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Urgent Call for Further Consultation and Review Before Passage of the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, 2025.

Dear Senator Shuaib Afolabi Salisu, / Dear Rep. Adedeji Stanley Olajide, We, the undersigned organisations, commend the National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy for your proactive efforts towards strengthening Nigeria’s digital economy through the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, 2025. We recognise the importance of establishing a clear legal and institutional framework for digital transformation, and we share the Committee’s vision of leveraging technology for national development. However, after a comprehensive review of [...]

By |2025-11-25T14:53:40+05:00November 11, 2025|Home Blog, News, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Why Nigeria’s public procurement system keeps failing citizens

Across Nigeria, public infrastructure projects are meant to symbolize progress; new roads, hospitals, schools, bridges and drainage systems that promise better lives for citizens. Yet, in many states, these projects have instead become symbols of frustration and distrust. A 2025 report shows that poorly executed projects and half-completed structures have become a norm with communities left stranded by inefficiency and corruption. Recent findings from Accountability Lab Nigeria’s radio engagement in Edo, Ekiti, and Plateau States reveal deep-seated systemic gaps in [...]

By |2025-11-25T14:54:03+05:00November 6, 2025|Home Blog, News, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Waste and public health in Nigeria: The silent crisis we can no longer ignore.

Across Nigeria today, piles of uncollected waste have become a familiar sight; around market corners, blocking drainages, and spreading in open fields. A 2025 report  shows that Nigeria generates about 32 million tons of waste each year, one of the highest in Africa. However, only 20 to 30% gets collected. It also generates 1.5 million tons of plastic waste, with less than 10% recycled.  From Lagos to Abuja, Port Harcourt to Kano, besides being an eyesore,  the waste crisis is [...]

By |2025-11-25T14:54:26+05:00October 24, 2025|Home Blog, News, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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When Citizens Speak, Change Happens: The Restoration of Illawe Road in Ekiti State.

Located at the heart of Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti state, the Illawe road is one of the major town roads, a 2-lane road that connects neighbourhoods, markets, and business hubs. For decades, it has served several economic benefits, facilitating the movement of goods, easing access to schools,  healthcare facilities, and supporting small businesses that depend on mobility. Beyond commerce, it has also been central to daily life, enabling community members to travel safely and efficiently for work, trade, and social activities. [...]

By |2025-11-25T14:54:50+05:00September 9, 2025|Home Blog, News, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Whose Side Are You On, Mr. President? Nigeria Must Respond to UN’s Damning Criticism of Oil Company Divestments – Civil Society Demands Immediate Government Action on Niger Delta Pollution Crisis.

The people of the Niger Delta have endured decades of environmental devastation. Oil pollution has poisoned their water, destroyed their farmland, and stripped away their health, livelihoods, and dignity. Now, multinational oil giants—Shell, Eni, Total Energies, and ExxonMobil—are abandoning their onshore operations, walking away from the toxic legacy they created without accountability or remediation. And the Nigerian Government? Silent. In a strongly worded communication, United Nations human rights experts have expressed “grave concern” over the companies’ divestment strategies, warning that Nigeria is [...]

By |2025-11-25T14:55:21+05:00September 8, 2025|Climate Justice, Home Blog, News, Press, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Accountability Lab Nigeria Launches Policy Brief on Addressing Gas Flaring in Nigeria

Accountability Lab Nigeria is pleased to announce the launch of a new policy brief on “Addressing Gas Flaring in Nigeria: Strengthening Regulatory Frameworks and Enforcement.” This timely publication examines the persistent issue of gas flaring in Nigeria and provides actionable recommendations to strengthen regulatory enforcement, improve inter-agency coordination, and reduce the social, environmental, and economic costs of flaring. Despite the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in 2021, Nigeria remains the world’s seventh-largest gas flare, releasing approximately 7 billion cubic [...]

By |2025-07-01T21:50:43+05:00June 26, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Real Talk, Real Change: Accountability Lab Nigeria’s Radio Show Helping Nigerians Take Control of Their Digital Lives

In many parts of Nigeria like Abuja, Benue, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, and Nasarawa, people were going online every day without knowing their rights or how to stay safe. From using public Wi-Fi without protection to unknowingly sharing personal information, risky digital practices were common. Many felt helpless and unsure of what to do when their digital rights were violated. Given this challenge, Accountability Lab Nigeria launched a radio program tagged ''Voices of the Community'' in these states focused on digital [...]

By |2025-06-24T04:33:45+05:00June 23, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Community Concerns on Accountability Lab Nigeria’s Radio Show Prompt Edo and Ekiti State Government to Tackle Infrastructure Gaps

“We’ve always felt ignored when it comes to community infrastructure , but the radio program gave us a platform to speak and be heard. Now, the government is acting and it shows that change is possible.”- Listener In Edo State, a growing crisis in the primary healthcare sector has long plagued citizens, many of whom were left without access to affordable or quality medical care. Recent data shows that communities across the state have been grappling with dilapidated public healthcare [...]

By |2025-06-05T21:37:12+05:00June 5, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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“They Told Me I Could Die for Doing My Job”- Samson Osuo, Journalist

''You’re the one who wrote that story, right? Let me advise you. You have a family. If you die today, your wife will be a widow, and your children will suffer. Nobody will care, not the Nigerian government, not the Nasarawa State government''. ‘’I’ll never forget what I went through as a journalist. After one of the governors visited the Emir’s palace in Lafia, an incident occurred. Myself and two other colleagues worked on and filed a report on the [...]

By |2025-05-21T02:44:04+05:00May 21, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Rising Mortality Rate: Plateau State Grapples with the Consequences of Failed Governance

Despite budgetary allocations and stated commitments, Nigeria continues to record some of the worst maternal and child mortality rates globally. One of the evident states is in Plateau State, where healthcare infrastructure is in decline, community health workers are in short supply, and communities are left in crisis. Uncompleted projects, like the Gindiri Public Health Care (PHC) facility, exemplify systemic governance failures and what the Plateau State Government can do to course-correct.  Nigeria records approximately 2,300 children under the age [...]

By |2025-05-21T02:30:19+05:00May 21, 2025|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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