April 11, 2025

COMMUNIQUE: Issued at the End of the Two-Day Human Rights Workshop for Church Leaders and Partners from the Niger Delta

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 […]

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October 21, 2024

Stop misusing DSS, proxies to silence us, SERAP tells Tinubu govt

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 […]

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August 29, 2024

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU

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 […]

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July 5, 2023

ANEEJ and NCD Endorsed Protect Civic Space in Angola

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 […]

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March 8, 2021

International Women’s Day 2021: Celebrating Women’s Achievements in Nigeria

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 […]

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June 17, 2020

CONSULTANCY FOR RESEARCH ON CORRUPTION-MIGRATION NEXUS – ANEEJ CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

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 […]

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January 15, 2019

RoA launches 2018 report in Paris.

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 […]

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February 7, 2018

ARREST OF KASSIM AFEGBUA: ANEEJ FLAYS FG

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 […]

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December 6, 2017

END SARS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS…!

Men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, intimidate, harass and brutalize innocent citizens without cause. Therefore, the IG may want to scrap or modify it in the interest of Nigerians and of their rights. In the interest of society, the IG and indeed the police must understand that its primary responsibility is to protect human lives and uphold their dignity, […]

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November 30, 2017

TAKE PROACTIVE STEPS AGAINST ILLEGAL MIGRATION, ANEEJ URGES FG.

30th November 2017. Press Release Abuja… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has called on the federal government to take steps to stem the increasing incidences of the slavery and deaths of Nigerian migrants worldwide. Abuja… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has called on the federal government to take proactive steps to urgently […]

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