Tag: SERAP
Probe role of World Bank in Abacha loot, SERAP tells Buhari
Kazeem Ugbodaga A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has recommended to the government of President…
‘Offensive exam question’: SERAP drags Amosun to UN
A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to two UN special rapporteurs…
SERAP to Buhari: Stop eviction of IDPs in Abuja
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his…
SERAP sues JAMB, UNILAG, over cut-off marks
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the University of Lagos…
Pressurise South Africa to transfer al-Bashir to ICC, SERAP tells AU
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the leadership of the African Union, including Nigeria…
Declare assets publicly, SERAP urges Buhari and Osinbajo
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to “swiftly move to…
SERAP drags South Africa to ICC over xenophobic attack
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mrs. Fatou Bensouda to use…
SERAP, others ask Jega to publish contracts for printing ballot papers
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Corruption Watch UK, and the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) have…
SERAP sues CBN for shielding Boko Haram sponsors
A human rights group in Nigeria, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
SERAP urges Fashola cancel new fees in LASU
A civil society, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to “urgently reverse…
Group tells UN Nigeria violates job seekers’ rights
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-Moon, requesting him to…
Sanusi’s suspension a distraction, says SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described the suspension of the Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi “a distraction and…
Fashola sued to provide school funding details
A human rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola to…
Group backs compensation to Boko Haram victims
A Nigerian human rights group has supported the agitation for adequate compensation by the Nigerian government to victims of Boko…
Oduahgate: Group wants Jonathan sack probe panel
A Nigerian civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has stated that “the setting up of a panel…
Group urges Jonathan sell Oduah’s armored cars
A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to “urgently order the…
New Power tariff: Groups petition UN against Nigeria
The government of President Goodluck Jonathan faces rising pressure to reverse the recently introduced electricity tariff as the Nigerian Guild…
Stop Executing Prisoners, Group Tells Jonathan
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged Nigerian government to withdraw the directive to the 36 states of…
NBA, SERAP, Aturu Decry New British Visa Regime
Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Monday condemned the plan by Britain to compel Nigerians visiting the country to provide…
MEND Threat: NBA, Others Want Security Beefed Up
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), and Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI), on Thursday urged the…
Ex-Nigerian governor, Balarabe wins anti-corruption award
Alhaji Balarabe Musa, former governor of the old Kaduna state has been named the winner of this year’s civil society…
Nigerian Court Dismisses $12.5B Oil Windfall Suit
Justice Gabriel Kolawole on Thursday finally delivered the much awaited judgment on the controversial $12.5 billion oil windfall recorded by…
Relief materials for Nigeria’s flood victims diverted
Eromosele Ebhomele Two civil society groups, UK-based Tearfund and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have expressed “concerns that…
Judgement date in IBB’s $12.4 billion oil windfall
A Federal High Court in Abuja will give a verdict 23 November on the controversial $12.4 billion oil windfall that…
Group wants Halliburton, Eni SPa, Shell tried for bribery
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a request to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of…
On Children’s Day, Nigerian group urges right to education
As Nigerians and the world celebrate the Children Day, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a letter to…
Furore over Church Gift to President Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will take a week-long break from his usual work routine beginning today, Monday, April 2, 2012.…
$12.4B OIL WINDFALL: Court’s Judgment Stalled
Hope for a definite legal pronouncement on the controversial Okigbo Panel Report, was today dashed by a Federal High Court…