May 5, 2020

ASSET RECOVERY: ABACHA II AND III AGREEMENTS

In December 2017, a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) legally binding tripartite agreement was signed in Washington, D.C, between the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Federal Council of Swiss Confederation (Swiss Government) and the World Bank to repatriate $322.5M Abacha Loot to her country of origin (Nigeria). Below is the link to Abacha II Agreement https://www.aneej.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Abacha_Repatriation-Asset_Agreement_among_Nigeria_World_Bank_signed_in_2017_.pdf Again, in February […]

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May 4, 2020

CSOs Hail Repatriation of $311.7million Abacha III Loot ……Promises independent Monitoring

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. May 4, 2020…. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ and all its partners on the Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Management of Returned Assets (MANTRA) project being supported by DFID Nigeria under its Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (ACORN) programme have welcomed the successful repatriation of $311,797,866 of the Abacha III Loot to Nigeria. Executive […]

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April 28, 2020

LAUNCH OF MANTRA ONE-YEAR MONITORING OF RECOVERED $322.5M ABACHA LOOT REPORT: APPRECIATION

On behalf of the Board, Management and Staff of the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ) as all partners of the Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Management of Recovered Assets ( MANTRA) project in the six geo-political zones of Nigeria, a sub-sect of the Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (ACORN) programme of DFID Nigeria, I wish to express our […]

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April 24, 2020

#COVIDUpdate: 108 New Cases Of COVID-19 Have Been Reported In Nigeria

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) HIGHLIGHTS • On the 23rd of April 2020, 108 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria • Till date, 981 cases have been confirmed, 197 cases have been discharged and thirty one deaths have been recorded in Nigeria • The 108 new cases are reported from eight states- Lagos (78), FCT (14), Ogun (5), Gombe (4), Borno (3), Akwa Ibom […]

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April 23, 2020

THE MANTRA PROJECT: ASSESSING SUCCESS THROUGH CITIZENS ENGAGEMENT

I sometimes feel many people working in International Development are ignorant when it comes to assessing what success looks like in Anti-Corruption interventions. This is understandable, as the challenge of tackling corruption may seem insurmountable in contexts where governance remains poor; systems are broken, and society largely conditioned to think that nothing can be done to stop public funds being […]

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April 23, 2020

Poor Nigerians Receive N23.7billion from recovered $322.5million Abacha Loot -MANTRA Report

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. April 23, 2020…. Seven hundred and three thousand, five hundred and six (703,506) poor and vulnerable Nigerians out of an enrolled figure of 834,948 targeted in the Nigerian Social register received a total of ₦23,742,580,000 from the recovered $322.5million Abacha Loot returned from Switzerland as at 31 December 2019 under the Conditional Cash Transfer of Nigeria’s Social […]

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April 22, 2020

#COVIDUpdate: 117 New Cases Of COVID-19 Have Been Reported In Nigeria

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) HIGHLIGHTS • On the 21st of April 2020, 117 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria • Till date, 782 cases have been confirmed, 197 cases have been discharged and twenty-five deaths have been recorded in Nigeria • The 117 new cases are reported from eight states- Lagos (59), FCT (29), Kano (14), Borno (6), Katsina (4), Ogun (3), Rivers […]

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April 20, 2020

How the National Social Register is Built

The National Social Register (NSR) is a database of poor and vulnerable households in Nigeria. The register is built using a combination of three targeting mechanisms: Geographic Targeting, Community Based Targeting and Proxy Means Test Click link below to see full details: https://www.aneej.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NSR-Infographics-_Dark.pdf Source: NASSCO Office

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April 18, 2020

ANEEJ-MANTRA Update, April 15, 2020

The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) through her MANTRA project, is monitoring the ongoing payment along side her eight MANTRA project partners: Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED), Civil Resource Development and Documentation Centre (CIRDDOC), FAHINTA Women and Youths Development (FAWOYDI), New Apostolic Church Centre for Development, Bayelsa State Non-Governmental Organisations Forum (BANGOF), Centre […]

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