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...

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...

Ndace, Rafsanjani, Ishiekwene, NADF Boss to Grace 6th Campus Journalism Awards   The Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mallam Jibrin Ndace, will serve as the Special Guest of Honour, while the Senior Vice Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP Newspapers, Azubuike Ishiekwene, will deliver...

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...

Journalists Face Existential Challenges in Nigeria - Experts   While anti-corruption reportage is instrumental in enhancing transparency and accountability in the Defence and Security sector, the media has hitherto faced persistent attacks, intimidation and harassment exposing operational disparities, financial mismanagement and procurement secrecy in the sector. A...

We'll End Terrorism Financing in the North East - Experts Corruption and bad governance create conditions for the survival of violent extremism and terrorism financing in Nigeria, experts have said. They made this known at a two-day Sensitisation Workshop held in Gombe State for the Civil...