Category: Resources
A new NGO Bill, HB. 712 & 673, has scaled through first reading in the Nigerian House of Representatives. Sponsored by Senator Abass Tajudeen, the bill seeks ‘’An Act to Establish the Civil Society Regulatory Commission and for Connected Purposes’’, this latest NGO Bill accounts as the third major attempt to introduce a bill that […]
Abstract The growing restrictions on free speech, association and assembly rights, including the tide of restrictive legislation, have engendered a climate of fear in Nigeria, shrinking the spaces for civic engagement. Despite this persistent and growing official intimidation, a web of actors, comprising active citizens, informal and organised groups from civil society are trudging on […]
The Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019, otherwise known as the Social Media Bill, has continued to generate a lot of discontent from various stakeholders in Nigeria due to its repressive provisions. The bill which is being pushed by Senator Muhammad Sani Musa (APC-Niger East), amongst many other concerning provisions, empowers government law enforcement agencies […]
The Nigerian Senate recently reintroduced a bill to establish a national agency to regulate ‘hate speech’ uttered through different mediums in the country. The bill tagged ‘National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches (Estb., etc) Bill 2019’ is sponsored by the Deputy Senate Whip Sabi Abdullahi. [download id=”4323″]
On June 20, 2019, Spaces for Change | S4C and the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (SCUML) co-hosted a workshop dubbed Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risks in the Non-Profit Sector, with support from Open Society Foundations and Fund for Global Human Rights. The workshop participants comprised a diverse mix of 62 participants […]
Are non-governmental organizations in Nigeria poorly regulated? Are non-profit entities used as conduits for money laundering and terrorism financing? This Open Society Foundation-supported research study extensively analyses the results of the 2016 National Risk Assessment on money laundering and terrorist financing risks in Nigeria (Nigeria NRA). It interrogates the applicability of the legal regimes governing anti-money laundering (AML) […]
Are non-governmental organizations in Nigeria poorly regulated? Are non-profit entities used as conduits for money laundering and terrorism financing? This Open Society Foundation-supported research study extensively analyses the results of the 2016 National Risk Assessment on money laundering and terrorist financing risks in Nigeria (Nigeria NRA). It interrogates the applicability of the legal regimes governing anti-money laundering (AML) […]