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Xenophobia: SERAP asks African commission to take South Africa to court, seeks $10bn for victims
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mrs Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the commission’s members requesting…
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Groups, 6,721 Nigerians sue 9th Senate over plan to spend N5.5bn on cars
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 6,721 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court to “restrain, prevent and stop the National Assembly Service…
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SERAP writes Chief Judge of Federal High Court, seeks expeditious hearing of Sowore’s application
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Justice John Tsoho, acting Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court, urging him to use his offices…
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Group Asks Attorney General To Open Public Registers For Corrupt Governors, Others
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mr Abukabar Malami, SAN, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, urging him to use…
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#RevolutionNow: SERAP seeks UN Human Rights Council Special Session over attacks on journalists, protesters
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to all member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, urging them to “urgently…
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SERAP seeks probe of unfair treatment of former Kebbi state acting CJ, Karatu barred from entering her courtroom
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*R-L: Justice Karatu, Gov Bagudu* Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned “the harassment, intimidation and unfair treatment of the former acting Chief Judge of Kebbi State, Elizabeth…
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Court orders release of details of payments to runaway electricity contractors by OBJ, Yar’Adua, GEJ, Buhari
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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has ordered the “immediate release of details of payments to all defaulting and allegedly corrupt electricity contractors and companies…
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COZA: SERAP condemns arrest of protesters
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has strongly condemned the harassment, repression and arbitrary arrests by Nigerian law enforcement and security agents of anti-rape activists who peacefully protested outside the Commonwealth…
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Freedom of Information: ‘How we spent N45m to train 1,000 primary school teachers’, Nasarawa State Govt tells SERAP
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The Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board has responded to a Freedom of Information request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), disclosing how “the government spent Universal Basic Education…
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Insecurity: ‘I need more time to disclose spending on security votes,’ Al-Makura tells SERAP
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The governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has responded to a Freedom of Information request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and asked “for more time within which…
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SERAP urges Gov. Dickson to reject life pension for Bayelsa lawmakers
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State urging him to use his “good offices as trustee of the state’s…
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Insecurity: SERAP writes Buhari, 36 governors, seeks disclosure of spending on ‘security votes’
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information requests to President Muhammadu Buhari and the 36 state governors in Nigeria requesting them to use their “good offices…
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Success Adegor: SERAP gives Okowa 7 days to disclose spending on primary education
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information request to governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of Delta State requesting him to use his “good offices and leadership…
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Court gives green light to SERAP in suit to compel Fashola to name ‘corrupt contractors’
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Nigerians keen on knowing the truth about specific names of contractors that allegedly collected money for electricity projects but failed to execute any projects, may soon have some answers, as…
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Police most corrupt institution in Nigeria, reveals SERAP survey
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A new public survey released today by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) reports high levels of corruption in public institutions in Nigeria for the past 5 years. Of the…
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SERAP blames successive govts, NASS for 2019 election delay, threatens legal action
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Nigerians to “hold successive governments since the return of democracy in 1999 and the leadership of the National Assembly responsible for the…
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‘I can’t find names of alleged corrupt contractors from our record’, Fashola replies SERAP
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN has responded to the Freedom of Information request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) saying that “the Ministry…
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SERAP asks court to compel Fashola to name contractors who disappeared with project money
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Minister of Power, Works and Housing Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN over “failure to disclose specific names and details of contractors and…
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SERAP gives NJC 5 days to take over CJN Onnoghen’s case
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open petition to the Next-In-Rank to the Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC) urging the NJC “to immediately take over…
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Scrap Security Votes, Immunity Clause, SERAP Tells Presidential Candidates
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked all presidential candidates in the 2019 elections, to commit themselves to innovative antigraft reforms which include the scraping of security votes and…