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Strengthening Legal Sector Accountability: African Center Hands Over ICT Equipment & Launches AML Web Portal to NBA AMLC

On March 3rd, 2025, a significant milestone in Nigeria’s anti-money laundering efforts was achieved as the African Center for Governance, Asset Recovery and Sustainable Development, in partnership with the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and supported by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), handed over ICT equipment and launched a new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) web portal for the Nigerian Bar Association’s Anti-Money Laundering Committee (NBAAMLC). The event, held at the NBA National Secretariat in Abuja, showcased a unified commitment to ensuring that Nigeria meets international AML standards and works toward removal from the FATF grey list. […]

Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu to Speak at the Commonwealth Law Conference (CLC) Malta 2025

We’re excited to announce that Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu—University of Sussex scholar, Executive Director of the African Center for Governance, Asset Recovery & Sustainable Development, and Convenor of the CLA Anti-Corruption Sub-Committee—will be a featured speaker at the Commonwealth Law Conference 2025 in Malta! On April 5th, 2025, Juliet will join an esteemed panel on Asset Recovery, Enforcement, and Sanctions to share her expertise on financial intelligence, cross-border asset recovery, the impact of sanctions, and the enforcement of third-party rights. This panel will take place during the Family Law Symposium, co-hosted by the CLA Family Law Committee, IAFL, and FLBA under the […]

Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu Named Chair of the UNCAC Coalition’s Victims of Corruption Working Group

We are pleased to announce that our Executive Director, Madam Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, has been appointed as Chair of the UNCAC Coalition’s Victims of Corruption Working Group. The UNCAC Coalition is a global alliance of civil society organizations dedicated to promoting and monitoring the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). Through its working groups, the Coalition ensures that governments and stakeholders uphold their commitments, implementing effective anti-corruption measures and ensuring the proper management and use of recovered assets to benefit society. The UNCAC Coalition’s Victims of Corruption (VoC) working group seeks to facilitate discussions, the exchange of information […]

The African Center for Governance, Asset Recovery, and Sustainable Development (“the African Center”) is an independent civil society organisation based in Nigeria. We work to institute good governance and accountability systems at the local, state, and federal levels of government. We pay particular attention to Goal 16, which aims to create solid institutional foundations for sustainable development.

Improving Government Accountability

The Recovery and Return of Stolen Assets

The Implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Vision

We envision a world free from illicit financial flows, where proceeds of crime are recovered and returned to the victims of corruption to improve livelihood and reduce poverty and inequality.

Mission

Our mission is to reinforce the links between governance, asset recovery, and sustainable development goals in line with Agenda 2030 and the promotion of the rule of law, strengthening justice institutions, preventing illicit financial flows, recovering stolen assets, and social reuse of stolen assets.