DSS Invades SERAP’s Abuja Office

The Abuja office Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project’s (SERAP) has been taken over by officers of the Department of State Services, DSS. This was announced in a statement by SERAP on its verified X page on Monday. The rights group described the taken over of its office by operatives of the Service as “unlawful.” The […]

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SERAP Sues Tinubu over Whereabouts of N400 Billion Subsidy Savings

The socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for not disclosing how approximately N400bn saved from the recent removal of the petrol subsidy has been spent. SERAP’s legal action, bearing the suit number FHC/L/CS/1514/2023 and instituted at the Federal High Court in Lagos, requests: – “An order […]

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SERAP Sues CBN For Continued Demand for Access to Customers’ Social Media Handles

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for it’s continued demand for access to the social media handles of customers. SERAP filed the lawsuit over “the failure to delete the patently unlawful provisions in the Central Bank of Nigeria (Customer Due Diligence) Regulations directing banks to obtain […]

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Nigerian Government Dragged to UN over Raid on Justice Odili's Home

Nigerian Government Dragged to UN over Raid on Justice Odili’s Home

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Nigerian government before the United Nations (UN) over a recent raid on the home Justice Mary Odili’s home. SERAP urged UN’s Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers to “put pressure on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to conduct a credible, thorough, […]

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2nd Recession in 5 Years: SERAP Asks Buhari to Cut Cost of Governance

2nd Recession in 5 Years: SERAP Asks Buhari to Cut Cost of Governance

Over the weekend, Nigeria’s economy recorded its 2nd recession in 5 years. The report was contained in the Q3 economic report by Nigeria’s National Statistical Agency NBS published last week. Following the development, the Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP announced, Sunday, that it has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. It […]

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