Following the report of the National Bureau of Statistics showing each Nigerian carries a debt of N396,376.19. Nigeria’s total public debt surged by 75.27 per cent, reaching N87.38tb in Q2 2023; the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the World Bank to halt loans to Nigeria’s 36 states, citing allegations of mismanagement of public…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have urged Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to reject the recently reintroduced social media regulation bill”, noting that the passage of the bill “would unduly restrict the rights to freedom of expression and privacy,” and urged…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has told all presidential flagbearers ahead of the 2023 presidential general elections to demonstrate exemplary leadership by directing their “campaign councils and political parties to regularly and widely publish the sources of their campaign funding.” Kolawole Oluwadare, who’s the SERAP deputy director, made this revelation in a signed…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and five university students have filed a case against President Muhammadu Buhari. They have told the court to “declare unlawful the refusal by the Federal Government to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has occasioned the prolonged strike action and violated the…
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has given a 24-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government to, with immediate effect, secure the freedom of Azurfa Lois John, a 21-year-old Christian, who was one of the victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack. The Informant247 had earlier reported that a top commander of bandits who kidnapped passengers…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to give Nigerians the opportunity to complete their voter registration. The socioeconomic rights group issued a one-week ultimatum to the chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu to give opportunity to seven million Nigerians to get their permanent voter cards (PVCs). SERAP cited…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, urging the court to “declare arbitrary and illegal the N5million imposed on Multichoice Nigeria Limited, Trust TV, NTA-Startimes Limited and TelcCom Satellite Limited, over their documentaries on terrorism in the country.” Joined in…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for “failing to prosecute those suspected of vote-buying and electoral bribery during the recently concluded Ekiti State governorship election.” According to reports, there was a brazen pattern of vote-buying and electoral bribery in some polling units during the…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court “over his failure to probe allegations that over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply since 1999 may have been stolen, mismanaged or diverted into private pockets.” Nigerian cities have constantly been plunged into darkness as the electricity grid has…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to commence the probe of financial inducements during the Ekiti gubernatorial election. The organization has via a letter given the chairman of the electoral body, Professor Mahmood Yakubu an ultimatum of one-week to start the probe. The group has charged…
The Socia-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has given the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) 48 hours to withdraw the N9m fines imposed on Channels TV, AIT and Arise TV over their coverage on the #ENDSARS protests in Nigeria. The nation’s broadcasting regulatory body had on Monday fined Arise News, African Independent Television (AIT) and Channels Television…
The Social Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has kicked against the hike in the pump price of fuel. The organisation called on the Federal Government to urgently reverse the hike in fuel price. In a tweet on Thursday on its Twitter handle, @SERAPNigeria, the group said the hike in fuel price was a travesty…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project on Thursday threatened to institute legal action against the Kwara State Government over its failure to provide information on COVID-19 funds. The Governor, according to a statement on the Twitter page of the group, said the Governor failed to give details of spending on COVID-19. The group tweeted, “In…
