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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 […]

#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 […]

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 […]

The Covid-19 Palliative is not Conditional Cash Transfer for the Poor

To the general public: we are using this medium to educate Nigerians not to allow politicians to mislead them, the Covid-19 Palliative is not Conditional Cash Transfer for the Poor. The funding for the ongoing Cash Transfer Programme is from the recovered stolen public fund from Switzerland- $322.5m. The Swiss and Nigerian Government and World Bank entered into agreement which […]

Human Trafficking: Switzerland signs N10milion agreement with ANEEJ

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. April 16, 2020…. The Embassy of Switzerland has signed a ten million Naira (N10million) agreement with the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) a leading Civil Society Organisation in Nigeria to combat human trafficking and irregular migration in Edo State. The Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency Mr. Georg Steiner who signed the agreement on behalf of Switzerland in […]

ANEEJ-MANTRA Update

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 […]

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

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) HIGHLIGHTS • On the 15th of April 2020, 34 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria• Till date, 407 cases have been confirmed, 128 cases have been discharged and twelve deaths have been recorded in Nigeria• The 34 new cases are reported from five states- Lagos (18), Kano (12), Katsina (2), Niger (1), Delta (1).• A multi-sectoral national emergency operations […]

COVID 19: MANTRA Partners Hail Expansion of Social Register, Urges Consistency With Best Practice

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. April 14, 2020…. Civil Society Watchdog, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and its MANTRA partners currently monitoring the returned $322.5million Abacha loot nationwide have hailed the presidential directive to expand the Nigeria social register from 2.6million households to 3.6million households in the next two weeks. Executive Director of ANEEJ, Rev David Ugolor in […]