Month: March 2022

Mar 30
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF AGBA JALINGO

After 179 days of incarceration, a Federal High Court in Calabar has dismissed the terrorism, treasonable felony, and cybercrime charges against Agba Jalingo. For three years, Agba Jalingo, the publisher of an online newspaper, CrossRiverWatch has been a victim of the draconian measures targeted at civil society actors and the intolerance of state actors in […]

Mar 30
AGFCS Submits Memo on Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAMA 2020 to Senate Committee

Memorandum Submitted at the Public Hearing on the bill to amend CAMA 2020 to the Senate Committee on Trade and Investments and Diaspora and NGOs, MARCH 2022.   Download the Memorandum here:

Mar 09
How Abuse of Security Infrastructure is Shrinking Civic Spaces in Nigeria

The Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) has launched the third and final part of its Security Playbook Series which is centered on examining the over application or abuse of security infrastructure to crack down on civic actors in Nigeria. The AGFCS is a coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) at the forefront of challenging […]