Tag: SERAP
‘You are using DSS to harass us’, SERAP tells Tinubu
“We are disappointed that your government has so far failed to respond to our recommendations calling on you to direct…
SERAP to Tinubu: Reverse latest ₦1,030 fuel price hike or face legal action
The letter warned that continuing with the price hike could interfere with the judicial process and damage public trust in…
Tinubu asked to withhold federal allocations to states
“SERAP is concerned that several state governors are failing to organize local government council elections, contrary to section 7(1) of…
SERAP asks INEC Chair to obey court judgement over electoral offences
‘The substance of SERAP’s grouse is the violence associated with elections in Nigeria which tends to prevent citizens from exercising…
Floods: Tinubu urged to probe Borno govt over ecological funds
"If we have not heard from you by then, SERAP shall consider appropriate legal actions to compel your government to…
Tinubu sued over failure to reverse petrol price hike
“The NNPC allegedly failed to remit USD$2.04 billion and N164 billion of oil revenues into the public treasury, as documented…
Alleged invasion: SERAP narrative inaccurate, misleading, says DSS
The DSS, in a publication on its website on Tuesday, said a team of two unarmed operatives of the service…
Rights watchdog SERAP accuses DSS of intimidation, calls raid a ‘brutal crackdown’
Some officers from DSS on Monday invaded SERAP's Abuja office.
SERAP to Tinubu: Save us from DSS invasion
The statement also said human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana condemned the invasion of SERAP's office…
Tinubu given 48 hours to reverse petrol price hike, probe NNPCL
“The NNPC reportedly failed to remit USD$2.04 billion and N164 billion of oil revenues into the public treasury, as documented…
Akpabio, Abbas taken to court over NASS running costs
“Mr Sumaila reportedly said, ‘My monthly salary is less than N1 million. After deductions, the figure comes down to a…
Nigerian governors hit with ultimatum to disclose details of Chinese loans
SERAP also urged them to “clarify any investment agreements with Chinese companies and repayment histories of any loans, liabilities and…
Akpabio, Abbas to face legal action over ‘running costs’ claim
“Senator Kawu Sumaila, representing Kano South Senatorial District, recently disclosed in an interview with BBC Hausa that each Nigerian senator…
Tinubu asked to probe spending of $1.5bn World Bank loan to 36 states
“The debt represents external and domestic loans obtained by the Federal Government, the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital…
Commonwealth asked to sanction Nigeria over attacks on journalists, protesters
“In Borno State, nine Radio Ndarason Internationale staff members were reportedly arrested by security officials in Maiduguri as they were…
CBN sued over failure to account for missing N100bn dirty notes, other public funds
“The CBN also reportedly failed to account for the missing outstanding loan of N1.2 billion [N1,294,453,887.83] granted to the Enugu…
Court orders INEC to hold governors, deputies to account over 2023 election violence
“SERAP trusts that you will see compliance with this judgment as a central aspect of electoral reform, and an important…
SERAP defeats Lai Mohammed in Court
The Nigerian Government suspended Twitter on June 4, 2021, after it removed a post from former president Muhammadu Buhari.
Court orders Buhari’s minister to account for N729 billion
The suit followed the minister’s decision in January 2021 to “pay about 24.3 million poor Nigerians N5,000 each for a…
CBN governor issued 7 days to account for missing N100bn dirty notes
“The Nigerian Constitution, Freedom of Information Act, and the country’s anti-corruption and human rights obligations rest on the principle that…
₦121.67trn debt: SERAP asks Inspection Panel to hold World Bank to account
“Under Article 1 of the World Bank Articles of Agreement, the stated purposes of the Bank include ‘to assist in…
Tinubu govt sued over failure to account for past loans
“The Nigerian Constitution, Freedom of Information Act, and the country’s anti-corruption and human rights obligations rest on the principle that…
‘Disclose details of SIECs’ members, LGA results’, or face legal action, SERAP tells governors
“Section 200(1)(a) of the Nigerian Constitution provides that members of SIECs ‘shall not be a member of a political party.’…
Use your first anniversary to publish your assets, SERAP tells Tinubu
SERAP urged him to encourage his Vice-President Kashim Shettima, ministers, and state governors to also widely publish their asset declaration…
SERAP sues governors, FCT Minister over spending of FAAC allocations
“Nigerians are entitled to the right to receive information without any interference or distortion, and the enjoyment of this right…
SERAP, BudgIT, 136 Nigerians take CBN to court over cybersecurity levy on Nigerians
“As of 30 April 2024, commercial banks in Nigeria already charge exorbitant fees for electronic transactions, including Electronic Transfer Charges…
Tinubu gets 48 hours to withdraw CBN directive imposing cybersecurity levy on Nigerians
In a statement today signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: “The Tinubu administration must within 48…
Wike, Sani, others sued ‘over failure to account for N5.9trn, $4.6bn loans
“Many years of allegations of corruption and mismanagement of public funds including the loans obtained by the states and FCT…
NNPC sued over failure to account for ‘missing $2.04bn, N164bn oil revenues’
“Section 16(2) of the Nigerian Constitution further provides that, ‘the material resources of the nation are harnessed and distributed as…
Account for trillions of FAAC allocations or face legal action, SERAP tells 36 governors, Wike
“The Nigerian Constitution, Freedom of Information Act, and the country’s anti-corruption and human rights obligations rest on the principle that…