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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.
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) […]
Beyond FATF: Trends, Risks and Restrictive Regulation of Non-Profit Organisations in Nigeria is the first part of the research report on Closing Spaces for Democratic Engagement and Civil Society in Nigeria. The report examined the (in)adequacy of Nigeria’s legal framework for countering terrorism-financing and money laundering in order to determine whether a proper evidential link exists between […]
The report, Closing Spaces for Civic Engagement and Civil Society in Nigeria, generates a database of closing spaces across Nigeria, presenting the evidence of restrictions on citizens and civil society operations, perpetrated under the guise of ‘national interest’, ‘national security’ and ‘other money laundering and terrorism financing considerations.
Beginning from November 2016 to April 2017, SPACES FOR CHANGE launched a systematic inquiry into Nigeria’s legal regimes for combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism in order to understand if any connection exists between the country’s compliance with FATF’s Recommendation 8 and the shrinking spaces for civic engagement and civil society operations in Nigeria. The […]
Do you work for a non-profit or non-governmental organization (NGO), more broadly referred to as civil society groups? SPACES FOR CHANGE’s FATF Factsheet Series provides concise pieces of information designed to increase sectoral understanding of the Financial Action Task Force and the implications for civil society operations in Nigeria.