| S/N | Civil Society | Demands/Grievances | Specific Actions | Leadership | Period |
| 1 | Delta Oil Producing Communities Association (DOPCA) | Complaints of negligence, poverty and pollution issues; look for competitive advantage | Meetings, interviews, statements with oil companies | Diamond Emuobor (president) | 1993-1999 |
| 2 | Niger Delta Elders Forum (NDEF) | Low development and unfair distribution of capital | Advertisements in national newspapers, 1999 | E. K. Clark | 1998-2000 |
| 3 | Niger Delta Peace Forum (NDPF) | Disapproval of ecological risks, negligence and unequal distribution of resources | News release reproving armed profession and support of solutions | Suokere Agidee (gen. sec) | 1999 |
| 4 | CHICOCO Movement (CM) | Criticism of hateful laws, eco-friendly damage and neglect | Meetings, press, calls on the withdrawal of oil companies | Oronto Douglas | 1997-2000 |
| 5 | Students of Oil Mineral Producing Areas (SOMPA) | Demands removal of OMPADEC chairman, (1998), regional graduate recruitment, release of detained activists | Demonstrations on the major streets of Port Harcourt in November 1998 | - | 1998 |
| 6 | Movement for the Survival of Eastern Nigeria and Niger Deltans (MOSIENND) | Marginalization and neglect. Demand that Niger Delta indigene head OMPADEC | Indicted the federal government over the appointment of non-indigene in OMPADEC | - | Eastern Nigeria Niger Delta 1998 |
| 7 | South-South Peoples Conference (SSOPEC) | Reparation application, equal profits, federal reform, growth | Press | E. K. Clark | Niger Delta 2000 |
| 8 | Niger Delta Women for Justice (NDWJ) | Military deployment and repression condemnation; negotiation, federalism & management of capital | Organized protests in Port Harcourt against combat-ready status. | A. Brisibe (president) | Niger Delta 1999-2000 |
| 9 | Southern Minorities Forum (SMF) | Seeks the ownership of wealth, the derivatives; deplores deprivation, disparity, federations’ negligence and systemic inequalities | Adverts, responses, support during the 1994 constitutional conference | - | 1994-1996 |
| 10 | Niger Delta Professionals (NDP) | Deplores politicization and military brutality, needs and management of capital | 1999 US embassy protest; the threat to cut oil flow to the North over sharia inMarch 2000. Lawsuit over derivation funds | Godwin O. Imozor | 1999-2000 |
| 11 | Union of Niger Delta (UND) | Regulation of capital needs, abolition of unfavourable legislation and federal reform | Communications and conferences | D. O. Dafinone (chairman) | NigerDelta 2000 |
| 12 | Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities of Nigeria (TROPCON) | Support for the theory of derivation and programmes for development | Conferences, communications, press releases, governments meetings | A. Ukpa (acting chairman) | 1995-2000 |
| 13 | Bayelsa Non-Governmental Organizations Forum (BANGOF) | Collectively ensure social justice, human dignity, conflict resolution, good governance, participatory sustainable development through interventions, advocacy and social welfare. | Umbrella body of over 40 organizations; engage leaders, the government and its agencies on issues of accountability and good governance in Bayelsa State | Godson Jim Dorgu-Chairman | Yenegoa, 2008 |
| 14 | Community Partners for Development (CPD) | Empower women, youth and children to achieve a sustainable livelihood; reconstruct the interface between human rights and development | Provided economic empowerment and humanitarian assistance to both victims and ex-combatants in Niger Delta | - | Akwa-Ibom, 1997 |