Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has written to the National Assembly seeking detailed legislative records on the National Tobacco Control Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025, amid concerns that some proposed changes could weaken Nigeria’s tobacco-control protections. The organisation’s Freedom…
Lagos State Civil Society Participation for Development (LACSOP) brought together about 30 civil society organisations (CSOs) from different parts of Lagos State to participate in a training aimed at improving their understanding of self-regulation, organisational standards and the harmonisation of…
The principal contention over the proposed NGO/Foreign Aid Bill is not whether organisations should be transparent, but whether transparency should become a licence for federal control. Uwem Essien examines Professor Chidi Odinkalu’s concern on the NGO bill. CONTEXT The bill…
By: Peter Emmanuel | Life After Abuse Foundation (LAAF) delivered training for male staff at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) on Friday, 14 August 2026, examining male abuse, trauma and the impact these experiences can have on men’s…
Tap Initiative for Citizens’ Development has appointed popular Nigerian actress and activist Kate Henshaw as an ambassador for iReportINEC, its citizen-led platform for election monitoring, incident reporting and electoral transparency. The appointment aims to strengthen public awareness and encourage more…
By Esther Olaoluwa | The Nigerian tobacco-control community has rejected the proposed amendment to the National Tobacco Control Act (NTCA) 2015, describing the bill as a threat to public health and existing protections against tobacco and nicotine products. In a…
By Michael Omotosho | Paradigm Initiative (PIN) in partnership with the United States Artificial Intelligence Institute (USAII) and Smait Maven, with approval from the Lagos State Ministry of Education has empowered seventy secondary school teachers from 40 public schools across…
By Michael Omotosho | A coalition of African and international digital rights organisations has called on the government to protect internet freedom, media independence and citizens’ digital rights, as As Zambia prepares for its general elections on August 13, warning…
IdeaPlus Foundation, supported by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and CDD–West Africa, convened a National Policy Dialogue in Abuja to launch a report examining the growing tax burden on Nigeria’s non-governmental sector. The new report, titled Compliance or…
For over ten years, the Nigerian-based organization Spaces for Change (S4C) has been working quietly and persistently to ensure that strict financial and security laws don’t end up stifling civil society groups trying to help local communities. Now, that dedicated…
