“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.” – Psalm 24:1 BORI, NIGERIA – 16 July 2025…. Clerics from across Ogoniland have called on Nigerian churches to take a front-line role in defending human rights and confronting environmental injustices plaguing the Niger Delta, declaring that the Church must reclaim its prophetic […]
• Demand the bail of citizens Jonah and Umukoro, illegally detained by Police• N500,000 bribe returned as commissioner queries affected officers• Rev. Ugolor flags off bail-free campaign By Emma Amaize, Editor, NDV, & Ochuko Akuopha ASABA— THE Executive Director of the African Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Rev. David Ugolor, led other human rights activists from Delta and Edo […]
IntroductionThe World Council of Churches (WCC) Africa Regional Programme Office, Abuja, in collaboration with the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), convened a two-day Human Rights Training Workshop for church leaders and partners from the Niger Delta. The workshop took place on the 1st and 2nd of April 2025 at the Chatkrum Hotel, Abuja, under the theme: “Understanding […]
Lagos, Nigeria. October 12, 2024… Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu and his government “to stop the ‘weaponization’ of the country’s security agencies to target Nigerians simply for the peaceful exercise of their human rights, and to direct the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately withdraw the baseless defamation lawsuit by their proxies against […]
August 29, 2024 His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria Aso Rock Villa Abuja Dear President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, DEMANDING THE RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST AND ASSEMBLY IN NIGERIA We extend our warm regards to you and hope that this letter finds you in good health. As representatives of the undersigned […]
100 civil society organizations worldwide signed a statement against the “Estatuto das Organizações Não-Governamentais”(Status of non-governmental organisations), a new draft law regulating civil society in Angola presented by the government ofJoão Lourenço.According to the signatories, the draft law poses serious risks to the fundamental freedoms and constitutional rights of theAngolan people, and contradicts Angola’s commitments under international law to uphold […]
BY SANDRA EGUAGIE International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated annually on March 8, it is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity, raise awareness about women’s equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity and fundraise for female focused charities. The IWD 2021 […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, is a National NGO based in Benin City, Edo State. ANEEJ is soliciting the services of a Reputable Consultant to carry out a research on “Corruption-Migration Nexus.” The research will focus on generating data and evidence on Public Spending on Human Capital Investment and proffer alternative approaches to stem the migration […]
Background The RoA Global Secretariat will have its international launch of Report 2018 on 16th January 2019 during the OECD Private Sector Week in Paris, France. The 2018 Reality of Aid (RoA) Report has the theme “The Changing Faces of Development Aid and Cooperation: Will new directions and forms of aid benefit the poor?” Authors of the different chapters examine in […]
6th February, 2018 Press Release Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has condemned the plan by the Inspector General of Police to arrest the media spokesperson of former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, on trumped up charges bordering on incitement and a likelihood of the breach of public peace from a press release which Mr. Afegbua […]