September 25, 2020

€5.5 m Abacha Loot: ANEEJ Faults Ireland for exclusion of CSOs in Repatriation Process

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. September 25, 2020… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice and lead organisation implementing the Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Return and Management of Assets (‘MANTRA) project has expressed serious concerns over the exclusion of Civil Society Organisation in the process leading up to the Memorandum of Understanding for the return of €5.5 million between […]

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September 18, 2020

ANEEJ CALLS FOR TRANSPAERENT, CREDIBLE EDO ELECTIONS

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. September 18, 2020… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  to live up to its promise to  conduct a free, fair and transparent Governorship Election in Edo State by providing a level playing field for all candidates, just as they urged all security agencies deployed to Edo […]

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September 18, 2020

FG LAUNCHES CENTRAL DATABASE FOR ASSET RECOVERY, MANAGEMENT ….Lauds ANEEJ

ABUJA, NIGERIA. September 18, 2020… The fight against corruption in Nigeria received a major boost yesterday as the Federal Government launched a Central database and the Central Criminal Justice Information system of the Assets Recovery and Management Unit (ARMU), an arm of the Federal Ministry of Justice with support from the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) as […]

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August 18, 2020

€5.5m Abacha IV: Publish details of MoU with Ireland, ANEEJ Urges FG

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. August 18, 2020… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), a leading Civil Society Organisation working on issues of assets recovery has welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Irish and Nigerian governments for the return of €5.5 million stolen by a former military head of state, General Sani Abacha, urging the […]

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July 29, 2020

Corruption Allegations in NDDC Must be Investigated and Culprits Diligently Prosecuted

Niger Delta. July 29, 2020… We are deeply concerned about recent revelations on the scale of corruption and mismanagement in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). We recall that the NDDC was established in 2000 as one of the first tasks of the new democratic government in Nigeria, and was conceived as a response to the agitations of the people […]

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July 29, 2020

Failure of Leadership responsible for Massive Looting at NDDC—Rev David Ugolor

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. July 29, 2020… The Executive Director of the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Rev David Ugolor  has blamed the rot in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on failure of leadership at the highest level in the country, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to take responsibility and reposition the interventionist agency to deliver development to […]

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July 13, 2020

ANEEJ Loses Board Chairman, Prof Ben Aigbokhan …. As Colleagues, Management Mourn

EKPOMA, NIGERIA. July 13, 2020…. The Chairman, Board of Directors of the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Prof Ben Aigbokhan is dead. The Late Professor of Economics and Immediate Past Vice Chancellor of Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogua, Edo State died on Monday July 6, 2020, from a brief illness, a development that forced the management to close […]

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July 9, 2020

United States of America Should Return $900,000 of Late Diepriye Alamiyeseigha to Bayelsa State

YENAGOA/BENIN-CITY. July 9, 2020… Civil Society Organisations working on the platform of Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Return of Assets (MANTRA) project has called on the Governments of the United States of America to return the Nine hundred thousand Dollars ($900,000) seized from former governor of Bayelsa State, the Late Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha to the people of Bayelsa […]

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July 8, 2020

FOLLOW DUE PROCESS OF LAW IN MAGU’S TRIAL, ANEEJ URGES FG

BENIN CITY, EDO STATE. July 8, 2020… A leading anti-corruption Civil Society Organisation, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has welcomed the suspension of the the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Mr. Ibrahim Magu by President Muhammadu Buhari, but urges  that he should be given fair hearing in all allegations levelled against […]

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July 2, 2020

Edo State Attorney-General Assures OGP Stakeholders on State Action

Benin-City, Nigeria. July 2, 2020… The Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, and Co-Chair of the Edo State Open Government Partnership (OGP), Prof Yinka Omorogbe has assured stakeholders that the Edo State Action Plan (SAP) developed some months ago will be signed by the Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki soon. Prof Omorogbe gave the assurance while receiving the Executive Director […]

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