SERAP

Akpabio, Abass get 7-day ultimatum to stop plan to spend N110bn on bulletproof cars, others

Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas have been given seven days ultimatum to drop the...

Account for $5bn Abacha loot, court orders Buhari, Jonathan, Yar’Adua, Obasanjo administrations

The administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari have been ordered to disclose the spending details...

FOI: SERAP wins as court orders Buhari govt to account for $460m Chinese loan for failed Abuja CCTV project

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has secured another landmark judgment in a Freedom of Information suit against the exiting Buhari administration...

SERAP to World Bank: Don’t give $800m loan to exiting Buhari govt

“Suspending any disbursement of the loan to the government would reduce the risks and vulnerability to corruption and mismanagement"

Buhari sued for failing to recover stupendous double emoluments from former governors serving as senators, ministers

Irked by the Buhari administration’s failure to recover more than N40 billion double pay and bogus life pensions collected by former governors who...

Election violence, bribery allegations: SERAP indicts, sues INEC for non-probe of govs, deputies

For failing to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offences including bribery against some governors and their deputies during the 2023...

Election violence: INEC Chairman gets 7-day ultimatum to investigate governors, other sponsors 

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been given a seven-day ultimatum to urgently seek the appointment...

Just in: SERAP to Buhari: Rein in Lai Mohammed, NBC over threat to shut down broadcast stations

For threatening to close media space and limit freedom of expression, the Minister of Information and Culture, President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to...

Naira redesign: SERAP to Buhari: Obey Supreme Court’s order, direct CBN to immediately implement order

Worried about President Muhammadu Buhari’s reticence on the Supreme Court’s judgment on Naira redesign policy three days after, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability...

Poll rigging, violence: SERAP writes US Pres. Biden, wants visa ban, other sanctions for perpetrators

Peeved by violence that trailed Saturday’s polls in some parts of the country, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the US...

Alleged flouting of Supreme Court order: Rights group hauls Buhari to court

For declaring old N500 and N1,000 banknotes non-legal tenders contrary to the interim injunction granted by the Supreme Court, President Muhammadu Buhari has...

N228.1bn budget for 469 NASS members scandalous, outrageous, cut it now — SERAP

"SERAP urged them to propose a refreshed budget for the National Assembly that would reflect the current economic realities in the country, address...

Reverse hike in electricity tariff now or face litigation, SERAP tells Pres. Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to intervene in the furtive raise of electricity tariff in December 2022 by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory...

Nine oil-producing states’ governors in trouble over Buhari’s N625bn largesse as SERAP sues them

For failing to account for the N625 billion oil derivation refunds paid to them by the Federal Government, the nine governors of the...

SERAP hauls Buhari to court over trillions of Naira sunk into poverty alleviation, social safety-nets

For failing to investigate the several trillions of Naira allegedly spent on all social safety-nets and poverty alleviation programmes and projects between 2015...

2023: Arrest politicians buying up PVCs now, SERAP urges Buhari

In demonstration of his avowed commitment to a free and transparent poll in 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to direct appropriate...