ANEEJ URGENT PRESS RELEASE COURT ORDERS IGP TO RELEASE REV. DAVID UGOLOR IMMEDIATELY, UNCONDITIONALLY Benin City… A High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Nigerian Police and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), to release Rev. David Ugolor from detention immediately and unconditionally, pending the determination of the […]
The Executive Secretary Human Rights Commission, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja Unlawful Continued Detention of David Ugolor I wish to present this complaint to your honourable office because there is a serious violation of David Ugolor’s fundamental human rights to liberty. On 27 July 2012, a group of Policemen (Federal SARS) went to the Africa Network of Environmental and […]
[BEING A PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE END IMPUNITY NOW CAMPAIGN – 31-07-12] INTRODUCTION: The End Impunity Now Campaign is a nationwide campaign platform aimed at challenging all forms of Impunity in governance and mobilising popular pressure and mass action to prevent, curtail, mitigate, punish, and end all acts of those in authority that smack of impunity. The campaign is […]
Publish What You Pay Nigeria, calls for the immediate and unconditional release by the Nigerian police of Rev. David Ugolor over allegations of the murder of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde. We have watched with keen interest the developments since the detention of our colleague, Rev. David Ugolor, the immediate past National coordinator of Publish What You Pay Nigeria on Friday, July […]
RELEASE NNPC AUDIT REPORT NOW, ANEEJ TELLS JONATHAN Benin City…..The Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Appropriation and Finance currently probing the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), last week revealed the sleaze around petroleum oil subsidy in Nigeria as the chairman of the committee, Senator Magnus Ibe disclosed that some 100 companies in the downstream sector and […]
ANEEJ FAULTS MINISTER’S REQUEST FOR SECRET MEETING WITH SENATE ON PIB BENIN CITY……The Nigerian Honourable Minister for Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, yesterday (Tuesday October 29, 2011) requested a secret meeting with the Senate on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Mrs. Allison-Madueke made the request at a meeting with the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) following a question […]
TEXT OF A WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE STATE OF NIGERIA’S OIL AND GAS SECTOR REFORMS BY REV. DAVID UGOLOR, COALITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS FOR PIB CAMPAIGN, ABUJA, TUESDAY JUNE 21, 2011 Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the Press. Let me begin by commending the Nigerian and international media for its sustained commitment to monitoring Nigeria’s economic reforms. […]
PRESS RELEASE PIB: ANEEJ LAUDS JONATHAN FOR HALTING RENEWAL OF OIL LEASES Benin City…..The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), a Benin based Non-Governmental Organisation, has lauded President Goodluck Jonathan for halting the renewal of leases for International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria, pending the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill. The Organisation’s Executive Director, Rev. David […]
COALITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS, EDO STATE, NIGERIA PRESS STATEMENT January 22, 2010 LET THE PEOPLES VOTES IN ETSAKO CENTRAL COUNT!!! We, members of Coalition of Civil Society Organisations , welcome the preparations thus far for a re-run election into Etsako Central Constituency into the Edo State House of Assembly scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday January 23rd, 2010. We are interested […]
CIVIL SOCIETY – NUJ EDO STATE COALITION PRESS STATEMENT August 16, 2009 MONITORING OF AKOKO-EDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT RE-RUN ELECTIONS We the members of Civil Society and media in Edo State as represented by Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Civil Society-Labour Coalition (LASCO), and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State welcome the preparations thus far for a […]