The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ordered a non-governmental organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, to pay N100 million as damaged to two operatives of the Department of the State Services, DSS, for unjustly defaming them in some publications. The court also ordered SERAP to tender public apologies to the…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and the Nigerian Guild of Editors have filed a lawsuit against the National Broadcasting Commission over what they described as an “arbitrary, unconstitutional, and unlawful” threat to sanction broadcast stations and presenters. This was disclosed in a statement jointly signed by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, and General Secretary…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, to account for the whereabouts of the alleged missing or diverted ₦2.9 billion of public funds from the Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd and the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority. SERAP also…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has urged President Bola Tinubu to order an investigation into the alleged spending of about ₦5.9 billion on the rebranding of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation into the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The organisation called on President Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and…
A lawsuit has been filed by the Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, against the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over its alleged failure to account for 3 trillion naira in public funds, including over 629 billion naira reportedly paid to “unknown beneficiaries” under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. This was disclosed in a statement…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over their alleged failure to account for the expenditure of billions of naira earmarked as security votes. According to the rights group, the suit was initiated following persistent reports…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has written to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), to widely publish certified true copies of the tax bills received from the National Assembly and the tax laws signed into law. SERAP said it…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has asked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Joash Amupitan, to explain what happened to an alleged 55.9 billion naira meant for the procurement of smart card readers, ballot papers, result sheets and other materials for the 2019 general elections. SERAP said the allegations were taken…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to hand over vote-buyers during the Anambra governorship election to anti-graft agencies for investigation and prosecution. In a letter dated November 8, 2025 and signed by SERAP made the call in a letter dated 8 November 2025 and signed by…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Bola Tinubu, alleging his government’s “failure to reverse the increase in the pump price of petrol.” Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, said the lawsuit was filed by SERAP against the President’s failure to probe the allegations of corruption…