The Civil Society Consortium on Civic Space condemns in the strongest of terms the tear gas canister fired at Omoyele Sowore by a Police Officer at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. The attack on Sowore is an attack on the Civic Space, and our collective freedom to assemble and engage the Government of Nigeria at…
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#OpenTheGatesNG
On the 29th of April, we held our #OpenTheGatesNG project aimed at decongesting the Nigerian prisons. In collaboration with the Corps Legal Aid CDS FCT, we carried out an initiative to pay fines for inmates whose offences were misdemeanours but could not afford to pay minor fines and have been in prison for a long…
TweetMeet with Chief Okoi Obla Obono
The Special Presidential Investigative Panel, as established by the Recovery of Public Property (Special Provisions) Act, is chaired by Chief Okoi Obla Obono who is a special adviser to the President. On the 18th of April 2019, Chief Obono was invited to participate in our anti-corruption and transparency tweetmeet. It was an opportunity for citizens…