Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice
VIENNA, AUSTRIA. September 14, 2022… Sixty-two years after the establishment of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has called on the authorities of the oil league to comply with Paris Agreement by cutting down on fossil fuel production and save the planet from imminent and […]
VIENNA, AUSTRIA. September 8, 2022… The Executive Director, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, the Rev David Ugolor has been elected Vice Chairman of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Coalition, an international Civil Society group championing the implementation of UNCAC globally. At a keenly but transparent election by the global anti-corruption watchdog […]
The Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act, 2022, provide for an effective legal and institutional framework for the recovery and management of the proceeds of crime, benefits derived therein, instrumentality of unlawful activities, and unclaimed properties reasonablysuspected to be proceeds of crime. Click to see the Act
INTERVIEW WITH BBC ON THE $23M ABACHA LOOT AGREEMENT Hello and welcome to Newsday with Rana and James. The trail of millions of dollars put away in foreign banks by the Nigerian Former President Sani Abacha. Nigeria has just signed an agreement for another $23M stolen money to be returned by the United States. The […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA. August 25, 2022… Leaders of the Lagos Peoples Movement, a grassroots environmental activist behind the Shadow Shell Annual General Meeting in Lagos have called on the Chair of the Church of England Pensions Board, Clive Mather to resign for being a shareholder in Shell and, hence being a stumbling block for divestment of […]
BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA. August 24, 2022… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice has welcomed the signing of agreements between the Nigerian and United States Governments to return $23million recovered from the Late General Sani Abacha for the completion of three major infrastructural landmark projects. Executive Director of ANEEJ and Leader of the Monitoring Transparency […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) in collaboration with Africa Forum and Initiative for Debt and Development (AFRODAD) organized African Conference on Debt and Development (AfCODD 2022) Nigeria National Conference at the K-Class Hotel,Wuse Zone 5, Abuja on 18 August 2022.The conference is a build up to the AFCoDD 2022 and brought […]
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY PARTICIPANTS AT A 2- DAY WORKSHOP ON THE USE OF UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORUPTION (UNCAC) COALITION GUIDE FOR CSO AND PRIVATE SECTOR IN PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE, FROM 4TH – 5TH AUGUST 2022 Arising from a training session on the use of UNCAC Coalition Guide for CSOs and Private Sector organized […]
Oliver Windridge is a British lawyer, specializing in international human rights, anti-corruption and international criminal law. He is particularly interested in exploring where these three elements interconnect. Oliver is founder of rights: applied, a human rights and anti-corruption consultancy that has pioneered the use of “multi-track accountability” solutions.Click to see slide
Corruption is a major problem in Nigeria and is largely responsible for widespread poverty and underdevelopment. According to the UN and the AU, around $148 billion is stolen from Africa annually by political leaders, multinational corporations, the business elite and civil servants with complicity of banking and property industries in Europe, North America and elsewhere. […]
