The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a strong warning to Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, and President Bola Tinubu, demanding immediate enforcement of a court ruling that directs the publication of the names of individuals implicated in the misappropriation of ₦6 trillion meant for 13,777 abandoned projects and the…
Abuja, Nigeria — October 20, 2025The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas to explain the whereabouts of ₦18.6 billion allegedly misappropriated from the National Assembly Commission Office Complex project. The demand was issued in a public letter signed on…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Professor Joash Amupitan, the newly nominated Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to make the effective prosecution of electoral crimes a top priority once confirmed. In a letter dated October 11, 2025, and signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation urged…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the EFCC and ICPC to launch a probe into allegations that federal lawmakers in the National Assembly pay up to ₦3 million to present bills, motions, and petitions. This follows a claim by House of Representatives member Ibrahim Auro, who alleged that members pay between ₦1…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given Niger State Governor Umar Bago 48 hours to reverse the closure of Badeggi FM, a private radio station in Minna. In an open letter dated August 2 and signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the group condemned the closure as “arbitrary and unlawful” and demanded…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), seeking a court order to compel the bank to disclose details of direct payments made to the 774 local government councils in Nigeria, including the specific amounts sent to each. This legal action follows a landmark Supreme…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over what it describes as the “unlawful suspension” of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly. Last Tuesday, President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspended…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing N825 billion and $2.5 billion allocated for refinery rehabilitation, as reported in the 2021 annual report by the Auditor-General of the Federation….
The leadership of the National Assembly members is being sued by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) for allegedly increasing the operating expenses of legislators. Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas and Senate President Godswill Akpabio joined the lawsuit. “The unlawful practice of the National Assembly of establishing its allowances and running costs, and the failure to account for the monthly running costs provided to members,” according to the group, was not addressed by the two. Deputy Director of SERAP Kolawole Oluwadare revealed this in a Friday statement stating that the lawsuit was submitted to the Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday.
