January 21, 2026

EU Removes Nigeria from AML/CFT High-Risk List: ANEEJ Calls for Sustained Reforms and Transparency

Benin City, Edo State. January 21, 2026 – The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has welcomed the European Union’s (EU) official decision to remove Nigeria from its list of “high-risk third-country jurisdictions” for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). In a statement released in Benin City and signed by its Executive Director, Rev. David Ugolor, […]

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January 20, 2026

Request for Application (RFA) from Consultants – Assessment of Nigeria’s Legal and Institutional Framework for Addressing Illicit Financial Flows 

Background and Context Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) remain a major obstacle to Nigeria’s development, fiscal sustainability, and governance outcomes. They manifest through tax evasion and avoidance, corruption, procurement-related abuses, trade mis-invoicing, money laundering, and illicit capital movements—draining public resources needed for social and economic development. Nigeria has put in place a range of laws, institutions, and policies to combat IFFs, […]

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January 20, 2026

Request for Application (RFA) from consultants – Assessment of the Implementation of Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act, 2022, in Nigeria

Background Nigeria enacted the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Act (POCA), 2022 to establish a comprehensive legal framework for the identification, tracing, seizure, confiscation, management, and disposal of proceeds of crime. The Act provides for enhanced coordination among designated Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACAs) and other relevant institutions in the recovery and management of recovered assets.  To operationalise the Act, the […]

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January 13, 2026

ANEEJ Annual Report 2021

Message from the Executive Director The year 2021 came with its own challenges and opportunities arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging events of international and national scale. Notwithstanding, some of our interventions in the development work in the past years yielded tangible results which we shall highlight in this report. Interestingly, agreement was signed between Nigeria and the UK government […]

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January 12, 2026

Why Nigeria’s New Tax Law Feels Like Extraction, Not Citizenship

By Hussein Adeleye Nigeria’s new tax law is being sold as reform: modern, efficient, and necessary. On paper, it largely is. The law consolidates fragmented tax regimes, simplifies administration, broadens the tax base, reduces certain loopholes, and promises more predictable government revenue. These are legitimate objectives, and the government deserves credit for attempting a long-overdue overhaul of Nigeria’s tax architecture. […]

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January 12, 2026

ANEEJ Welcomes Repatriation of $9.75 Million from Jersey, Assures Independent Monitoring of Funds Utilisation

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. January 12, 2025…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has welcomed the repatriation of US $9,750,992.41 in corruptly acquired funds from the Bailiwick of Jersey to the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the financing of critical infrastructure projects. While commending the transparent approach adopted by the Government of Jersey, ANEEJ has called on the Nigerian […]

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January 10, 2026

Request for Application – Consultancy Services

Background The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), a national non-governmental organization, is currently implementing a project titled “Addressing Human Trafficking Through Empowerment with Income-Generating Skills” in Ologbo Community, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, Edo State. The Resilience Fund supports this initiative through the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC). The initiative, which started in March 2025, is […]

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