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...
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.
SDN received recognition for its work on the Oil Spill Monitor and Gas Flare Tracker digital mapping platforms in November after coming second in the HiiL Innovating Justice awards...
Nigeria’s oil spill compensation system is broken. Individuals and communities whose lives have been ruined by oil spills wait years for payments which often never come.
The third anniversary of the UNEP report on environmental damage in Ogoni has brought an acknowledgement that the HYPREP intervention has been a comprehensive failure.
Like many other voiceless victims in Niger-Delta communities, Mrs. Yerizima wishes there could be something done about her case, but she remains in the dark about what to do....
Three years after the publication of a ground-breaking report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on oil pollution in Ogoniland, the people of Ogoniland continue to suffer the effects...
The paper is informed by comparative research and the practical experiences of those who have – through negotiation, litigation, and other forms of recourse – sought remedy after an...
SDN has been bringing together government regulators, oil companies and civil society groups so that together they can draft a new set of principles and a framework for oil...
A number of recommendations were made by NACGOND towards a new JIV policy and practice, to help reduce the distrust between oil companies, regulatory agencies and local communities, ultimately...