The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) worked with other civil society groups in Edo State to organize a peaceful rally in Benin City, Edo State capital to call for a stop to human rights violations. The rally was held on Wednesday 11th November, 2015 and over 150 persons representing different organizations and the public took participated. The […]
November 9, 2015 PRESS RELEASE Benin City…..The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently reconstitute the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NNDC, just as it urges the Federal Government to increase budgetary allocation to agencies set up to develop the Niger Delta region. Executive Director of ANEEJ, Rev David […]
as tension grips oil industry as Economic and Finacial Crimes Commission (EFCC) places more marketers on its wanted list, chieftains of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and erring marketers are meeting to avert the ‘dangling axe,’ reports SENIOR CORRESPONDENT, Adeola Yusuf. ( daily Independent ) 23- 10 – 15 Tension at the weekend gripped the Nigeria’s multi-billion dollars downstream oil […]
Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) joined the rest of the world to mark 2015 Global Handwashing with the theme “Raise a Hand for Hygiene”. It was an occasion to teach pupils and students from 10 government and private schools on how and when to wash their hands. The Global Handwashing Day is held every year on the […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), organized a two-day workshop for CSOs from Edo, Delta, Rivers and Cross River State, selected community and media representatives in Edo State, from Wednesday 14th – Thursday 15th October, 2015 at Duoban Hotel and Suites, Benin City. The workshop with the theme “Improving Citizen’s Capacity to Engage Niger Delta Development Agencies” […]
Presented by Innocent Edemhanria, ANEEJ Programme Officer With support from USAID and PIND, ANEEJ and LITE-Africa carried out a citizen’s report card (CRC) on Niger Delta Institutions (NDIs) such as NDDC, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Edo state Oil and Gas Development Commission (EDSOGPADEC) and Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC). The assessment was carried out in 24 […]
August 10, 2015 : Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku ( Punch Newspaper) President, Muhammadu Buhari Without a doubt, serious discussions about the mitigation of corruption in Nigeria have taken a front seat since the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. As a matter of fact, if you were to take a look at the newspapers and you don’t read about how the […]
By Innocent Edemhanria (also published on http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/05/why-government-should-stop-oil-swap/) Nigeria currently swap a part of her 445,000 barrels of the (daily) domestic crude oil allocation to refineries with some oil companies and in return receive refined products – under one of the most opaque process ever known in commercial and bilateral relations. Oil swap derives from the fact that Nigeria’s four refineries […]
Lamido Sanusi Lines of investigation suggested by the PwC audit need to be pursued, writes Lamido Sanusi Just over a year ago President Goodluck Jonathan suspended me from my position as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria after I questioned an estimated $20bn shortfall in oil revenues due to the treasury from the state oil company. As I said […]
Abuja, Nigeria, 18 March, 2014…Even though there is a new report by the relevant Swiss authorities that 380 million USD amounting to some N75.2billion funds stolen by former Nigerian dictator, Sanni Abacha, are to be returned soon to Nigeria, ANEEJ is worried that all the conditions and agreements between the Swiss, Nigerian governments and the World Bank are shrouded in […]