Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Joash Amupitan, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), “to urgently disclose whether the Commission has exercised its statutory power to prescribe limits on political contributions under section 91 of the Electoral Act, 2026, and, if so, to publish...
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged “all 19 presidential candidates announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to promptly publish details of their assets and liabilities, those of their spouses and, where applicable, their unmarried children under 18, and disclose the legitimate sources of their significant...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPCL) over its “failure to explain and account for ₦211 trillion in oil money recorded in its 2023 audited financial statements as ‘Sundry Receivables’ and ‘Accrued Expenses.’” NNPCL reportedly recorded over ₦211 trillion...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas to “immediately reject and withdraw the Nigeria Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2026, as the Bill is a backdoor attempt to regulate social media and expand...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “over the failure to investigate the allegations that governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) diverted N800 billion for political and campaign purposes.” According to reports, APC governors are allegedly making monthly...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to “urgently disclose certified copies of all documents relating to the consideration and approval of the allocation of over ₦1.3 billion (₦1,302,978,784) to the Presidential...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas “to urgently refer allegations that ₦6.3 billion in constituency project funds may have been diverted, misapplied, or remain unaccounted for to the appropriate anti-corruption agencies for investigation and...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas seven days “to ensure that members of the Senate and House of Representatives refund and return to the public treasury all monies, allowances, and benefits derived from the...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) “over its failure to account for approximately ₦5.9 billion reportedly spent on the incorporation, transition, and rebranding of NNPC into NNPCL.” The NNPC reportedly paid N2.9 billion for incorporation expenses from...
Democracy Day protest: SERAP condemns teargas attack on Sowore, demands probe of security operatives
Democracy Day protest: SERAP condemns teargas attack on Sowore, demands probe of security operatives
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the reported use of teargas against peaceful protesters during the June 12 Democracy Day demonstrations in Abuja, describing the action as unlawful and a violation of fundamental human rights. The organisation expressed particular concern over reports that journalist and human rights...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has strongly criticised the reported detention of renowned Nigerian novelist and author, Okey Ndibe, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) upon his arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. In a statement issued on Monday, the rights organisation...
The Nigeria Integrity Watch, a coalition of civil society organisations, has faulted calls by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, reporting Nigeria’s security situation to the UN Security Council.Rather than attack the Nigerian government, advised the group, SERAP should direct its...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres “to urgently invoke Article 99 of the UN Charter and bring Nigeria’s escalating insecurity—marked by mass abductions, killings, attacks on civilians, mass displacement, and other grave human rights violations—to the attention of the UN Security...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy to “immediately disclose the identities of all local contractors, subcontractors, consultants, vendors, and other entities that benefited from the payments under the National Public Security Communication System...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Joash Amupitan, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), “to promptly, thoroughly, impartially, independently, transparently and effectively investigate the allegations that governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) diverted N800 billion for political and campaign purposes.” SERAP urged...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed an appeal against the judgment delivered on 5 May 2026 by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, which awarded ₦100 million in damages in favour of officials of the Department of State Services (DSS), a judgment SERAP considers...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has expressed deep concern over what it described as the increasing use of criminal defamation laws by the administration of President Bola Tinubu to target activists, journalists, bloggers and other citizens for peacefully exercising their fundamental rights. SERAP’s reaction followed Friday’s ruling by...
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), has rapped the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), for berating the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over Tuesday’s judgement awarding N100 million to two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) defamed by the NGO....
The Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly (NEYGA) has rapped the The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) for describing as “a travesty” Tuesday’s judgement of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), awarding N100 million in damages against the NGO. In addition to the N100 million, the...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday found the Incorporated Trustees of Socio- Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) liable in a defamation suit filed by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).The court ordered SERAP to pay the sum of N100 million...