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10th NASS: SERAP gives Akpabio, Abass 7 days to ‘drop plan to spend N110bn on bulletproof cars, others’

By The Insight Team July 17, 2023 166

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas “to drop the scandalous plan to spend N40bn on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70bn as ‘palliatives’ for new members.” SERAP urged them to “repeal the […]Continue Reading

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‘Withdraw regulations on customers’ social media handles or face legal action’, SERAP tells CBN

By The Insight Team June 27, 2023 168

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr Folashodun Shonubi, Acting Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to “immediately delete the patently unlawful provisions in the Central Bank of Nigeria (Customer Due Diligence) Regulations directing banks to obtain information on customers’ social media handles for the purpose of Continue Reading

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Elections: Probe attack on Obi, stop governors from targeting opposition, SERAP tells Buhari

By The Insight Team January 29, 2023 190 0

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to direct the Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba to promptly, thoroughly, and transparently investigate the reported attack on the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, after a rally in Katsina state, and other cases of election-related intimidation, harassment and Continue Reading

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SERAP gives Okowa, Wike, others 7 days to disclose spending of N625bn refunds

By The Insight Team December 13, 2022 223 0

By Kolawole Oluwadare Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the nine oil producing states in Nigeria to “provide and widely publish details of spending of the oil derivation refunds of N625bn recently paid to them by the Federal Government, including details and locations of projects executed with the money.” The Federal Government recently Continue Reading

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ECOWAS Court stops Buhari govt from prosecuting people for using Twitter

By The Insight Team June 22, 2021 228 0

The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja in a landmark ruling today “restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and its agents from unlawfully imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate, arrest or prosecute Twitter and/or any other social media service provider(s), media houses, radio and television broadcast stations, the Plaintiffs and Continue Reading