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Workshop On Monitoring And Reporting Of Oil Subsidy Fraud/Corruption Cases In Nigeria:The Communique

Workshop On Monitoring And Reporting Of Oil Subsidy Fraud/Corruption Cases In Nigeria:The Communique Posted by: Newsdiaryonline Posted date: May 17, 2014 In: Business, Civil Society | comment : 0 diezaninewCOMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE END OF A TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON MONITORING AND REPORTING OF OIL SUBSIDY FRAUD/CORRUPTION CASES IN NIGERIA, HELD AT VINES HOTEL, ABUJA, 13- 14, MAY 2014. The […]

Report of a one-day inception meeting for “ADVOCACY AGAINST IMPUNITY IN THE OIL SUBSIDY REGIME IN NIGERIA’’ project held @ Denis Hotel, Abuja on 26th February, 2014.

INTRODUCTION The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), with support from Justice for All (J4A) organized an inception workshop for “Advocacy against Impunity in the Oil Subsidy Regime in Nigeria project”, on Wednesday, 26th February, 2014, at Denis Hotel Abuja. The workshop had over 35 participants in attendance which cut across Anti graft Agencies (EFCC and ICPC), Civil […]

EFCC Press Release: N2.6Bn Subsidy Fraud: Abdulahi Alao Manipulates Product Supply Chain – Witness

Posted: May, 08 2014, 12:05PM By Wilson Uwujaren The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 9, 2014, told Justice Adebisi Akinlade of the Lagos High Court, Igbosere, that Abdullahi Alao and his company, Axenergy Limited, who are facing trial over a N2.6billion oil subsidy fraud, manipulated the product supply chain and a bill of laden presented to […]

Court cuts short EFCC’s case against oil marketers

A Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday closed the case of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, with 13 out of the 15 proposed prosecution witnesses yet to appear in court. Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo made the order closing the prosecution’s case, following a request by EFCC counsel to adjourn the matter in order to arrest one of the defendants, Mr. […]

Oyerinde: Two years on, justice still a mirage

Oyerinde: Two years on, justice still a mirage by SEBASTINE EBHUOMHAN on Apr 27,2014 Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, the Principal Private Secretary to Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, was murdered at about 1.00am on Friday, May 4, 2012 when unknown gunmen pumped bullets into his head, chest and stomach in his house at 2nd Ugbor Street in Benin City, […]

EFCC Arraigns Oil Marketer for N10m Dud Cheque

EFCC Arraigns Oil Marketer for N10m Dud Cheque The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today (April 23, 2014) arraigned one Tajo Sani Yunusu and his company, Sani Brothers Oil and Gas Limited, before Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of Kano State High Court on a 2-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque. The accused allegedly collected 125, 000 litres […]

Advocacy against impunity in the oil subsidy regime in Nigeria

PROJECT HIGHLIGHT Advocacy against impunity in the oil subsidy regime in Nigeria ANEEJ is currently implementing a project tagged Advocacy against impunity in the oil subsidy regime in Nigeria. The 1 year project is supported by J4A/DFID. The project is a major effort to end impunity in the management of oil subsidy funds in Nigeria, where contractors acting in cooperation […]

NYANYA BOMB BLAST: ANEEJ URGES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON PROACTIVE MEASURES AGAINST INSURGENCY

15th April, 2014. PRESS RELEASE NYANYA BOMB BLAST: ANEEJ URGES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON PROACTIVE MEASURES AGAINST INSURGENCY Benin City….. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has condemned the recent explosion at Nyanya Park, Abuja, and urged the Federal government to take urgent steps to end the frequent assault on innocent Nigerians. This call is particularly necessary considering […]

EFCC RECOVERS N4.3bn FROM OIL SUBSIDY SUSPECTS – Lamorde

Executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde today disclosed that the Commission has recovered N4.3billion from suspects involved in the petroleum subsidy scam. He made the disclosure Tuesday April 15 when the management of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency led by its Executive Secretary, Mr. Farouk Ahmed paid him a courtesy visit in his […]

Subsidy Trial: Oil Marketers Granted Bail

By Ike Abonyi and Akinwale Akintunde The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Wednesday continued its arraignment of directors of oil-marketing and trading (OM&T) firms and the companies suspected to have defrauded the fuel subsidy scheme. Five suspects implicated in the fuel subsidy scam were arraigned at the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, presided over by Justice Habeeb Abiru. The five […]