Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International Defence& Security (TIDS) have applauded the seizure of $8.9 million that was siphoned off by corrupt Nigerian officials from funds meant to be used to equip the country's military in its fight against Boko Haram.

The issue of illicit financial flows (IFF) ranks top on the international agenda, affecting both industrialised and developing countries. Though, the current scale of IFFs originating in developing countries cannot be adequately measured.

Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has described the recent Supreme Court ruling on the February 25, 2023 presidential election as “another judicial blow on the use of technology to reform the electoral process in Nigeria.” 

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has stressed the need for transparency, equity and justice in Nigeria’s tax expenditure policy. The organisation lamented that the indiscriminate waivers and concessions granted to firms were crippling Nigeria’s Economy. Executive director of CISLAC, Auwal Rafsanjani stated this at a two-day sensitisation and capacity-building workshop for National Assembly…

Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has expressed concern over efforts by some politicians to undermine fair hearing and judgment at election petition tribunals across the country.

.PWDs insist on 5% employment quota Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has decried the exclusion of no fewer than 35 million Nigerians from governance. The Chairman, Auwal Rafsanjani, who bared his mind on the issue during a media briefing by Accelerate Disability Inclusion in Emergencies (ADIE) forum in Abuja, argued that the development was in breach…

Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has advocated upward review of tobacco tax in the country to reduce deaths from cancer and other tobacco-related causes.

Civil  Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called for improved early warning, conflict prediction mechanisms by community observers and reporting through enhanced media collaboration to support response mechanisms. Executive Director of CISLAC, Auwal Rafsanjani, made the appeal at a capacity building workshop for community observers and media with backing from Open Society Foundation (OSF) on…

The Federal Government’s afterthought on giving palliatives to douse the biting inflation and other realities of the fuel subsidy removal is getting even more controversial than the era of prodigal spending on petrol, Kehinde Olatunji reports.

Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called for improved early warning reporting in Nigeria through enhanced media collaboration and communication to support response mechanisms.