BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. November 11, 2022… Environmental activists across the country yesterday called on the Federal Government of Nigeria, to expedite action on Ogoni clean-up, even as they called on Shell and other Multinational oil companies to pay compensations to the people of Niger Delta for the environmental degradation and destruction since 1958 which has exacerbated climate crises that have […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. November 6, 2022… Anti-corruption Watchdog, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has called on the United Kingdom and United States of America Governments to ensure that the £281million an equivalent of $314million fine which the UK subsidiary of Swiss mining giant, Glencore was ordered to pay by Southwark Crown Court for bribes in Nigeria […]
PRESS STATEMENT BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AFRICA NETWORK FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, ANEEJ, REV DAVID UGOLOR, ON THE NEED FOR EDO STATE GOVERNOR TO RE-VISIT THE DRAFT EDO STATE FOI BILL. OCTOBER 28, 2022, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE Gentlemen of the press! I wish to welcome everyone of you to the corporate Head Office of the Africa Network for Environment […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. October 24, 2022… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari to make the Forensic Audit report of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) public even as they welcomed the reconstitution of the Board and Management of the Agency, with a call on the Senate to expeditiously consider the […]
STATEMENT OF NIGERIA AT THE ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE CONFRENCE OF PARTIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME (UNTOC-COP) FROM 17 TO 21 OCTOBER, 2022 IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA. Mr. President May I on behalf of my delegation congratulate you on your election as the President of the Eleventh Session of the Conference of the Parties to the […]
VIENNA, AUSTRIA. October 19, 2022… Worried by increasing bleeding of the Nigerian economy by the menace of Oil theft aggravated by activities of transboundary syndicates, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has called on the ongoing 11th Session of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) in Vienna Austria to take action to expose and […]
Benin City, Nigeria. October 6, 2022… The Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Rev. David Ugolor, has lost his mother, Mrs. Agnes Akora Ugolor (Nee Umukoro). She died on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at the age of 90. She is survived by children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She hails from Oghara in Ethiop West Local Government […]
…Urges Edo Govt to Re-visit Work on FOI BENIN CITY, EDO STATE. September 28, 2022… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has called on the federal government to invest in Artificial Intelligence and e-Governance to improve transparency and accountability in the management of public funds and tackle insecurity in Nigeria just as they want the Edo State […]
*As CSOs want expedited action on Witness Protection, Whistle Blowers Bills ABUJA, NIGERIA. September 26, 2022… Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Distinguished Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has assured oil-producing states of a better interventionist agency that will guarantee transparency and accountability in the development of oil-bearing communities after the ongoing amendment of the Niger Delta Development Commission Act. Senator Ovie […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA. September 25, 2022…. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Matters (ICPC) has appointed Rev David Ugolor, the Executive Director, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), an anti-corruption Watchdog as a member of Assets Disposal Committee pursuant to the implementation of Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) representing Civil Society Organisations. The anti-graft agency in a letter […]