Press Release 23rd September, 2016 Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has welcomed the ruling of Justice John Bates of the UD District Court dismissing the claim of one Nigerian lawyer in the US, Godson Nnaka, seeking a lien of $320million as legal fees for alleged involvement in the repatriation of $500million Abacha loot trapped […]
Fuel ‘too dirty’ for Europe sold to Africa http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37373414 Companies dump dirty fuel in West Africa, report says http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/15/the-associated-press-companies-dump-dirty-fuel-in-west-africa-report-says.html Swiss firms selling dirty fuel to Nigeria – Group http://punchng.com/swiss-firms-selling-dirty-fuel-nigeria-group/ Group accuses Swiss firms of shipping dirty fuel to Nigeria http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/09/16/group-accuses-swiss-firms-of-shipping-dirty-fuel-to-nigeria/ Swiss firms dump dirty fuel in Nigeria –Report Swiss firms dump dirty fuel in Nigeria –Report NGO accuses Vitol, Trafigura […]
Distinguished Gentlemen and Ladies of the Press, I am happy to welcome you to this world press conference wherein we first of all seek to join our voices with that of Public Eye, Switzerland, and other partners the world over to draw the attention of the Federal Government of Nigeria to dangers posed to the health of citizens of the […]
September 15, 2016 Bern Zurich…”Dirty Diesel “, a report published by Public Eye today, reveals how Swiss commodity trading firms exploit lax regulatory standards to sell African customers fuel with high sulfur content. Produced by the trading firms themselves, these types of fuel have long been banned in Europe. They contribute significantly to the rapidly rising air pollution in African […]
Protocol!!! I will like to first of all welcome all of you to this roundtable on oil and gas sector reform in Nigeria. I am delighted that you are able to honour our invitation despite the holiday and Muslim festivity which ended yesterday. This meeting presents a wonderful opportunity for us all to strategize on how to engage the ongoing […]
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Press Release 1st September, 2016 Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has expressed satisfaction with the memorandum of understanding, MOU, which the UK government recently signed with the Nigerian government, to facilitate the return of all stolen funds from Nigeria hidden in forty jurisdictions of the United Kingdom including its overseas territories and crown dependencies. […]
By MajiriOghene Etemiku Last year November-December 2015, nearly 200 countries converged in Paris France to ratify the Climate Change deal which the Conference of Parties, COP, had negotiated in April of that same year. That convergence was not new nor was it anything novel. Every year, the COP meets, at the instance of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate, […]
Press Release 28th August 2015 Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has called on the National Assembly, NASS, to give accelerated attention and hearing to the confirmation of current EFCC substantive Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, so that the anti-corruption battle of the present administration can move on at full throttle. This demand was made in a […]
By Charles Iyare About two weeks ago, August 17-20 to be precise, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) organized an interactive session with the gubernatorial candidates of the various political parties. The motive was to get all 19 political parties to sell their programmes and policies to Edo people. Hitherto, there had been a gulf between the […]