Category: SERAP NEWS

  • THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE       Are we really divided by geography or culture? Nigeria is a very heterogeneous society. From the cacophony of our disagreements, there is a straight line that separates the North and the South, the East and the West.       We have been presented with…

  • THE NIGERIAN JOURNEY BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE NIGERIAN JOURNEY BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

          It takes time to form a country. It takes patience and dedication to change attitudes. When people from disparate places and cultures are brought together to form a Nation, it is never easy. In the long run, the tears and toil are worth it because the interactions lead to expansion of consciousness…

  • Election violence: Investigate governors, deputies or face legal action, SERAP tells INEC

    Election violence: Investigate governors, deputies or face legal action, SERAP tells INEC

      Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “urgently seek the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offences including bribery against any state governors and their deputies during the just concluded general elections.”   SERAP also…