24th, August 2016 Press release Convene a stakeholders meeting to save the Judiciary, ANEEJ urges NBA & NJC Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has frowned on the sundry cases of counter-judgements on political cases, and has called on the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, and the National Judicial Commission, NJC, to convene a stakeholders meeting […]
Press Release 21st August, 2016 Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has endorsed the decision of the Federal government to prosecute Nigerians implicated in the Panama papers leak. This ratification was contained in a statement released by ANEEJ executive director the Rev David Ugolor in his reaction to the announcement by the Buhari government that […]
26-07-2016 Nigerian Navy Return our land, Okurho Citizens Demand Oghara, Delta State…Citizens of Okurho in Delta State have cried out to the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Flag Officer Commanding of the Nigerian Navy Logistics Command, in Oghara town, to vacate the land equivalent to 600 x 600 which they have illegally annexed, and forcefully acquired from the original […]
12th July, 2016 Press Release Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has called on the Federal government to give loans to state governments only for the development of critical sectors of the economy rather than offering them handouts which turn out to be counter-productive and hurt the economy. This call was made by the Executive […]
Press Release 12th July, 2016. Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, is pleased to be a part of the ongoing public hearing being organised by the National Assembly, into the allegation of attempted rape leveled against three honourable members of the NASS who were on a leadership training programme in the United States of America, […]
25th June, 2016. Press Release Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for steps taken to improve transparency, accountability and effectiveness of the commission. This followed the recent release of the commission’s first quarter report for 2016 which has also been made available to the public through NDDC […]
June 20, 2016 Press Release BENIN CITY— Amidst the controversy generated by the letter submitted to the leadership of the House of Representatives by the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwisle against three members of the House Hons. Samuel Ikon, Mohammed Gololo, and Mark Gbillah for their alleged “act of soliciting for prostitutes, misconduct and attempted rape while […]
2nd June, 2016 Press Release Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has expressed dismay over the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to personally visit Rivers State to flag-off the clean-up of Ogoniland, an area suffering from environmental degradation from oil spills. The expression of frustration was contained in a statement issued in Benin and endorsed […]
June 1, 2016 Press Release Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to do everything within his power to ensure that the Niger Delta is not reduced to a state of anarchy and turmoil leading to unmitigated disaster for the rest of Nigeria. The call was made following a press statement […]
24 May, 2016 PRESS RELEASE Benin City (Nigeria)— The Managements of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Total, Mobil, Shell and other companies mentioned by the 2013 audit of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) to have refused to transmit revenues totaling over $4.4bn have been called upon to remit all monies ascribed to them into the federation account […]