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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has formally urged President Bola Tinubu to bring an immediate end to what it calls unlawful and unconstitutional mass phone tapping in Nigeria, warning that current surveillance rules pose a threat to citizens’ fundamental rights. In a letter dated February 21, 2026 and signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a strong demand to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, urging them to publicly account for the missing N18.6 billion reportedly allocated for the construction of the National Assembly Service Commission Office Complex. The civic rights group made this…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has told the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio to “immediately rescind the patently unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the purported suspension is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her constitutionally and internationally recognized right to freedom of expression.” “The Senate should immediately reinstate Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan,…
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “over the failure to reverse the patently unlawful, unfair, unreasonable and unjust increase in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fees.” The CBN recently announced that ATM withdrawals made at a machine owned by a bank but outside…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, to use his “leadership position to immediately withdraw the patently unlawful, unfair, unreasonable and unjust increase in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fees.” SERAP urged him to “ensure that the exercise of CBN statutory powers and…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to cut the proposed budget of N9.4bn on travels, refreshment/meals, and foodstuff/catering materials for the presidency, and the proposed N344.85bn for the lawmakers, and to use the savings to address the budget deficit.”…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has initiated legal action against President Bola Tinubu for allegedly failing to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) to collaborate with anti-corruption agencies to investigate claims of over 57 billion naira in public funds being mismanaged, diverted, or stolen from…
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THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has rejected the N5.5 billion alleged defamation suit brought against it by the Department of State Service, DSS. The organisation reacted to the suit in a statement on X on Friday. It reads: “We reject the baseless defamation lawsuit brought against us by the DSS, following the invasion…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio over “the failure to refer the alleged N3.7 trillion budget padding to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution, and to recall Senator Abdul Ningi who blew the whistle on the allegations.” Mr Akpabio is sued for himself…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to “urgently refer the allegations that lawmakers padded the 2024 budget by irregularly inserting projects worth N3.7 trillion to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and prosecution.” SERAP urged him “to immediately reinstate whistleblower Abdul Ningi who was recently suspended from the…
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