Tag: Serap
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SERAP Sues FG at ECOWAS Court Over Alleged N78.8bn Cash Transfer Irregularities
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice over alleged financial irregularities involving N78.8bn allocated to cash-transfer and social-protection programmes. The organisation said the suit seeks to compel the government to account for the questioned funds, investigate the alleged irregularities and…
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SERAP Takes INEC To Court Over ₦126.46bn Spending
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to provide a detailed account of more than ₦126.46 billion appropriated for electoral operations. The organisation said the action followed findings in the Auditor-General of the Federation’s 2023 audited…
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SERAP Sues CBN Over $6.23m Election Funds, N1.63tn Other
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), seeking explanations for $6.23m in election-related funds and more than N1.63tn in other public funds flagged in the Auditor-General of the Federation’s 2023 annual report. The organisation is asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel…
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SERAP Demands Probe Into Alleged N94.4bn Oil Revenue Irregularities
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order an investigation into alleged financial irregularities involving more than N94.4 billion in petroleum-sector funds. SERAP said the funds were reportedly diverted, unremitted, unaccounted for or irregularly spent by the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF) and…
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SERAP Gives CBN Seven Days To Explain $6.23m Election Funds, N1.63tn Public Funds
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has given the Central Bank of Nigeria and its Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, seven days to account for funds which the organisation says were flagged in the Auditor-General of the Federation’s 2023 Annual Report. SERAP is demanding explanations over an alleged $6.23m election-related payment as well…
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SERAP Takes INEC To Court Over 2027 Donation Limits, Party Finances
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has taken the Independent National Electoral Commission to court over the disclosure and monitoring of political financing ahead of the 2027 general elections. SERAP is asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel INEC to state whether it has exercised its power under Section 91…
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SERAP Gives INEC 7 days To Account For N126.46bn Electoral Funds
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven days to account for more than N126.46 billion in public funds allegedly diverted, mismanaged, lost or otherwise unaccounted for in the conduct and administration of elections. SERAP said the demand followed findings contained in the 2023…
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SERAP Demands Probe Into ₦78.8bn Cash Transfer Spending
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on President Bola Tinubu to order a comprehensive investigation into more than ₦78.8 billion in expenditures linked to Nigeria’s national cash-transfer and social protection programmes. SERAP’s demand follows findings contained in the 2024 Annual Report of the Auditor-General of the Federation, published on August…
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SERAP, Editors Threaten Court Action Over Foreign Aid Bill
By Opeyemi Adelakun The proposed Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill, 2026, has drawn strong opposition from the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and the Nigerian Guild of Editors, with both organisations threatening legal action if the National Assembly approves the legislation. The groups said the proposed law could create a new layer of…
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SERAP Urges Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, 16 Others To Publish Assets Before 2027 Election
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Bola Tinubu, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and 16 other presidential candidates to publicly declare their assets and liabilities ahead of the 2027 presidential election. SERAP also called on the candidates to disclose the legitimate sources of their significant assets and publicly…
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SERAP Sues NNPCL Over Alleged Failure To Account For ₦211tn In Oil Funds
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has instituted legal action against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), accusing the state-owned oil firm of failing to adequately explain and account for ₦211 trillion recorded in its 2023 audited financial statements. According to court documents, the lawsuit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1427/2026 and filed before…
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SERAP Threatens Lawsuit Over Proposed Social Media Shutdown Bill
By Opeyemi Adelakun The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the National Assembly to immediately withdraw the proposed Nigeria Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2026, warning that it would institute legal action if the legislation is passed in its current form. The bill, sponsored by Senator Ned Nwoko (APC, Delta North), seeks to…