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...
With insufficient refining capacity, Nigeria is forced to import almost all the fuel it needs – despite being the Africa’s largest and world’s 6th largest exporter of crude oil....
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...
Nigeria would have been buoyant enough to finance its 2015 budget of N4.36 trillion and still pay off its external debts of N2.03 trillion if it had not lost...
This report offers the first in-depth, independent analysis of how NNPC sells its oil. The main body of the report describes how oil sale practices have worsened since 2010,...
According to our independent analysis based on average domestic fuel consumption, subsidies claimed by fuel marketers cost Nigeria $2.9bn over the last year. Here we explain the Nigerian fuel...
We however hold strongly that no claim to transparency and accountability can be considered valid in a system where the basic document to achieve it, is not available to...
The Niger Delta Anticorruption Network (NIDAN) paid courtesy visits to the leadership of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Nigerian Bar Association(NBA), Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the...
NEMBE, Nigeria — Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari has become the first opposition candidate to win a presidential election in Nigeria. He defeated incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, widely criticized...
The collapse of plans to distribute voters cards to several of the largest states (including Rivers) in the first week of December amounted to nothing less than a debacle....
Hot on the heels of the launch of the Gas Flare Tracker in Abuja in November, the Nigerian Department for Petroleum Resources decides to drop all fines for gas...
As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the election process, the SDN elections team has staged a live radio town hall in Port Harcourt on the theme: ‘Employment and...
On the 13th of October 2014, the head of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) in charge of Rivers and Bayelsa together with three other...
SDN staff in Port Harcourt have been visiting local communities to facilitate participatory discussions on political participation, gender inclusion, mandate protection, and mitigation of electoral violence as part of...
This week provided a quite shocking reminder of how poorly Nigeria's gas resources are being utilized.