Spaces for Change | S4C organized the fifth edition of the NGO Regulatory Compliance Clinic for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in North-West Nigeria on August 10, 2022. The clinic, organized under the auspices of the West Africa Civic Space Resource Hub initiative, brought together thirty-four (34) organizations working across different thematic areas in Kano, Kaduna, […]
Under the auspices of the Ford Foundation-supported Civic Space Resource Hub (CSR-Hub), Spaces for Change | S4C, in collaboration with Dataphyte | The Interactive, hosted a two-day Digital Security Clinic for media and digital professionals in Nigeria. The Clinic’s 20 participants were drawn from media organizations, bloggers, influencers, freelancers, and thought leaders from states across […]
Starting from 2016, SPACES FOR CHANGE | S4C has been curating incidents of closing civic space in Nigeria on the Closing Spaces Database: www.testingground.closingspaces.org. Beyond tracking and documenting the drivers, perpetrators, victims, tactics, and the flashpoints of shrinking civil society space in the West Africa sub-region, the database groups the incidents tracked into eight distinct legal categories: […]
The Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) strongly condemns the arrest and imprisonment of human rights lawyer, Barr. Inibehe Effiong by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State. Earlier today, the presiding Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot ordered the immediate detention of Barr. Effiong by armed policemen and committed him to prison for one month. […]
The Digital Security Clinic for Civic Space Actors in West Africa will be held in Abuja from 27th-28th July 2022. This training, much more than focusing on just safety and risk mitigation in a digital world, is designed to help CSOs and civic space actors understand these threats globally and within their own contexts, to review the nature, […]
In August, the 5th edition of NGO Regulatory Compliance Clinic will hold in Kano State for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the North-West region of Nigeria. The Clinic aims to help non-profits to deepen their understanding of their statutory compliance obligations under Nigerian law, including anti-money laundering (AML) and countering financing of terrorism (CFT) rules […]