Written by Odeh Friday, Accountability Lab Nigeria Country Director Nigeria has a short and difficult history with democracy and with elections on the horizon in 2023, there is both an important opportunity to consolidate participatory decision-making in our country and also a real danger that democratic institutions will be subverted for non-democratic ends. We were excited, therefore, that the Joe Biden administration chose to host the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and other leaders from across the world as [...]

Through the support of Luminate, our Labs in Nigeria and South Africa were able to keep building networks of young music artists - through the Voice2Rep campaign - and government reformers - through the Integrity Icon campaign - all committed to creating a culture of integrity and accountability in their respective societies.  Government Reformers Through Integrity Icon both Labs seek to highlight reformers who can actively push for change within their institutions. They seek to identify Icons who must not [...]

A civil society, Accountability Lab Nigeria has said there is a need for the country to evolve a law to protect digital rights. The organisation called on the Federal Government to work with the National Assembly to ensure the passage of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill. It argued that a law that protects digital rights was pertinent to the nation’s progress. This is even as the organisation also asked the two arms of government to gazette the Nigerian Data Protection [...]