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- 8 Sept 2019
SERAP Seeks $10Bn for Victims of Xenophobia in South Africa
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mrs Soyata Maiga, chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the commission’s members…
- 6 Nov 2023
Some NBC Broadcasting Codes Violate Human Rights- ECOWAS Court
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has declared some provisions of the the Nigeria Broadcasting Code as infringements on Nigerian citizens’ rights, including freedom of expression. The affected provisions…
- 21 Dec 2025
SERAP Asks Tinubu to Release CTC of Tax Bill
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “urgently direct Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to…
- 4 Aug 2022
Pan African Digital Rights Bodies Laud Kenya Government’s Decision not to Shut Down the Internet
The Kenya government’s decision not to shut down the internet and also ensure the media continues to operate freely before, during and after elections has been lauded by digital rights and inclusion…
- 15 Oct 2023
SERAP Urges Lawmakers to Reject Social Media Regulation Bill
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the lawmakers to reject the recently reintroduced social media regulation bill which if passed would unduly restrict the rights to…
- 14 Jan 2026
Paradigm Initiative Condemns the Internet Shutdown and Media Restrictions in Uganda Ahead of the 2026 General Election
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) strongly condemns the internet shutdown implemented in Uganda ahead of Thursday’s general election, as well as the restrictions placed on media coverage of protests and…
- 24 Apr 2022
SERAP Sues Buhari, Ministers over Failure to Unblock Lines of 72m Subscribers
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit against President Muhammadu Buhari and two Ministers “over the failure to unblock the phone lines of over 72 million…
- 15 May 2023
MRA Urges NBC to Obey Court Order Restraining Imposition of Fines on Broadcast Stations
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to comply fully with the orders of Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja which restrained it…
- 5 Dec 2021
SERAP Drags FG to Court for Shutting Down Telecom Networks
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the court for “an order of perpetual injunction to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari and Isa Pantami, minister of…
- 16 Jan 2022
SERAP Challenges Buhari to Provide Agreement With Twitter
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to provide a copy of the agreement the federal government had with Twitter, social media company. …
- 8 Nov 2020
#EndSARS: SERAP, Others Asks Court to Reject ‘Suit on Twitter Shut Down’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 365 concerned Nigerians have filed an application before the Federal High Court, Abuja, asking the court to “reject a suit seeking to shut…
- 12 Jan 2025
SERAP Drags FG, Govs to ECOWAS Court over ‘Misuse of Cybercrimes Act’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian government the 36 states over the Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act 2024. SERAP is arguing that “the…
- 5 Nov 2019
Court Asks Army to Stop OPI
Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Tuesday ordered the Nigerian Army and its Chief of Army Staff (COAS) to suspend the ongoing Operation Positive Identification (OPI).…
- 12 Mar 2023
2023 Elections: SERAP Gives Buhari 48 Hours to Withdraw Threat to Shut Down Broadcast Stations
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting…
- 25 Feb 2024
Missing N40trn LG Allocation: SERAP Sues Governors, Wike
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike “over their failure to…
- 24 Oct 2025
Paradigm Initiative Condemns Internet Disruptions in Cameroon Amid Election Tensions
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a pan-African digital rights organization, has condemned ongoing internet access restrictions in Cameroon, describing them as a violation of fundamental rights amid a tense…
- 20 Jun 2021
SERAP Sues FG over Ban on Twitter Use by Broadcast Stations
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued Muhammadu Buhari and Lai Mohammed, his minister of information and culture, for alleged patently unlawful directive to all TV and…
- 27 Mar 2022
SERAP Wants Privacy Details of Election Data from INEC
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to publish the details of safeguards and mechanisms…
- 12 Jul 2020
COVID-19: SERAP Asks Court to Compel Govs to Fund Healthcare with Security Votes
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to “direct and compel 36 state governors to use public funds budgeted for security…
- 17 Oct 2021
SERAP Asks Court to Declare FG’s ‘Plan to Monitor WhatsApp Messages Illegal’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, asking the court to “declare illegal and unconstitutional the plan by the…
- 3 Mar 2020
Groups Ask Court to Ban BBNaija over Sexual Content
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Project for Human Development, Foundation for African Cultural Heritage and the Association of Concerned Mothers are seeking the ban of the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija)…
- 19 Mar 2023
SERAP Asks Court to Stop Shutdown Of Broadcast Stations
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to restrain the federal government from shutting down broadcast stations in Nigeria over their…
- 30 Nov 2020
Court Okays Suit Compelling Emefiele to Account for COVID-19 Donations
Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave to Heda Resource Centre – a group to apply for judicial review and order of mandamus to compel the Governor of Central Bank of…
- 2 Aug 2024
#EndBadGovernance Protests: Coalition Condemns Internet Disruptions in Nigeria
A coalition made up of 36 different civil society organizations and interest groups have petitioned federal government of Nigeria through its Ministries, Departments & Agencies (MDA's) chastising…
- 1 Mar 2026
SERAP Asks FCCPC to Investigate Google, Meta, Others over Alleged Rights Abuses
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) “to urgently investigate allegations that Google, Meta…
- 31 Oct 2021
N5m Hate Speech Fine: Court to Deliver Judgment on Suit against FG Today
A Federal High Court in Lagos State presided by Justice A.L Allagoa will today deliver judgment in a fundamental rights suit filed by Inibehe Effiong, human rights lawyer, against the National…
- 10 Jan 2021
SERAP Fights FG over Plans to Take over Dormant Account Balances, Unclaimed Dividends
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his leadership position “to promptly drop the plan by the Federal…
- 14 Feb 2021
SERAP Drags Buhari to Court for Allegedly using CAMA against Activists
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a non-governmental organisation, has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja, to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from…
- 26 Oct 2020
SERAP Kicks as NBC Slams Fines on Channels, AIT, Arise TV
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), leading Nigerian rights group, has given the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) 48 hours to cancel the fines imposed on three TV channels…
- 26 Apr 2021
SERAP to Sue FG over Suspension of Channels TV’s Politics Today
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to sue the Federal Government over suspension of Channels TV’s Politics Today . The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) had…