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’

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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

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SERAP, 185 Nigerians sue INEC over failure to extend voter registration

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2022

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 185 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), asking the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to extend the deadline for voter registration to allow eligible

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SERAP, Falana drag Buhari govt to ECOWAS Court over Twitter ban

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2021

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration over “the unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria”. The applicants are against the criminalization of Nigerians using Twitter, and the escalating repression of human rights, rights to freedom of expression,

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Declare NBC Broadcasting Code illegal, SERAP, others tell ECOWAS Court

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2021

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and twenty-four concerned Nigerians have sued the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over “the arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to target, harass, sanction, and fine independent television and radio

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SERAP to Buhari: Magu must be given fair trial

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2020

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to afford EFCC boss Ibrahim Magu his right to fair trial. “Magu must either be charged with a recognizable criminal offence or released immediately and allowed to do his job without fear of reprisals,” the organisation said on Tuesday. It expressed concerns about reports […]