Tag: SERAP

Illegal Oil Pipelines: SERAP takes Buhari to ECOWAS Court

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has filed a lawsuit against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to probe the operations of illegal oil pipelines between 2001 and 2022, to name and prosecute those suspected to be involved and to recover proceeds of crime”. The suit was filed by SERAP; Chief Eric Dooh (who is suing for himself as a leader of the Goi community in Gokana local government area of Rivers State, and on behalf of the Goi community), and fifteen other concerned Nigerians. The…

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133 Poor Nigerians: SERAP asks Buhari to probe social intervention programmes

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, effectively and transparently investigate spending on all social safety nets and poverty alleviation programmes and projects executed between 2015 and 2022”. SERAP also urged him “to ensure the findings of any such investigation are widely published, and suspected perpetrators of corruption and mismanagement of public funds meant to take care of the poor should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient evidence, and any stolen…

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2023: “Bring INEC offices attackers to justice” – SERAP urges Buhari

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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently direct the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN and appropriate law enforcement agencies to identify and arrest the perpetrators and sponsors of attacks on the offices of Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), across the country. SERAP urged Buhari to “ensure that the perpetrators and their sponsors are named and shamed, and promptly brought to justice, regardless of their political affiliations.” Recall that there were recent reports of simultaneous attacks on the…

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Floods: SERAP gives Buhari 7 days to trace how trillions of ecological funds are spent by SGF 

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN), and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly and thoroughly investigate the spending of Ecological Fund by the office of the Secretary to the Federal Government and governments at all levels—federal, state and local governments from 2001 to date. According to SERAP, “Suspected perpetrators of corruption and mismanagement should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any missing public funds should…

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“Publish names of perpetrators of oil theft or face legal action” – SERAP tells Buhari

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, and transparently investigate the operations of illegal oil pipelines from 2001 to date and to widely publish the names of anyone suspected to be involved”. SERAP’s letter followed the recent reports that two illegal pipelines used to steal the country’s oil wealth from Forcados Terminal, and connected to the 48-inch Trans Forcados Export Trunk line, have been uncovered. In the open letter dated 15 October, and…

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‘Recommit transparency, declare your assets’, SERAP tells Buhari

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to recommit to transparency and demonstrate leadership by publicly committing to publish his asset declaration at the end of his tenure of office in 2023. The call is contained in an issued press statement, signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, yesterday. The organisation also urged the President to “direct the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to take immediate steps to expeditiously, diligently, effectively and fairly prosecute all outstanding high-profile corruption…

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Court extends order stopping Buhari, NBC from shutting down 53 broadcast stations

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The Federal High Court, in Lagos, has extended its order stopping President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from revoking the licenses of 53 broadcast stations in the country and shutting down the stations for allegedly failing to renew their licenses. Recall that on 29 August 2022, Justice Akintayo Aluko, had granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), and Nigerian Guild of Editors, (NGE). The order was granted pending the hearing of the Motion…

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SERAP, NGE sue Buhari, NBC over plan to revoke licence, shutdown 53 broadcast stations 

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over “the arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to threaten, revoke and shut down 53 broadcast stations in the country for allegedly failing to renew their licenses”. Joined in the suit as Defendant is the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. Recall that the NBC had last week revoked the licenses of the 53 broadcast stations and threatened to shut…

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“Withdraw threat to shut 53 TV, radio stations in 24hrs or…” – SERAP to Buhari

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently withdraw the threat to revoke the licenses and shut down the operations of 53 broadcast stations in the country over the alleged failure to renew their licenses. Recall that the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), had last week revoked the licenses of the 53 broadcast stations and threatened to shut down their operations within 24 hours over alleged N2.6 billion debt. The NBC subsequently asked the stations “to pay all outstanding license fees on or before August…

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NBC Broadcasting Code Sanction: SERAP sues Buhari on terrorism reporting, TrustTV N5m fine

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, (CJID), have slammed Nigeria’s number one man, President Muhammadu Buhari. The groups filed a lawsuit against the President, asking the court to “declare arbitrary and illegal, the N5 million imposed on Trust Television, (TrustTV), MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, Nigerian Television Authority-StarTimes Ltd and others over their documentaries on terrorism in the country”. Joined in the suit as Defendants are the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, and the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC). NBC had last week…

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