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 […]
Members of the New ROAA Board
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 […]
BY SANDRA EGUAGIE Can you imagine a residential building without toilet? Can you imagine a school without toilets? Can you imagine a business Centre without toilet? Can you imagine not having a toilet? Can you imagine defecating in the bush? Can you imagine defecating in plastic or polythene bags and throwing it into the bush, school compound, open field, gutter, […]
19 Nov 2014 An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of an oil marketer, Rowaye Jubril, charged with N963.7 million fuel subsidy fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Jubril was charged before Justice Lateefat Okunnu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He is being prosecuted alongside his company, Brila Energy Limited, over the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed on Monday that it had retrieved more than N5 billion taken from oil subsidy, while over 40 suspects are now being charged in court for the offense. The Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, made the disclosure at a workshop organised for Journalists in the South-east zone held in Enugu. Tagged: “Effective […]
Kelly Ovie Umukoro 11/05/2014 11:02:15 Barack Obama, US President Recently, world leaders came together in New York to brainstorm on ways to tackle the challenges of climate change. President Barack Obama was among scores of world leaders at the gathering, which followed by days of mass demonstration in New York City in support of action to combat global warming. Among […]