Tag: NGOs

Israel shuts down 7 Palestinian NGOs in West Bank?

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Israel on Thursday shut down seven Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), in the West Bank, the NGOs representatives and directors said. During an Israeli raid in the central West Bank city of Ramallah at pre-dawn on Thursday, breaking into the offices of seven civil society and human rights organisations based in the city. Israel has outlawed six of these NGOs, which were labeled as “terrorist’’ organisations in October 2021. Israel said that the Palestinian NGOs were linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Palestinian left-wing group.

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‘SERAP, other NGOs working to destabilise Nigeria’ – Lai Moh’d

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Nigeria are working against the country’s interests. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this yesterday, when he featured on a radio phone-in programme. The minister said Nigerians should be circumspect about the activities of many NGOs, adding that the government received reports that some of the NGOs were on the payroll of foreign agents, traducers with ulterior motives to destabilise Nigeria. The minister gave the example of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), which sued the Federal…

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Again, Nigeria’s corruption ranking dips

Aminu Imam

…’Only Buhari can fix it’ – NGOs President Muhammadu Buhari has the arduous task of fulfilling his pre-election promise of making Nigeria less corrupt than it currently is. Another annual international Corruption Perception Index, another year of depressing reading for Nigeria. This year’s league table of the most corrupt countries on Earth have revealed Nigeria slipping even further – dropping a further five places to 154th out of 180, making it the second most corrupt nation in West Africa. Describing this position as “a historical low”, an Independent NGO, Transparency…

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Fake civil society, rise of pro-govt. NGOs undermining democracy in Nigeria – US think-tank

Aminu Imam

A report by United States-based think-tank, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has said Nigeria’s top power brokers have cultivated a new generation of pro-government Non-Governmental Organisations, (NGOs), which, according to it, masquerade as authentic civil society groups, singing the praises of top officials and attacking their critics. The report, conducted by a non-resident scholar at the institution, Matthew T. Page, published on Monday, in its website, noted that Nigeria’s dynamic and expansive civil society is one of its greatest strengths and is crucial to maintaining what democratic space still exists…

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