 2020, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) commenced the Independent Civil Society Monitoring of the Ogoniland Cleanup project with support from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and working in partnership with ...
Report: Independent Monitoring of Ogoniland Clean-up
In 2020, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) commenced the Independent Civil Society Monitoring of the Ogoniland Cleanup project with support from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and working in partnership with ...
Research paper – Mitigation and transformation solutions to networked corruption in artisanal refining in the Niger Delta: retooling anti-corruption analysis for effective policy
SDN has worked with SOAS University of London (UK) to help map links between artisanal oil refining and other livelihoods, and highlight the ‘benefits’ or incentive structures of those involved in this informal economy.Artisanal oil refining in the Niger Delta ...
Gas Expansion and the Energy Transition in Nigeria and the Niger Delta
This research analyses the possible impacts for Nigeria and the Niger Delta if it continues down the path of increasing gas production. The analysis aims to highlight Nigeria’s position within the current global gas situation. It covers Nigeria’s plans to ...
Report: Independent Monitoring of the Ogoniland Clean-up
Biannual progress report July–December 2021 In 2020, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) commenced the Independent Civil Society Monitoring of the Ogoniland Cleanup project with support from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ...
Women and Youth Agenda (WAYA) for the 2023 Elections in Rivers State
Women and youth, including persons with disabilities, are underrepresented in politics and governance processes and their priorities are systematically neglected.
The Rivers State Women and Youth Agenda represents the priorities of women, young people and persons with disabilities ...
The Rivers State Women and Youth Agenda represents the priorities of women, young people and persons with disabilities ...
Register to vote in the 2023 Election FAQ
This page will be updated if and when new information becomes available through INEC Nigeria What is Continuous Voter Registration?
To vote in the 2023 elections, you need to be registered. The only way to do this is to take part ...
To vote in the 2023 elections, you need to be registered. The only way to do this is to take part ...
Inside a Nigerian artisanal oil refinery (2021)
SDN has worked with SOAS University of London (UK) to help map links between artisanal oil refining and other livelihoods, and highlight the ‘benefits’ or incentive structures of those involved in this informal economy. In this video, an owner explains ...
Report: Independent Monitoring of the Ogoniland Clean-up
Biannual progress report January–June 2021 In 2020, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) commenced the Independent Civil Society Monitoring of the Ogoniland Cleanup project with support from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ...
Ogoniland clean-up dashboard
Tracking progress
Welcome to our dashboard tracking key indications of progress with HYPREP's clean-up of historic oil spills in Ogoniland, Rivers State in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. This dashboard is updated every 3 months with the most up-to-date data ...
Welcome to our dashboard tracking key indications of progress with HYPREP's clean-up of historic oil spills in Ogoniland, Rivers State in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. This dashboard is updated every 3 months with the most up-to-date data ...
Nigeria’s Presidential Amnesty Programme
Untangling the dependencies that prevent it ending Initiated in June 2009, the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has become an enduring institution. Initially it was conceived as a short-term mechanism for de-escalating and defusing the militant insurgency that destabilised the oil-rich ...
Brief: Nigeria’s Presidential Amnesty Programme
In whose interests? The mismanagement of government resources allocated to the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for ex-agitators has created complex and stubborn financial dependencies. This complicates efforts to transition the PAP to an end. These dependences stretch beyond legitimate participants, ...
Report: The status of civic space in Rivers State
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 civil and political rights. This research was undertaken as part of a ...
Brief: Freedom of the press in the Niger Delta
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 quality independent journalism, holding those in power to account. However, freedom of ...
Artisanal oil refining in the Niger Delta – networked economies (2020)
SDN has worked with SOAS University of London (UK) to help map links between artisanal oil refining and other livelihoods, and highlight the ‘benefits’ or incentive structures of those involved in this informal economy. A wide informal economy has grown ...
The draft Nigerian Petroleum Industry Bill 2020: an analysis of environmental and host community matters
The latest iteration of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was forwarded to the National Assembly in September 2020. It has gone through first reading at both the Senate and House of Representatives but full deliberation and public hearing is expected ...
