Civil Society Pushes for Transparency and Reform in Nigeria’s Defence Sector   Civil society organisations have renewed calls for transparency, accountability, and urgent reforms in Nigeria’s defence and security sector. This follows a two-day capacity-building workshop held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on June 10 and...

TI Nigeria, CISLAC Boss Rafsanjani Backs Probe of NNPCL, Calls for Comprehensive Oil Sector Audit The Head of Transparency International (TI) Nigeria and Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Comrade Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, has thrown his support behind calls for a...

CISLAC/TI-Nigeria Drums Support for Whistle-blowers to Enhance Accountability in Defence and Security Sector   The Executive Director Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Head of Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria), Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani) has expressed concerns over the unchecked culture of exceptionalism that impacts negatively on...

Tax Reform: Nigerians pay N1.5trn Despite N15trn Generated Income - Oyedele The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms in Nigeria, Dr. Taiwo Oyedele, has said that personal income tax revenue amounted to just N1.5trn, despite declared incomes totalling N15trn by...

EWER: Building Community Resilience Should be Prioritised - Experts Experts have stated that as disasters and other threats become increasingly common, especially those occasioned by climate change, increasing globalization, and urbanization, hence, building resilience has become imperative to enhance communities’ adaptation and coping capacity in...

Violent Extremism: CISLAC, GIABA-ECOWAS Take Sensitisation to Borno Emirate   The Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria), Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani), has called for enhanced community-based surveillance through institutionalised Early Warning and Early Response system, to elicit citizen-based report...