NEWS

US-Based Group Faults SERAP, Amnesty Over Sowore, Labels Call to Drop Charges Hypocritical

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2025

Justice For All Nations (JFAN), a non-governmental organization headquartered in the United States, has criticized the recent appeal by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Amnesty International Nigeria urging President Bola Tinubu to withdraw cybercrime charges

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Groups Demand Release Of Detained #EndBadGovernance Protesters

Daily Dispatch November 2, 2024

Civil society organisations, including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Amnesty International, and the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, have condemned the continued detention of 76 #EndBadGovernance protesters, who were arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja Friday. The Nigeria Police arrested over a thousand protesters nationwide in

LEAD STORY 2

Group urges NASS to Repeal 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act, gives Akpabio, Abass 7-days to ‘drop plan to spend N110bn on bulletproof cars, others’

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2023

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, 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 2022 […]

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N400bn subsidy money: SERAP wants Tinubu to publish spending details

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2023

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use his good offices and leadership position to “urgently publish details of spending of about N400bn so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol.” SERAP urged him to “provide details of […]

BUSINESS

SERAP urges CBN to withdraw regulations on customers’ social media handles or face legal action

Daily Dispatch June 25, 2023

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

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2023 Election: SERAP takes on FG over threat to close Broadcast stations

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2023

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has spoken out against the Federal Government’s threat to shut down broadcast stations. Last week, the government announced that the National Broadcasting Commission would shut down broadcast stations found guilty of using their platforms to undermine Nigeria’s peaceful coexistence. Following a meeting between