This report builds evidence of a Security Playbook of Digital Authoritarianism by showing how the massive financial resources, equipment, and technologies originally procured in the name of counterterrorism and curbing insecurity have been diverted to monitor the movement of citizens, to track activities of civic actors online, intercept private communications, restrict online civic space, and limit the ability […]
Mutual Evaluations are in-depth reviews conducted by members of the FATF, FATF Style Regional Bodies (FRSB) including other recognized assessors like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to assess the overall effectiveness of legal, regulatory, and operational measures implemented by a country to tackle money laundering (ML), terrorism financing (TF) and the proliferation of […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday knocked commercial banks across the country for not promoting the e-Naira launched with fanfare by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), in October 2021. The apex bank also explained the operational benefits of its newly introduced eNaira to the public. Officials of the CBN took turns in Kaduna […]
The Lagos State Government has released the White Paper on the report issued by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Lekki Tollgate shooting in the state, turning down one of the 32 recommendations that stipulated it erect a cenotaph in honour of the nine deceased protesters that died during military attacks at the facility. […]
Following the incidents of Police brutality which resulted in the #EndSARS Protest, the Powers conferred on the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola SanwoOlu (Mr. Governor) by Section 1 of the Tribunal of Inquiry Law, Cap T7, Laws of Lagos State,2015, Mr. Governor constituted The Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of […]
At a string of symposia held on October 20, 2021, across five states in Nigeria namely; Lagos, Rivers, Abia, Enugu states, and the FCT Abuja, members of the Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) gathered to commemorate the first anniversary of the #ENDSARS2020 protests against police brutality in Nigeria. At the meetings hosted by […]