It was good news for the people of Ogoniland in Rivers state of Nigeria when the federal government announced that it was going to implement the recommendations of the...
SDN’s latest report, ‘Building Bridges’ investigates approaches to tackle the large scale issue of pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta. A fractious relationship between oil companies, the communities and government...
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 poverty and in-fighting. ...
Oil-producing communities desperately need their rights enshrined by the federal government with regard to oil-spill compensation, environmental clean-up and improved socio-economic development of the operating regions.
The yet-to-be passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) proposes a new fiscal regime for Nigeria’s oil industry which would governs the economic benefits derived from petroleum exploration and production. The...
The Petroleum Industry Bill: 14 years in the making Crude petroleum is Nigeria’s most important non-renewable energy source, contributing over 90 percent of the country’s foreign exchange earnings and...
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...
Details of the largest single oil spill of 2014, highlighted by local media group Sahara Reports in an article from July last year, has yet to appear on NOSDRA’s...