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2023 elections: Court dismisses INEC motion seeking to set aside judgment on electoral offenders   The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has rejected the attempt by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to set aside the judgment directing and compelling INEC to investigate and prosecute perpetrators and sponsors of electoral violence and other electoral offences committed […]

Withhold allocations to states failing to conduct credible LG elections, SERAP tells Tinubu   Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct Mr Olawale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, to immediately withhold federal allocations to states that have failed and/refused to conduct credible local government elections,

Floods: Probe spending of billions of ecological funds by Borno govt, SERAP tells Tinubu     Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly investigate the spending of the billions

SERAP sues Tinubu over ‘failure to reverse ‘unlawful petrol price hike, probe NNPCL’   Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to reverse the apparently unlawful increase in the pump price of petrol, and to probe the allegations

Direct DSS to end attack against us, SERAP tells Tinubu   Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to immediately direct Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) to end the intimidation and harassment and attack against our organization and the threat of arrest against our directors.”   Some officers from DSS

Gbajabiamila Commends NASENI’s Technological Advancements, Product Innovations   The Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, CFR, has commended the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) for its technological advancements, product innovations and interventions in various sectors of the economy. The Chief Staff stated this during a familiarisation

SERAP sues CBN over failure to ‘account for missing N100bn dirty notes, other public funds’   Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “over the failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the over N100 billion ‘dirty and bad notes’ and ‘other large sum

Court orders Lai Mohammed to disclose details of agreement between FG and X, formerly Twitter   The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has ordered Alhaji Lai Mohammed, former Minister of Information and Culture and the ministry of information to disclose the details of the agreement between the Federal Government and

Halilu Awarded Royal African Young Leadership Award   A week after receiving the Engineering and Innovation meritorious award at the Nigerian Excellence Awards in Public Service (NEAPS), the Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu, has been honoured with the prestigious ‘Royal African Young Leadership