Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ‘over the failure to reverse the patently unlawful, unfair, unreasonable and unjust increase in Automated Teller Machine transaction fees’. The CBN recently announced that ATM withdrawals made at a machine owned by a bank but outside its branch premises will now attract a charge of N100 …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken legal action against President Bola Tinubu over his alleged failure to prosecute contractors who received over N167 billion from 31 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for projects that were never executed. The lawsuit, filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, also listed the Attorney General of the Federation …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over what it described as the ‘arbitrary, unconstitutional, unlawful, unfair, and unreasonable’ 50 per cent increase in telecom tariffs. The NCC recently approved the tariff hike, which raised the cost of a one-minute call from N11 …

The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, on Tuesday defended the decision to approve a 50 per cent tariff hike for telecom services, despite widespread backlash and legal threats from advocacy groups and subscribers. Minister Tijani, who appeared before lawmakers to defend the ministry’s budget, explained that the tariff hike was driven by broader economic pressures, including …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to direct the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to launch a thorough investigation into the alleged assault on Channels Television crew by security operatives during a protest at the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) on Tuesday morning. The Channels TV crew was reportedly covering a protest by professors …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to slash proposed budgets for the Presidency and the National Assembly. The organisation argued that the funds, amounting to N9.4 billion for the Presidency’s travel, meals, and catering expenses, and N344.85 billion for lawmakers, could …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to stop the “weaponisation” of the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies, but instead focus on ways to revive the national economic hardship. SERAP noted that the free expression of fundamental human rights is significant and should not be suppressed, accusing the Tinubu-led government of …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken legal action against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The organisation described the move as necessary so as to ensure financial transparency. The lawsuit demands the publication of detailed spending reports and agreements related to loans acquired by the administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, and Muhammadu Buhari. Filed …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a warning to the Federal Government to reverse the 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). SERAP also threatened to engage in legal action against the government if it failed to reverse the levy within a 48-hour. The non-governmental organisation stated this Tuesday via its …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the nnpc Limited over the “failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing $2.04 billion and N164 billion oil revenues”. According to SERAP, this followed the allegations documented in the recently published 2020 audited report by the Auditor-General of the Federation that NNPCL failed …