Benin City, Nigeria. May 6, 2022… Today’s announcement that the UK’s National Crime Agency has recovered $23.5 million of funds stolen from Nigeria by family and associates of former head of state, Sani Abacha, is very welcome. These looted funds were laundered through an intricate web of Western bank accounts and substantial sums ended up in the UK. The $23.5 […]
BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA. April 27, 2022… As Politicians in various political parties crisscross the length and breadth of Nigeria seeking support for the upcoming 2023 general elections, Civil Society Organisations have called on all political aspirants to tell Nigerians their plans to fight corruption, considered the bane of the nation’s social and political development. In a seven-point communique at the end […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. April 14, 2022… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has welcomed yesterday’s announcement of a new Resilience and Sustainability Fund (RST) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with a call for the channelization of the resources to poverty eradication programmes and projects. Executive Director of ANEEJ, the Rev David Ugolor stated that the fund […]
*Calls for thorough investigation BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. April 1, 2022… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has condemned the attack on the family of anti-corruption Crusader and Chairman, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre, calling for thorough investigation into the ugly incident. Executive Director of ANEEJ and foremost anti-corruption activist, Rev David Ugolor in a […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA. March 17, 2022… Anti-Corruption watchdog, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) leading Civil Society independent monitoring of the disbursement of the $322.5million repatriated from Switzerland under the Cash Transfer Programme of the Federal Government has raised alarm over the stoppage of cash disbursements to the poor Nigerians since June last year, calling on President Muhammadu […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. March 3, 2022…. The new Zonal Commander of National Agency for the Prohibition of Human Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Barrister Nduka Nnanwenne has said that the agency has recorded over 500 convictions since the first conviction in 2004. Barrister Nnanwenne disclosed this yesterday at a stakeholder meeting of the Countering Serious Organised Crime (SOC-PREVENT) project of the […]
Disburses $246million to 812,721 poor Households—CSO Monitors SHARM EL-SHEIKH. December 20, 2021… The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that the absence of a legal and institutional framework is hampering transparency and accountability in the management of returned assets, just as Civil Society Watchdog monitoring the disbursement of the returned $322.5million under the aegis of MANTRA project has disclosed that […]
SHARM EL- SHEIKH, EGYPT. December 16, 2021… Anti-Corruption experts from around the world will tomorrow converge on the Nile Valley Hall, at the ongoing 9th Conference of State Parties (COSP) of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt to review the challenges and opportunities faced by stakeholders involved in asset recovery in Africa. The hybrid […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA. December 14, 2021… Ahead of the United States Summit for Democracy and the Nigeria 2023 General Elections, a coalition of thirty-five (35) leading Civil Society Organisations have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the recently passed Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 into law even as they called on the United States Government to make human rights the […]
BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA. December 9, 2021… Anti-Corruption Watchdog, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to carry out a major surgery of his administration’s approach with a view to revving the engines of the war against corruption which it says appears to be losing steam with rising impunity in public sector corruption. Executive […]