……Calls for disclosure of seized, returned amount BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. March 9, 2021… Asset Recovery and Management Watchdog, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has called on the United Kingdom and Nigerian Governments to review the recently signed annex to the 2016 MoU on £4.2million Chief James Onanefe Ibori assets for its return to Delta State, just […]
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 […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. March 3, 2021… Seventy-nine (79) Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government (MDAs) have failed to comply with SGF’s directive on the Use of Nigeria Open Contracting Portal (NOCOPO) as directed by the Secretary-General of the Federation’s (SGF’S) circulars Ref. No PROC/BPP/045/I/89 and Ref.No.59780/S.5/C.2/11/6 issued in 2018, scoring between 0 – 7.99 points, the Africa Network […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. February 25, 2021… ActionAid Nigeria has lauded the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) for its pioneering role in civil society activism working on several issues ranging from corruption, asset recovery, transparency and accountability, environment and human trafficking. Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria, Ms. Ene Obi gave the commendation when she led a high-level visit […]
Benin City, Nigeria. February 25, 2021… Anti-Corruption Watchdog and leading Civil Society Organisation working on anti-corruption issues in Nigeria, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has charged the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa to effectively deploy Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and preventive measures in tackling corruption in the […]
BENIN CITY. February 18, 2021… The African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji as the new Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), saying his appointment will boost ongoing reforms in the Oil and Gas sector of the nation’s economy. Executive Director of ANEEJ, the […]
Introduction Poverty has become a major development problem in Nigeria. The World Poverty Clock report released in 2018 shows Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the most extreme poor people in the world. The struggle to lift more citizens out of extreme poverty is an indictment on successive Nigerian governments which have mismanaged the country’s vast oil resources […]
Introduction Poverty has become a major development problem in Nigeria. The World Poverty Clock report released in 2018 shows Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the most extreme poor people in the world. The struggle to lift more citizens out of extreme poverty is an indictment on successive Nigerian governments which have mismanaged the country’s vast oil resources […]
Introduction Poverty has become a major development problem in Nigeria. The World Poverty Clock report released in 2018 shows Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the most extreme poor people in the world. The struggle to lift more citizens out of extreme poverty is an indictment on successive Nigerian governments which have mismanaged the country’s vast oil resources […]
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Disposal of the Federal Government’s Forfeited Assets under the Chairman, Dayo Apata (SAN) and Solicitor-General of the Federation commemorate with ANEEJ Executive Director, Rev. David Ugolor on the occasion of his 51years birthday. The celebration happened today February 3, 2021 at the 7th Meeting in the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja and had the Inter-Ministerial […]