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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 […]

N979.6m Subsidy Fraud: Oil Marketer Has Escape to Canada, Says EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday told an Ikeja High Court that an oil marketer, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, charged with N979.6 million subsidy fraud, has fled to Canada. The EFCC disclosed this in its response to an application filed by Ogunbambo’s counsel, Mr Raphael Oluyede, before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo. The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that Ogunbambo […]

Fuel Subsidy Fraud: EFCC Witness Recount Payment

Ikeja – A prosecution witness, Mr. Effa Okim, has told an Ikeja High Court how an oil marketer, Abdullahi Alao, allegedly conspired with others to commit N1.1 billion fuel subsidy fraud. Okim, an investigative officer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) testified at the resumption of Alao’s trial. The accused is the son of prominent Ibadan-based businessman, Alhaji […]

EFCC RE-ARRAIGNS 3 OIL MARKETERS OVER ALLEGED N789.6M FUEL SUBSIDY FRAUD

EFCC Re-arraigns 3 Oil Marketers Over Alleged N789.6m Fuel Subsidy Fraud Agency Report — April 8, 2014 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned three oil marketers — Adamu Maula, George Ogbonna and Emmanuel Morah — over an alleged N789.6 million fuel subsidy fraud. The marketers appeared alongside their companies — Downstream Energy Sources Ltd and Rocky […]

Network Canvases Open Budget by Govt.

BENIN CITY – The Niger Delta Anti-Corruption Network (NIDAN), a Coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in collaboration with African Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has canvassed for an open budgeting to be accepted in Edo State and Nigeria at large. This position was made known by the CSOs at a strategic planning meeting/launching of NIDAN, Edo State […]

CSOs in Nigeria Condemn Arrest of Rev. David Ugolor

CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS IN NIGERIA CONDEMN THE ARREST AND CONTINUED DETENTION OF REV. DAVID UGOLOR OVER THE SPURIOUS ALLEGATION OF MURDER OF COMRADE OLAITAN OYERINDE BY MEN OF NIGERIAN POLICE AND DEMAND HIS IMMEDIATE  AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE. We members of Civil Society Organisations represented hereunder  are shocked that up till now Rev. Ugolor who was arrested on Friday July 27, […]

PIB: COALITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS CONDEMNS NON-PASSAGE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL

PRESS RELEASE Abuja…..A coalition of civil society organizations for PIB campaign has condemned the non- passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill by the outgoing National Assembly before the expiration of their tenure in spite of repeated assurance by key government functionaries including President Goodluck Jonathan that the bill will be passed into law before May 29, 2011. “We are disappointed […]