Category: Press statements
Highlights of Human Rights Violation Activist and publisher of Cross River Watch, Agba Jalingo was arraigned at a Federal High Court in Abuja on March 27 for what the prosecution alleged to be the offence of cyberstalking under section 24 (1) (b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act 2015. The judge remanded him in […]
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. […]
According to Section 30 (Interpretative Section) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, non-profit organizations (NPOs) in Nigeria are no longer listed among Designated Non-financial Institutions (DNFIs). The delisting of Nigerian NPOs from the DNFI category came into effect last week following the amendment of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 202 […]
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 […]
The Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) welcomes you to the launch and presentation of its latest joint action research reports: The Security Playbook of Digital Authoritarianism in Nigeria and, Harms from Abroad – The Impact of Global Security Measures on the Civic Space in Nigeria. The two reports present the findings of a […]
#ENDSARS PROTESTS 2020: ONE YEAR AFTER October 20, 2021 The Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) once again condemns in very strong terms the brutal attacks launched on thousands of unarmed young protestors demonstrating against police brutality during the October 2020 #ENDSARS protests, particularly at the Lekki Tollgate Plaza in Lagos on the dreadful […]
