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Policy Global
Your Right to Ask: How Freedom of Information Works in the US, UK and Nigeria
Three countries, three laws, one principle: public institutions answer to you. Here is exactly how to file a request in each — and what to do when they stall.
data viz: single-bid award rates by country, 8 quarters
Data Global
Open Contracting: What We Found Tracking 2,400 Public Procurements Across Three Countries
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Civic Ed UK
How to Read a Local Council Budget (Without Falling Asleep)
chart: constituent response rate vs polling margin, 5 races
Elections USA
Midterms 2026: Five Senate Races Where the Civic Data Tells a Different Story
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Governance Nigeria
What Your Councillor Actually Does — And How to Hold Them to It
Nigeria’s 8,800+ ward councillors control the government tier closest to your daily life. Most citizens cannot name theirs. Here is the job description, and the scorecard.
photo: repaired water main, Adeola Street
Voices Nigeria
Ring the Bell: How 4,000 Lagos Residents Got a Broken Water Main Fixed in 11 Days
The pipe on Adeola Street had leaked for two years. A coordinated bell campaign — and one well-aimed FOI request — ended it in under two weeks.
product shot: Compare Leaders screen, two profiles side by side
Nject News Global
Nject 2.4: Compare Leaders, Policy Timelines, and Bells That Escalate
Our biggest release of the year puts two leader records side by side — offices held, votes cast, promises kept — and teaches the bell to escalate on deadline.