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 N9.4 billion on travel, refreshments and meals for the Presidency, and the proposed N344.85 billion for the lawmakers.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Nigeria's Senate President, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Tajudeen Abbas, to slash the proposed ₦9.4 billion refreshments budget for the presidency. SERAP argued that these excessive allocations should be reduced to address the country’s growing deficit and reliance on…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Bola Tinubu at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over failure to direct the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi

The government and high-heeled individuals’ use of cyber crime law and defamation as weapons of prosecution in Nigeria came under scrutiny, yesterday, at an event to mark the International Human Rights Day (HRD).

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to urgently assess the human rights’ impacts of Nigeria’s reform bills currently being discussed by the National Assembly, including Nigerians living in poverty.

The Social and Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) and the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore has called for the release of activist Dele Farotimi. The Nigeria Police Force from Zone 2 Command in Lagos arrested Farotimi following a defamation petition. SERAP cautioned the Nigerian government against using criminal defamation…

The Department of State Service (DSS) has challenged a popular civil society organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), to implement what it preaches to society. DSS aggrieved staff, who are pressing legal charges against SERAP, used an adage that "it is easier to criticize than to do the right thing" to validate what…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Olawale Edun, and the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, to disclose the names of companies and contractors that collected over N167 billion from 31 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) but…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to take urgent action and direct the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) to secure the release of investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, who has been detained by the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In a statement released…

A Federal Capital Territory High Court will today hear the lawsuit brought by the Department of State Services (DSS) against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). 

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), and anti-corruption agencies to probe allegations

The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared as inadmissible, a suit instituted by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Federal Republic of Nigeria.