The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “good offices to immediately direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withdraw the cybersecurity levy on Nigerians as it patently violates the provisions of…
Stop lawmakers from taking delivery of 360 SUVs, Group tells court
A group has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to stop members of the House of Representatives from taking delivery of 360 sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for its members, pending the hearing and determination of the applications for injunction…
Aminu Mohammed: Nigerian first lady’s critic freed from detention
Aminu Mohammed, a critic of Nigeria’s first lady Aisha Buhari has regained his freedom. Mohammed, a final year student of Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State in Northern Nigeria, was freed on Saturday after the police discontinued his trial. Mohammed tweeted…
ECOWAS court declares Nigeria Twitter ban unlawful, warns against repeat
A court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared the ban on Twitter in Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari unlawful. The court, according to deputy director of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) Kolawole Oluwadare, also…
Nigerians sue Senate over N6b cars for members (Guardian)
Some 6,721 concerned Nigerians, including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE), at the weekend initiated action at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos against the ninth Senate over plan to spend N5.550 billion…