Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) said it would file a lawsuit against Senate President Godswill Akpabio concerning the disbursement of “holiday allowances” to Senators by the Clerk of the National Assembly. This contentious move comes at a time when almost 70 per cent of Nigerians are grappling with severe economic challenges. In a brief statement via its official X …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank President, Mr David Malpass to suspend any disbursement of the $800m loan to the Federal Government and to request the incoming administration to provide satisfactory explanations for the loan. SERAP urges Malpass to reopen a discussion on the reportedly approved $800m loan with the incoming administration to clarify the …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to “urgently seek the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offences including bribery against any state governors and their deputies during the just concluded general elections.” SERAP also urged him to “promptly …

The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged to the ECOWAS Court of Justice by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) over illegal pipelines and oil theft. In a statement on Sunday, SERAP said that it filed a lawsuit against the current administration for its “failure to probe the operations of illegal oil pipelines between 2001 and 2022, …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, and transparently investigate the operations of illegal oil pipelines from 2001 to date, and to widely publish the names of anyone suspected to be involved”. SERAP urged the President to “ensure the prosecution by appropriate anti-corruption …

Court Stops Buhari, NBC From Shutting Down 53 Broadcast Stations The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, on Monday stopped President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from revoking the licences of 53 broadcast stations in the country, and consequently shutting down them for allegedly failing to renew their licenses. In a statement by the General Secretary of …

With the agreement between the Nigerian and United States governments to return the over $23 million looted by the late dictator, General Sani Abacha to the country, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded a copy of the document. The rights group has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, asking him to “direct the Attorney-General of the Federation and …

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to court over what they called the “arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to threaten, revoke and shut down 53 broadcast stations in the country for failing to renew their licences”. Last …