Publications

15/10/2024 SDN

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...

25/09/2024 SDN

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...

22/08/2024 SDN

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...

22/08/2024 SDN

SDN Annual Report, 2023

We are proud to publish SDN annual report for the year 2023. As we reflect on the past year, we...

21/08/2024 SDN

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...

21/08/2024 SDN

Practical Approaches for the Effective Implementation of Host Community Development Trusts (HCDTs)

This Handbook outlines practical approaches to implement the Host Community Development Trust (HCDT) section of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA),...

30/10/2023 SDN

Report: Independent Monitoring of Ogoniland Clean-up

Biannual Progress Report: July-December 2022 In 2020, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD)...

11/05/2023 SDN

Report: Independent Monitoring of Ogoniland Clean-up

Biannual Progress Report January-June 2022 In 2020, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD)...

10/05/2023 SDN

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,...

16/05/2023 SDN

Opportunities to improve the Host Community Development Trusts under Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act

This research highlights how the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) targeted toward host community development create both opportunities...

25/04/2023 SDN

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...

12/08/2022 SDN

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...

17/08/2021 SDN

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...

17/05/2021 SDN

Brief: Freedom of the press in the Niger Delta

Summary A free press is a critical part of democracy and a progressive state. Across Nigeria there is a wealth...

16/12/2020 SDN

The draft Nigerian Petroleum Industry Bill 2020: an analysis of environmental and host community matters

Summary The latest iteration of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was forwarded to the National Assembly in September 2020. It...

01/07/2020 SDN

Brief: 2018 Nigerian oil industry environmental performance index

Summary This report provides a comparative assessment of the environmental performance of 43 oil companies operating in Nigeria in 2018....

01/06/2020 SDN

Policy brief: A leaky system

Strengthening monitoring of oil-related imports and exports in Nigeria Summary This brief summarises research on the potential of commercial and...

23/03/2020 SDN

Policy brief: Dirty fuel

An analysis of official and unofficial petroleum products in the Niger Delta Summary Official fuel quality regulation must be enforced...

27/05/2022 SDN

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...

16/11/2020 SDN

Community Monitoring and Advocacy Groups: handbook

What are Community Monitoring and Advocacy Groups (CMAGs)? Each CMAG documents and campaigns around the development priorities of its local...

01/09/2020 SDN

Covid19 awareness resources

Developed for Rivers State in partnership with the Rivers State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHOEC) These educational resources are...

29/07/2020 SDN

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...

20/05/2020 SDN

WHO myth-busting Covid19 banners in Nigerian Pidgin

English: We realise most messages about Coronavirus are in English, and many centre around Western culture and appearance--so we're reaching...

18/12/2019 SDN

Our work in the Niger Delta

Our focus Protecting the environment We aim to reduce the negative environmental impact of the oil and gas sector, and...

05/11/2019 SDN

A voters’ guide to the Bayelsa governorship election on 16th November 2019

What is accreditation, and why do I need to be accredited on election day to vote? This is to ensure...

09/07/2019 SDN

Aquaculture: how to guide

This is a practical guide, aimed at existing and new aquaculture farmers, to scale up available opportunities in the fish...

26/06/2019 SDN

The artisanal oil industry: a graphic guide.

This graphic guide illustrates the stages of the value chain in the artisanal oil industry. The value chain Crude oil...

15/10/2024 SDN

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...

25/09/2024 SDN

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...

22/08/2024 SDN

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...

22/08/2024 SDN

SDN Annual Report, 2023

We are proud to publish SDN annual report for the year 2023. As we reflect on the past year, we...

21/08/2024 SDN

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...

21/08/2024 SDN

Practical Approaches for the Effective Implementation of Host Community Development Trusts (HCDTs)

This Handbook outlines practical approaches to implement the Host Community Development Trust (HCDT) section of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA),...

30/10/2023 SDN

Report: Independent Monitoring of Ogoniland Clean-up

Biannual Progress Report: July-December 2022 In 2020, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD)...

16/05/2023 SDN

Opportunities to improve the Host Community Development Trusts under Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act

This research highlights how the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) targeted toward host community development create both opportunities...

11/05/2023 SDN

Report: Independent Monitoring of Ogoniland Clean-up

Biannual Progress Report January-June 2022 In 2020, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD)...