The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the federal government and state governments to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over “the frequent and repressive application of the Cybercrime Act to harass, intimidate, arbitrarily arrest, detain, and unfairly prosecute anyone found publishing views or facts perceived to be critical of the government at […]
Read More The Socio- Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, yesterday, urged Nigerians to blame successive governments from 1999 and the National Assembly for the postponement of the 2019 general election. SERAP said it would not allow the matter of the postponement go even after the elections. In a statement by its Deputy Director, Mr. Kolawole Oluwadare, […]
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open petition to the Next-In-Rank to the Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC) urging the NJC “to immediately take over from the Code of Conduct Tribunal the case of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen with a view to setting up a committee to […]
Read More Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an urgent petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) requesting them to “jointly investigate allegations of corruption during the recent primaries by both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), […]
Read More Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said that “The order banning 50 alleged high-profile corrupt Nigerians from travelling abroad without any legal basis and a judicial authorisation is clearly arbitrary, repressive and illegal, as it breaches constitutional rights and the country’s international obligations, which protect the rights to freedom of movement, to leave one’s […]
Read More The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it has powers to prosecute allegations of vote buying by both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the recently concluded governorship election in Ekiti State but lacks the powers to arrest and investigate suspects. INEC said this in response to […]
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Governor, Oyo State requesting him to “immediately halt all further eviction and demolition of Fresh FM building and to show full respect for the safety and dignity of residents and owner of Fresh FM. We also urge you to immediately […]
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier-General Sule Kazaure and the NYSC over “failure to publish specific documents and information on Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun’s application for NYSC exemption, and seeking to compel them to explain if Adeosun obtained any Exemption Certificate from the […]
Read More Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the monitoring of Nigerians on social media. In an open letter, SERAP asked the President to use his good offices and leadership position to instruct the military authorities to immediately end any monitoring of activities of Nigerians on the social media, and […]
Read More At least ₦11 trillion meant for the provision of adequate electricity for Nigerians was squandered under ex-presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan, a report alleged on Wednesday. The report released by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project at the Westown Hotels, Lagos on Wednesday also estimated that the “financial loss to Nigeria from […]
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The Nigerian Government has announced plans to publish names of treasury looters as ordered by a Federal High Court in Lagos. The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting. The court had ordered the Federal Government to […]
Read More The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) is suing the Federal Government over what it has described as “their collective failure, refusal and negligence to enforce their own directives to electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) to provide free prepaid meters to all Nigerians”. The government has also been accused of “not ending the use of patently […]
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