Tag: SERAP
SERAP fights back against ₦100m defamation verdict
In its Notice of Appeal, SERAP is arguing that “the decision rests on fundamental legal and evidential errors that go…
SERAP rejects ₦100m verdict, moves to appeal DSS judgment
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has rejected a Federal Capital Territory High Court judgment ordering it to pay…
DSS operatives win big as court fines SERAP ₦100m damages
An Abuja High Court has found the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) liable for defamation, awarding ₦100 million in…
Protect journalists, end insecurity now, SERAP, NGE urge Tinubu, governors, others
“Nigerian authorities at all levels have binding constitutional and international human rights obligations to protect journalists, and end insecurity and…
SERAP, Editors drag NBC to Court over ‘Gag Order’ on Broadcasters
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have filed a lawsuit against the…
SERAP gives Tinubu ultimatum over NBC’s ‘unlawful’ broadcast restrictions
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene in the controversy surrounding…
Tinubu hit with SERAP demand over alleged ₦2.9bn missing Funds
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order a probe into the…
NGE, SERAP demand probe into alleged threat by Wike against Okinbaloye
The Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have called on President Bola Ahmed…
Code of Conduct Bureau sued for failure to probe abuse of office
“The Code of Conduct for Public Officers is a constitutional imperative designed to ensure probity, accountability and transparency in public…
SERAP gives Senate ultimatum over missing ₦210 trillion NNPCL funds
SERAP warned that the credibility of the investigation hinges on openness, noting that the magnitude of the alleged discrepancies and…
Probe ₦5.9bn NNPC rebranding cost or face court action, SERAP tells Tinubu
If we have not heard from you by then, SERAP shall consider appropriate legal actions to compel your government and…
FG sued at ECOWAS Court over mass phone‑tapping rules
This follows allegations made by the former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai that the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu’s…
FCCPC asked to investigate Google, Meta, others over harms to privacy
The complaint addressed to the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the FCCPC, Mr. Tunji Bello, read in…
SERAP gives Tinubu seven-day ultimatum to withdraw Surveillance Regulations
The organisation also asked the President “to urgently initiate a transparent and inclusive legislative process to ensure that any lawful…
Court reserves judgment in DSS operatives’ ₦5.5bn defamation suit against SERAP
The claimants alleged that SERAP published false and malicious statements accusing DSS officers of unlawfully “invading” its Abuja office and…
CBN taken to court over missing N3 trillion
It said the lawsuit followed allegations contained in the latest annual report by the Auditor-General of the Federation, which was…
SERAP petitions CCB over alleged Electoral Act, Tax Laws manipulation
The petition, dated 7 February 2026 and signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, said the allegations raise serious issues…
SERAP sues NNPCL over unaccounted N22.3bn, Millions in Oil Funds
SERAP argued that the alleged diversion of oil revenues reflects a broader failure of accountability and transparency at NNPCL. The…
SERAP drags Adelabu, NBET To Court over missing N128bn
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and the Nigerian Bulk Electricity…
Governors, Wike dragged to court over security votes
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken legal action against the governors of Nigeria’s 36 states and the…
SERAP drags Governors, Wike to Court over Security Votes Secrecy
The group is also seeking an order mandating the release of implementation and completion reports, as well as concrete plans…
SERAP sues INEC over alleged ₦55.9bn Election Fund Diversion
The group argued that “INEC must operate without corruption if the commission is to ensure free and fair elections in…
SERAP writes Tinubu, demands probe into ₦128bn missing funds in Power Sector
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to order an immediate probe into allegations that…
SERAP drags Governors, Wike to Court over missing ₦14trn Subsidy Savings
The organisation said the lawsuit followed reports that despite trillions of naira flowing monthly to states as subsidy savings, there…
SERAP gives Tinubu seven days over alleged tampering with Tax Laws
Describing the alleged alterations as unconstitutional, SERAP argued that failure to publish authentic copies of the laws violates citizens’ right…
SERAP threatens Contempt suit against AGF over non-enforcement of N6trn NDDC judgment
In a letter dated December 13, 2025 and signed by its Deputy Director, Mr Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation accused the…
SERAP challenges INEC to account for missing N55.9bn Election Budget
SERAP maintained that INEC must operate free of corruption if Nigerians’ right to participate in their own government is to…
‘Account for N14trn fuel subsidy savings or face legal action’, SERAP tells 36 governors, Wike
“Millions of poor and vulnerable Nigerians have not benefited from the trillions of naira collected by the governors and FCT…
2027 Elections: SERAP pressures president Tinubu to reveal selection process for new INEC chair
also pointed out that Nigeria’s international obligations demand free and fair elections managed by an impartial body.
SERAP, Amnesty urge Tinubu to withdraw charges against Sowore, others
“A lawsuit challenging the legality and compatibility of the provisions of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) (Amendment) Act 2024 with…