Rise in Cult Violence and Insecurity in Rivers State
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…
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Preventing Election Violence in Bayelsa
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…
PIND Q2 April – June 2015 Progress Report
This quarter, PIND’s Business Linkages recorded a milestone in its work to improve support markets for small businesses and the capacity of small businesses with…
Scoping Study of the Niger Delta Electricity Value Chain
The goals of this study are to inform future potential NDPI and PIND programming in the Niger Delta power sector through investigating, analyzing, and drawing…
Assessing the Social Stabilization and Conflict Mitigating Opportunities and Constraints Present in PIND’s Aquaculture Value Chain Project
This study examines The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta’s (PIND’s) aquaculture pilot project at the Ufuoma Fish Farm in Warri, to determine…
NDPI-PIND 2014 Participatory Strategic Review
After four years of implementation, a Participatory Strategic Review (PSR) was completed to holistically assess the effectiveness of the initiative’s development strategies and approaches to…
PIND Briefing – Aftermath of Presidential Amnesty Programme in Niger Delta – August 2015
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…
NGOs TO PARTNER US AGENCY ON NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT.
The Non-governmental organizations have come together and concluded to tackle the issue of under development and poverty in the Niger Delta region. The NGOs that…
PIND COMMISSIONS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION CENTRE IN DELTA STATE.
PIND COMMISSIONS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION CENTRE IN DELTA STATE. Energy consumption in Nigeria is currently in high demand and at a high frequency as a…
MADE Annual Review 2015
2015-16 was the second year of implementation of Market Development in the Niger Delta (MADE) programme by the service provider Development Alternatives International (DAI). It…
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN RIVERS STATE: FUEL TO AN ALREADY BURNING STATE
In the build up to the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, there were fears and expectations from both local and international actors alike that the…
AFTERMATH OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY PROGRAMME: IMPLICATIONS FOR PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE NIGER DELTA
In 2009, after over three years of intensive militancy activities that saw the nation’s oil production capacity drop to an all-time low, President Umaru Musa…
NETWORK FOR PEACE: Working Together towards Stability and Peace
“The forum provided the opportunity and the platform to know what the stakeholders were doing and how best to address Nigeria’s election violence issues,” […]
2014 Youth Link Forum Report
Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Small…
Fish Feed Market Study
This study on the catfish feed market in Delta State was carried out to get a better understanding of the supply and demand sides for…
2015 Niger Delta Development Forum (NDDF) Asaba Final Report
The 2015 Niger Delta Development Forum (NDDF) in Nigeria was a watershed moment in the Niger Delta. With the recent elections in Nigeria, there were…
2015 International Women’s Day: #MakeItHappen
5 things we learned at #IWD2016 PIND’s empowerment forum on International Women’s Day took place at Orchid hotel in Asaba on March 8, 2016, Delta…
Introducing PIND’s Q3 July – September 2014 Progress Report
This past quarter so progress in pro-poor economic development interventions with further scale-up on the successful demonstration pond pilot project with new ponds in Warri…
4th NDDF Calabar Final Report 2014
This report captures observations, conclusions and recommendations from the fourth edition of the Niger Delta Development Forum (NDDF), which took place in Calabar. NDDF is…