Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and five university students have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, asking the court to “declare unlawful the refusal by the Federal Government to meet ASUU’s demands, which has occasioned the prolonged strike action and violated the students’ right to quality education.” Joined in the suit as Defendants […]
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow seven million Nigerians to complete their voter registration. SERAP made the call in a statement on Sunday by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, warning that failure of the electoral body would attract […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), on Sunday, said it has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari for imposing fines on media houses for allegedly glorifying terrorism. SERAP also wants the court to “declare arbitrary and illegal the N5million imposed on Trust TV, Multichoice Nigeria Limited, NTA-Startimes Limited and TelcCom […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply since 1999 may have been stolen, mismanaged or diverted into private pockets.” Nigerian cities have repeatedly been plunged into darkness as the electricity grid […]
BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has appealed to presidential candidates in the coming elections to urgently publish details of their assets and liabilities. In an open letter to the candidates, it also urged them to publicly commit to rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections, DailyTimes gathered. […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the court for “an order of perpetual injunction to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami from unlawfully shutting down telecommunication networks in any part of the country.” In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1323/2021 filed at the Federal […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to publish the names of those indicted in the alleged misappropriation of over N6 trillion in the running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2000 and 2019, as documented in the recent Forensic Audit Report […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to “stop President Muhammadu Buhari from spending N26bn in the 2022 presidency budget on local and foreign travels, meals and refreshments, ‘sitting allowance’, ‘welfare package’, and office building.” In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1361/2021 filed last Friday, SERAP is […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over ₦880 billion of public funds are missing from 367 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).” The suit followed the grim allegations contained in Part 2 of the 2018 Annual Audited Report by the […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over ₦880billion of public funds are missing from 367 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).” SERAP wants Buhari to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be responsible and to order the recovery of […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and members of the National Assembly suspected to be responsible for inserting N39.5 billion for 316 duplicated and […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and the National Broadcasting Commission to revoke the arbitrary, unlawful, and illegal decision to suspend Channels Television and fine it N5 million for allegedly violating the broadcast code. According to sources, the Commission’s Acting Director-General, Professor Armstrong Idachaba, wrote a letter to […]
President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila have been dragged to court over missing N4.4 billion. SERAP in a lawsuit is seeking to compel the two presiding officers “to probe and refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies allegations that N4.4bn of public money budgeted for @nassnigeria is missing”. In […]
BY ROTIMI FADEYI, ABUJA Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to “stop President Muhammadu Buhari from implementing draconian and unlawful provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 which allow the Federal Government to arbitrarily merge a new association with an already registered association; […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged World Bank to insist on accountability and transparency in the use of its (the global financial institution’s) funds for Nigeria’s corrupt electricity sector. SERAP urged the world’s foremost finance body’s president, David Malpass, “to exercise the Bank’s prerogative to release archival records and documents relating to spending […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Dr Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives Mr Femi Gbajabiamila to “use their good offices to urgently probe and refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies allegations that N4.4 billion of public money budgeted for the National Assembly is missing, misappropriated, diverted or stolen, […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Mr Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources to account for how the ministry spent N116 million on pens, letterheads and toners in 2015, Daily Times gathered. SERAP also charged Buhari and Sylva to disclose how much was spent on […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested that the President, Muhammadu Buhari, instruct the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to prosecute high-profile corruption cases, Daily Times gathered. The organization said the high-profile cases include 103 files reportedly sent to Malami by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has implored President Muhammadu Buhari, to stop Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation from proposing an executive bill to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, Daily Times gathered. SERAP made the statement in an open letter, stating that if the […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit against Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila. Daily Times gathered that SERAP is accusing them of failing to publish reports of all completed public hearings and corruption probes by the National Assembly since 1999. In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1065/2020 filed […]