( Published July 30 2015 daily Independent newspaper) Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, Communications manager with the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, in this piece examines the problem of inability of Media Houses in Nigeria to pay journalists’ salaries and suggest possible ways they can wriggle out of it On the 21st July, 2015, I read an article in The […]
By Collins Olayinka, Abuja on June 3, 2015 Buhari THERE have been arguments that the monies that are looted from African countries are enough to end hunger and put the continent on the path of irreversible development. While there have been continental and inter-continental agreements reached between developing countries where these monies are looted and developed countries where they are […]
By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku A couple of days ago, newly-elected governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, went on a visit to the President elect, General Muhammadu Buhari. Before they got there, there were speculations in the media as to what their mission to the president elect would be. That visit threw up two questions for me: one, why were […]
Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku & Innocent Edemhanria, Communications Manager and Project Officer, respectively of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice(ANEEJ),in this piece, canvass for the setting up of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission by the President-elect,General Muhammadu Buhari to address the endemic issues of corruption in Nigeria… Buhari Buhari Relying on a paper published by Kevin Avruch and Beatriz Vejarano […]
Dear Sir, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on March 16, 2014 inaugurated the National Conference at the National Judiciary Institute in Abuja. The conference had 492 delegates which comprised ethnic nationalities in Nigeria, professional groups, political representatives, civil society groups amongst others. They were expected to deliberate on how to resolve the country’s constitutional challenges. They were also expected to form a […]
Against the backdrop of increasing children hawkers in Nigeria,Sandra Eguagie, a public affairs analyst wants a rethink of the national policy on child labour… As I walk through the streets every day to work and to other social events, I see children hawking in the morning, afternoon, evening and sometimes late in the night. Even in public buses, children are […]
by Sandra Eguagie Daily Independent March 26, 2015 Against the backdrop of recent celebration of Mother’s Day, Sandra Eguagie Programme Assistant Officer on Environment for Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) wants violence against women and girl-child be addressed by the Nigerian government… Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, […]
Published on March 15, 2015 On March 13, 2015, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) boots on the ground were in Igara on a market day in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State as part of its initiatives to enlighten Nigerians on the correct and wrong ways of voting ahead of the nation’s forth-coming elections on March […]
By Francis Onoiribholo Nigerians United for Democracy (NUD), Edo State Chapter, has warned the federal government against any attempt to send the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, on compulsory leave, insisting that he should be allowed to conduct the 2015 general elections. Representative of the Stakeholders on Conflict Resolution and Early Warning (SCREW), Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, […]
February 2, 2015 by By CHARLES IYARE. The survival and effectiveness of a state is paramount to self serving interests of certain individuals, no matter how highly placed they may be in the society. It is important that the general well being of Nigerians is not sacrificed on the altar of possessive minded leaders. This therefore raises an important question […]