Press Release 1 November, 2017. Abuja, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has applauded the verdict of a French court in confiscating all property linked to Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and son of the President and handing him a suspended three-year prison sentence and a suspended fine of USSD$35million for embezzling over $174million […]
BACKGROUND Anti-corruption stakeholders in Nigeria convened for a Preparatory Consultative Meeting ahead of the Global Forum on Asset Recovery (GFAR) scheduled to hold in Washington DC on December 4-6, 2017. The Pre-GFAR Consultative Meeting, held at Reiz Continental Hotel, Abuja on October 26, 2017, was organized by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) in partnership with Socio-Economic […]
31st October, 2017 Press release Abuja, Nigeria… Even though the sack of the former Secretary to the Government (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal and the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke is belated, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has asked Mr President to go the hog to prosecute the duo. This statement was made in […]
Press Release 24th October, 2017 Benin City, Nigeria…Ahead of the Global Forum on Stolen Assets Recovery, GFAR, summit billed to take place in Washington DC, December 2-4, 2017, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP have organized a pre-GFAR Summit in Abuja Nigeria, seeking to forge enduring alliances with friends […]
Date: 20th September, 2017 Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has commended the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, for the rigorous work it has embarked upon in the investigation and review of ownership of several choice property dotting the nooks and crannies of Nigeria, and especially in Abuja and has urged the commission to […]
31stAugust 2017 Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has expressed its excitement about the recent treaties signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, and has commended the President for demonstrating that by signing these treaties with the United Arab Emirates, it is genuinely committed to bringing corrupt public officials who stole from the common purse and hiding […]
Background It is a common knowledge that Nigeria, like many other countries in Africa suffers severe leakage of its public resources through corrupt means. Public funds that could be better used to address critical sectors for national development, such as health, education, electricity, roads, and other infrastructural projects for the social, political and economic well-being of the country are diverted […]
23rd July 2017 Press Release Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has saluted the NDDC for its courage in suspending 600 contracts with abandoned projects worth N200bn, together with the NDDC resolve to prosecute the defaulting banks and contractors linked to the cancelled contracts. ANEEJ executive director, the Rev David Ugolor who made the commendation […]
Press Release 19th July 2017 Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has commended the filing of a civil suit by the United States Department of Justice, DOJ, to forfeit and recover over $100million laundered in and through the US, and has tasked the Nigerian government to follow through with the plan to assist the United […]
The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, will feature as a panellist at a Conference on Illicit Financial Flows and Asset Recovery, being organised by the Federal Government for sustainable development in Nigeria. The 3-day conference is billed to kick off from the 5th of June 2017 and is a stakeholder global platform to exchange practical knowledge on […]