Tag: SERAP
SERAP storms court: Demands NNPCL account for vanished N500bn Oil cash
SERAP disagrees and has taken the matter to the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking an order compelling NNPCL to…
SERAP sues CBN over missing billions for 774 LGAs
This legal move comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s July 2024 judgment, which declared that state governors have…
SERAP drops bombshell: NNPCL must recover missing N500bn or face legal firestorm
SERAP also demanded that anti-corruption agencies be invited to probe the utilisation and location of the missing funds, stressing the…
Expose the billions! SERAP pressures CBN to reveal LG Fund transfers or face redress
The group also cited former President Muhammadu Buhari’s shocking 2022 revelation that some local government chairmen were coerced into signing…
Cybercrime Act now weapon of tyranny in Tinubu’s govt– SERAP, editors cry out
They warned that the Cybercrimes Act—particularly its vague and arbitrary Section 24 on ‘cyberstalking’—has become a blunt weapon for repression,…
SERAP threatens Zuckerberg, Meta with legal action
On Friday 25 April 2025, the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal upheld the $220 million fine against Meta by Nigeria's…
SERAP slams Tinubu Govt with lawsuit over ban on Eedris’ explosive song
SERAP also wants the court to declare NBC’s April 9 directive to broadcast stations unlawful, saying it violates the rights…
SERAP threatens National Assembly with legal action over bill to regulate bloggers
“The bill may also be used to block access of Nigerians to social media platforms. Blocking access to social media…
Tinubu issued ultimatum to reject World Bank loan, probe missing N233bn
According to SERAP, “the Federal Government should not collect any loan from the World Bank or any other institutions and…
SERAP to National Assembly: Drop bill to jail eligible Nigerians who fail to vote
SERAP said, “Rather than proposing bills that would severely punish Nigerians who may decide not to exercise their right to…
Alleged defamation: Court begins hearing on DSS’ ₦5bn suit against SERAP
The officers instituted the case after SERAP, last September, failed to apologize to the secret police after accusing its operatives…
SERAP sues Akpabio over failure to reverse Natasha’s suspension
“The suspension of Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate has restricted and seriously undermined the ability of the residents of her…
CBN asked to suspend ATM fee hike pending court verdict
“Implementing the ATM fee hike while the lawsuit on the matter is pending before the Federal High Court would make…
CBN dragged to court over ATM fee hike
AN ORDER restraining the Defendant, including its agents, assigns, privies and or representatives or such other persons acting on its…
CBN given 48 hours to withdraw ATM transaction fees’ hike
"If we have not heard from you by then, SERAP shall take all appropriate legal actions to compel you and…
N167bn scandal: Tinubu dragged to Court over unexecuted MDAs contracts
SERAP argued that the failure to act on these allegations has severely impacted governance and the delivery of essential public…
Court asked to stop Tinubu over 50% telecom tariff hike
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the interim application and the substantive suit.
Alison-Madueke’s loot: SERAP writes Trump, seeks return of stolen assets
“A whole chapter of the Convention is devoted to international cooperation in the recovery and return of stolen assets including…
President Tinubu, governors dragged to court over ‘abuse of cybercrime law’
President Bola Tinubu’s administration and Nigeria’s 36 state governors have been sued at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in…
SERAP to Kyari: ‘Account for missing N825bn, $2.5bn on refinery repairs’
SERAP, therefore, threatened that if Kyari failed to comply within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of its recommendation,…
Publish your assets, SERAP tells Tinubu, Shettima
“Transparency and openness would also increase public confidence in the integrity of high-ranking public officials and government generally, and ensure…
SERAP to Akpabio, Abbas: Slash lavish budgets for Presidency, NASS or face legal action
The group demanded that the National Assembly provide a detailed breakdown of its budget, including personnel costs and lawmakers’ salaries…
Tinubu sued over failure to probe missing N57bn, others
“The Auditor-General fears all the money ‘may have been diverted’. He wants the money recovered and remitted to the treasury.”
SERAP, NGE demand immediate release of Farotimi, urge end to attacks on journalists
The organisations also demanded the immediate release of all journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders, and activists currently detained for peacefully…
SERAP to Akpabio, Abbas: Align Tax Reforms with Human Rights or face legal action
SERAP expressed concern over credible reports of corruption and mismanagement of these funds, which have hindered access to essential public…
Tinubu given 7 days to publish names of contractors who disappeared with N167bn
“Failure to take punitive and dissuasive measures would allow corrupt companies and contractors to continue to undermine the rule of…
SERAP to Tinubu: Probe missing N57bn in Humanitarian Affairs Ministry, other funds’
“The Auditor-General fears the money ‘may have been diverted’. He wants the money recovered and remitted to the treasury.”
Tinubu asked to stop governors from giving cars, houses to judges
“Your government has the constitutional responsibility to ensure equality of arms in the relationship between the three branches of government:…
Court drama: SERAP battles DSS over alleged covert Abuja office raid
Further allegations in the statement asserted that one DSS operative remained in constant contact with colleagues stationed outside the office,…
Tinubu given 48 hrs to release hungry, malnourished children, other protesters
“We would be grateful if the recommended measures are taken within 48 hours of the receipt and/or publication of this…