This report explores the trends, drivers, and implications of international oil companies (IOCs) selling off assets to Nigerian domestic oil companies (DOCs). Our analysis of investment trends illustrates that...
Economic slowdown in Europe and China, dropping prices of oil, mean shrinking of budgets in Nigeria. This coincides with a year that will be the decisive test of Buhari’s...
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...
The case of Rumuekpe Community (Rivers State) narrates the human consequences of oil exploration and weak governance. Rumuekpe typifies a modern conflict zone, with repeating cycles of criminal and political violence. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
'This is Bonny, transit town' is a documentary that shares the experiences of fishermen and women living on Bonny Island, home to Nigeria's largest export terminal for the oil...
Following a thorough consultation with oil spill response teams, recommendations are made on practical, operational improvements to the JIV and how to put these improvements in place.
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...