The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Bernard Doro “to disclose details of the funding, implementation and administration of the ₦50,000 National Emergency Relief and Stabilisation Intervention (NERSI), including beneficiary selection, payments, contracts with digital financial service providers and safeguards against political interference.”
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct Dr Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) to promptly, thoroughly, independently and effectively investigate the reported introduction of suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-generated photographs, alleged alterations to personal data and other questionable records in the preliminary Register of Voters published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).”
In suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/42/26, filed last week before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja, SERAP is seeking a declaration that the Federal Government’s failure to account for more than ₦78.8 billion allocated to cash-transfer and social-protection programmes is unlawful and violates Nigeria’s international human rights obligations.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “over its failure to account for over ₦126.46 billion in public funds appropriated for electoral operations but allegedly diverted, lost, mismanaged or otherwise unaccounted for.”
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its “failure to account for US$6.23 million in allegedly diverted or unaccounted-for election funds and over ₦1.63 trillion in other public funds.”
SERAP made the demand in a letter dated October 3, 2026, signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, following findings contained in the 2024 Volume II Annual Report of the Auditor-General of the Federation, published on August 7, 2026.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “over its failure to disclose the limits on political contributions under section 91 of the Electoral Act 2026.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven days to account for more than ₦126.46 billion in public funds appropriated for electoral operations.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to order an urgent investigation into alleged financial irregularities involving more than ₦78.8 billion under the Federal Government’s cash transfer and social protection programmes.
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