Community Monitoring and Advocacy Groups: handbook
Each CMAG documents and campaigns around the development priorities of its local community, in order to get them provided e.g. repairing a road, building a new school, or waste removal. It explains what CMAGs are, how they work, and how ...
Report: Public perceptions of security dynamics in the Niger Delta
This report summarises key findings from a series of research surveys conducted by Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) between September 2017 and January 2020. These surveys were carried out in the Niger Delta states of Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers. The purpose ...
Report: Oil money for development in Nigeria
Improvements to financial transparency in the oil and gas sector are particularly helpful in Nigeria, a country with a large oil industry based in the Niger Delta, but little transparency in how revenues are raised and spent. This report follows ...
Panel discussion: How can communities use transparency initiatives to boost accountability?
In this panel discussion (held on 06.10.2020), panelists explained how they, and their organisations, help civil society and communities affected by the oil and gas industry make use of transparency initiatives to enact changes on the ground in the Niger ...
Award: Niger Delta NGO of the year
The fifth GbaramatuVoice conference centered around Security, Peace and Development in the Niger Delta, and SDN was delighted to be named "Niger Delta NGO of the year"! SDN's Programme Manager, Florence Kayemba IbokAbas delivered a short lecture on the our ...
How to use DevelopND.ng to report or check on projects near you
The DevelopND.org is a website to list the current status of development projects in the Niger Delta, with public participation and visibility. This helps to hold agencies, such as NDDC, to account for how they spend their budget. For example, ...
Rice cultivation – alternative livelihoods in the Niger Delta
Between 2016 – 2017 SDN engaged with locals to design and implement long-lasting solutions to the artisanal oil industry. Alternative livelihoods were the number one priority – so SDN worked with former artisanal oil industry workers to identify and trial ...
Welding – alternative livelihoods in the Niger Delta
SDN partnered with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to train 15 youth from the Ogoni area how to fabricate a range of different cassava processing machinery. Over the training period, they also learned the business management skills required ...
Repentant cult gang members – alternative livelihoods in the Niger Delta
SDN partnered with Pax Viva to demobilise and reintegrate cult gang members back into society. This process has been ongoing in Ogoni land since 2016, and reached 4,700 repentant cultists, with an 80% success rate on reintegration. A small group ...
Aquaculture – alternative livelihoods in the Niger Delta
Between 2016 – 2017 SDN engaged with locals to design and implement long-lasting solutions to the artisanal oil industry. Alternative livelihoods were the number one priority – so SDN worked with former artisanal oil industry workers to identify and trial ...
Webinar: Environmental performance index
In 2018 alone, more than 25,000 barrels—4 million litres—of oil were spilled in the Niger Delta, and nearly half a billion cubic feet of gas was flared. But how do the oil companies involved compare?
On 01 July, we talked through ...
On 01 July, we talked through ...
Report: 2018 Nigerian oil industry environmental performance index
This report provides a comparative assessment of the environmental performance of 43 oil companies operating in Nigeria in 2018. This is the first environmental performance index (the Index) by SDN. It is based on the amount of oil spilled and ...
Brief: 2018 Nigerian oil industry environmental performance index
This report provides a comparative assessment of the environmental performance of 43 oil companies operating in Nigeria in 2018. This is the first environmental performance index (the Index) by SDN. It is based on the amount of oil spilled and ...
The Nigerian oil spill compensation regime
This report documents and explains some of the legal, technical, administrative, and socio-political barriers to the effective implementation of the compensation system. The purpose of doing so is to help identify a practical plan and realistic approach to change the ...
Report: The Nigerian oil spill compensation regime – obstacles and opportunities
The history of oil pollution in Nigeria is long and traumatic. The Nigerian oil industry, which has produced and exported high quality crude for over 50 years, drives the Nigerian economy. The inhabitants of the Niger Delta, the country’s principal ...