By Stella Omona, Snr Correspondent, Abuja Participants at a two-day workshop on monitoring and reporting of oil subsidy fraud/corruption cases in Nigeria have called on political parties and their presidential candidates to mainstream the issues of oil subsidy corruption into the campaign issues. The workshop was organised by Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), with support from Justice […]
By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku On March 28th 2015, it is expected that Nigerians would troop out to elect a new president or continue to be managed according to the blueprint of the present administration of the PDP. Whatever reason was given for the shift of the presidential elections from February to March 2015 and the conspiracy theories that trailed the […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), with support from Justice for All (J4A) a window of funding of DfID, organised a two-day workshop from February 3-4, 2015 at the Hotel De Horizon, Wuse 2, Abuja. The workshop was part of activities of ANEEJ “Advocacy against impunity in oil subsidy regime in Nigeria” project. Twenty Two (22) participants […]
January 30, 2015 by Yemisi Izuora orientalnewsng Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) led by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) carried out a massive mobilisation of the people in Lagos today demanding accountability and transparency in the oil and gas sector of the economy. The protesters are aggrieved over what they consider lack of accountability and looting in […]
23rd January, 2015. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has condemned the Call made by the National Security Adviser to the president, Col. Sambo Dasuki at the Chatam House in Londonfor the postponement by three months of the February General Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the General elections. “We applaud INEC for insisting […]
January 7, 2015 by Innocent Edemhanria The need to develop effective and efficient tools to hold government accountable to the people on issues of transparency and accountability in resource management has become increasingly important especially as we hit 2015, being the target set by United Nations to achieve millennium development goals (MDGs). Before now, in Edo State, the regulation of […]
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The United Kingdom yesterday commenced the enforcement of the “Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014” which was signed into law by Business Minister Jo Swinson MP on 28 November, 2014. The regulation provides for anti-corruption provisions for the oil, gas, mining and logging sectors as contained in Chapter 10 of the 2013 European Union Accounting Directive. “As a leading […]
Nov 19 2014 – 10:41am (The News Online) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: states want money from ECA The Chairman, State Finance Commissioners Forum, Timothy Odah, said that the Nigerian states want two billion dollars from the Excess Crude Account to enable them complete ongoing projects, as revenue allocations to them decline for the third month running. At the moment, the account has […]