Tag: SERAP
Tinubu asked to publish loan agreements by Obasanjo, others
“The Nigerian Constitution, Freedom of Information Act, and the country’s anti-corruption and human rights obligations rest on the principle that…
Akpabio sued over failure to recall Ningi
“According to BudgIT, a total of 7,447 projects culminating in N2.24tn were indiscriminately inserted in the 2024 budget by the…
Wike, others given 7 days to publish loan agreements, account for trillions of Naira
SERAP said, “Nigerians have the right to know how their states are spending the domestic and external loans obtained by…
Emulate Otti, obey court order stopping pensions to ex-govs, SERAP tells Tinubu
“SERAP is concerned that while many Nigerian workers and pensioners have not been paid by state governors for several months…
Akpabio given 7 days to reinstate Ningi or he faces legal actions
“According to our information, Senator Abdul Ningi Mr Ningi, the Chairperson of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), recently told BBC…
NCC asked to revoke directive to block Nigerians’ phone lines
“Directing telecommunications providers to arbitrarily bar the telephone lines of Nigerians is also clearly inconsistent and incompatible with the provisions…
Tinubu sued over failure to probe missing $3.4 billion IMF loan
Joined in the suit as Respondent is Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of…
Wike, others sued over failure to account for missing N40 trillion LGA allocations
“Section 15(5) of the Nigerian Constitution requires public institutions to abolish all corrupt practices and abuse of power. Section 16(2)…
SERAP gives NNPCL seven days to account for ‘missing $2.04bn, N164bn’
SERAP said, “Without the full recovery and remittance of the missing USD$2.04 billion and N164 billion oil revenues, the dire…
Akpabio, Abbas sued over N344.85bn NASS budget
In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/178/2024 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is seeking: “an order of…
Probe missing $3.4 billion IMF loan or face legal actions, Tinubu warned
“The UN Convention against Corruption and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption to which Nigeria is a…
Governors issued ultimatum to account for over N40 trillion LGA allocations
“The public interest in publishing the information sought outweighs any considerations to withhold the information. Nigerians are entitled to the…
Akpabio, Abbas sued over 2024 Budget padding
“The National Assembly after inserting new line items to the Appropriation Bill 2024 and altering the budgetary allocation to already…
Tinubu given 7 days to begin probe of N585.2m grant scandal
“SERAP is seriously concerned that years of allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the spending of public funds meant to…
SERAP writes ICC, seeks justice for Plateau killings’ victims
“More than 190 people are reportedly dead and hundreds injured. Several people are missing. The Nigerian Red Cross has reportedly…
SERAP sues NNPCL over failure to account for Nigeria’s daily oil production, revenues
“The NNPCL has a legal responsibility to promote transparency and accountability in the country’s daily oil production, exportation and the…
SERAP sues NNPC over failure to account for Nigeria’s daily oil production, revenues
“The NNPCL has a legal responsibility to promote transparency and accountability in the country’s daily oil production, exportation and the…
INEC sued over failure to prosecute electoral offenders in Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo
In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1694/2023 filed on Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, SERAP is seeking: “an order…
NNPCL given 7 days to disclose Nigeria’s daily oil production, export
“We would be grateful if the recommended measures are taken within 7 days of the receipt and/or publication of this…
SERAP knocks Wike over plan to spend N15bn for VP’s residence
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio to use his leadership position “to…
Reject Wike’s plan to spend N15bn on ‘a befitting residence’ for VP, SERAP tells Akpabio
“On top of the planned spending of N15 billion on ‘a befitting residence’ for the vice president, billions of naira…
SERAP threatens to sue World Bank if it fails to suspend loans to Nigeria’s 36 states
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) urged the Bank to “suspend further applications for loans and any other funding…
Tinubu sued for allegedly appointing APC loyalists as top INEC officials
“The alleged APC members or loyalists also include individuals who reportedly campaigned on social media for the election of President…
Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo: INEC Chairman threatened with legal actions
SERAP urged him to “identify, arrest, name and shame suspected perpetrators and their sponsors of these grave human rights crimes,…
Tinubu sued over failure to probe missing $15bn, N200bn oil revenues
“The report documents that about N200 billion was spent on ‘refineries rehabilitation’ between 2020 and 2021 but ‘none of the…
SERAP writes INEC, seeks recognition of ‘right to vote securely’
Nigerian electoral laws ought to be such that would give effect to the voters’ will and uphold the popular mandate…
Court asked to stop lawmakers from taking delivery of N57.6bn SUVs
“The country’s international legal obligations especially under the UN Convention against Corruption and human rights treaties to which Nigeria is…
Reject bill to regulate social media, SERAP tells National Assembly
“If the 2023 social media regulation bill which has reportedly passed the first reading before the National Assembly is the…
President Tinubu sued over ban on 25 media organisations
“According to reports, the Federal Government on 18 August 2023 withdrew the accreditation tags of some 25 journalists and media…
SERAP threatens World Bank over ‘disbursement of $800m loan to Buhari govt.’
SERAP) has moved against the request for $800m loan by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government by writing to the…