Security operatives yesterday arrested a lawyer and human rights activist, MALCOLM OMIRHOBO, in Abuja. Reports indicate that OMIRHOBO had staged a one-man protest at the entrance to the Presidential Villa before he was picked up. OMIRHOBO was reportedly protesting over the killing of at least seventy-eight rice farmers in Borno State. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project,…
The Federal Government has been slammed with another lawsuit over attempts to gag the broadcast media in Nigeria, through the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The latest lawsuit filed by Chief Festus Ameh Ogwuche of Crownfield Solicitors at the Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court follows a similar action by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project,…
The Federal Government and Governors of the nineteen northern states continue to face criticism over the calls for the regulation of social media. A social commentator, IHECHIMERE NWANNE, said it was not within the power of state governors to decide how social media should operate in Nigeria. NWANNE also commended groups such as the Socio-Economic Rights and…
• Ubani doubts Independence of Panel The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has called for an international commission of inquiry on the shooting of EndSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos State. SERAP made the request in a message to the United Nations and the African Union, eight days after the incident at the Lekki Phase-One Toll Gate…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, says it has filed a petition against the Federal Government with the International Criminal Court, ICC. SERAP’s petition was dated October 21, 2020, and signed by the Deputy Director, KOLAWOLE OLUWADARE. SERAP says it wants the ICC Prosecutor, FATOU BENSOUDA, to investigate the Nigerian authorities, including the military and some…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has warned against using the military to stop EndSARS protesters. SERAP is of the opinion that sending the armed forces against peaceful protesters who are pushing to end police brutality will amount to a crime against humanity. The rights group said if the armed forces attack the protesters, it would…