Oil extraction and production has been a key driver of conflict in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The region has occasionally erupted in violent protests against oil companies over issues relating to community development, compensation for damage caused by oil spills and other oil-related environmental hazards. These agitations and protests sometimes spark violence and…
This briefing examines the senatorial zoning system in Rivers and outlines the challenges and drivers of insecurity specific to each senatorial district going into the 2019 elections. Download report below: [wp_mb_plugin_download instance=”1″ password=”” buttonname=”Download” name=”Preventing Election Violence in Rivers State” datetime=”September 5, 2018 – 9:45 pm” other=”v.1.7 (PIND)” atagseo=”tag”]https://pindfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Conflict-Briefing-Preventing-Election-Violence-in-Rivers-State-FINAL.pdf[/wp_mb_plugin_download]
This report aims to highlight the different forms and drivers of domestic violence in the Niger Delta, with a particular focus on Rivers state. Through greater awareness and engagement on the issue across sectors, community leaders, policy makers and practitioners work together to address the underlying drivers of domestic violence, as well as strengthen prevention…
This conflict brief provides a snapshot of the trends and patterns of organized criminality and political violence in the Niger Delta and examines the security and risk implications of organized crime on the upcoming 2019 Nigerian general elections in the region. DOWNLOAD Organized Crime in the Niger Delta: Implications for the 2019 Elections (6510 downloads…
Since 2015, the Pro-Biafra movement has been making steady progress in raising awareness, and drawing sympathizers and supporters to its cause in the South East
Ogoniland has long been an area symbolic in the minds of people both inside and outside of the Niger Delta for its struggle against environmental degradation caused by resource exploitation. While both the Clean-up Project and the renewed amnesty programme are an attempt to restore security and economic viability to Ogoniland, multiple overlapping and intertwined…
This report by PIND Foundation, NDPI Foundation and Fund for Peace provides a state of play in Rivers State in the sensitive first few months since the national and gubernatorial elections in the state. This report provides background on the political environment, the role of the judiciary and security officials as well as the various…
Reports of cult violence have increased sharply in the Niger Delta since the beginning of 2014. This has been particularly salient in Rivers State, where the violence has been spread over a wide geographic region. DOWNLOAD
Transition of gubernatorial power has historically been fraught with violence in Bayelsa. Now, in 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed 5th December 2015 for the Bayelsa State gubernatorial elections, and there are signs that conflict issues are emerging once again. This report details analysis of the situation in Bayelsa State based on…
In 2009, after over three years of intensive militancy activities and violence in the Niger Delta which saw the nation’s oil production capacity drop to an all-time low, President Yar’Adua declared the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The programme provided amnesty from prosecution for ex-militants in return for the surrender of arms, and ongoing financial incentives to…