Tag: corruption
Jonathan’s land allocation is abuse of office, corruption – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan committed a serious error of judgement, abused his office, violated…
Jonathan Handing Presidency To Buhari On A Platter Of Gold
By Alfred Obiora Uzokwe These days, President Jonathan seems to have come to terms with the fact that presidential campaigns…
Jonathan Scared Of Buhari
Before he quit the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday, 16 February, 2015, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, spoke with…
FG Uncovers 63,000 Ghost Workers
The Federal Government has disclosed that about 62,893 ghost workers have beeen weeded out of the payroll system, as it hoped…
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Nigeria lacks institutions, processes to prevent corruption, says Okonjo-Iweala
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Tuesday that corruption persisted in the country because Nigeria lacked the…
ICPC commends family for handing son over for investigation
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Friday, commended Mr John Ibrahim’s family for handing their…
Nigeria Political Parties Most Corrupt In The World – Transparency International
By Seun Bisuga Transparency International (TI), a global coalition fighting against corruption has stated that Nigeria’s political parties are the…
If We Don’t Kill Corruption, It Will Kill Us —Buhari
Eromosele Ebhomele Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday night noted that the high rate of…
Endorsement By Afenifere In Bad Taste
By Odunayo Joseph Considering the reckoning of the sophistication of Yoruba in the political evolution of Nigeria both at national…
PDP’s Dangerous Campaign, Nigeria’s Threshold Of Change
By Peter Claver Oparah Going into the elections, Nigerians are deeply divided along tribal, ethnic and religious lines. More than…
Valentine’s Day And A Presidential Election
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Many years after his death, inspiring words and writings of the late American human rights activist, Martins…
Reflections On February 2015 Elections
By Ayo Fasanmi As February 2015 elections draw near, global focus is on Nigeria. There are several reasons for this…
Fighting corruption not one-man show, says Gov. Aliyu
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger state has stated that fighting corruption is not a one-man show, adding that, Nigeria must…
So Is Buhari Indeed A Religious Fanatic?
By Peter Claver Opara As the Jonathan administration and PDP frantically work to parry questions from its conduct in power…
Corruption, fraud costing Africa billions per year
Africa loses at least $50 billion (44 billion euros) a year to illicit practices like tax fraud, corruption and organised…
EFCC records 126 convictions in 2014
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday said it recorded 126 convictions in 2014. This was contained in…
$400 billion looted in 39 years: UN official speaks on negative impact of Nigeria’s corruption
Within 39 years,(1960-1999) Nigeria lost over $400 billion to a rash of corrupt leaders. And it has lost even more…
Buhari: A Daniel Come To Judgment Indeed (2)
By Olumuyiwa Wahab Jimoh Under the PDP-led Federal Government since 1999, and, especially within the last 6 years of our…
Buhari: A Daniel Come To Judgment Indeed
By Olumuyiwa Wahab Jimoh In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, the usurer cried out in court that the new judge was…
We are fighting corruption, says President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Sunday in Lagos that his administration remained very resolute in the fight against corruption in…
FIFA loses 3 major sponsors
World governing body FIFA confirmed on Friday that three major sponsors have ended their relationships with the organisation, but said…
Money saved from corruption to be spent on development, says Buhari
The APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari said his party would pour the money saved from corrupt practices on education, health…
How Not To Fight Corruption
At the flag-off of his campaign for re-election as President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, shocked the world when he told…
Jonathan undermines, trivialises fight against corruption – Keyamo
Eromosele Ebhomele For the second time in three days, Festus Keyamo, a Nigeria-based lawyer and kinsman of President Goodluck Jonathan,…
I pledge to tackle Boko Haram, corruption, says Buhari
General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), said if elected, his administration would address…
I Am Embarrassed To Have Jonathan As My President
by Gbenga Olorunpomi For weeks, I had resisted the urge to write. So many landmark events have transpired in the…
Why God Is Punishing Nigeria With Bad Leaders
Eromosele Ebhomele The bad leadership being witnessed in Nigeria at the moment is the direct consequence of the disobedience of…
Mbaka: A Man Of God Or Just An Impostor? (2)
By Jonathan Ekene Ifeanyi Now back to Mbaka: It is interesting to note that before this blistering New Year eve…
Egypt court overturns Mubarak 3-year jail term for graft
An Egyptian court on Tuesday overturned a three-year prison sentence against ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak on corruption charges and ordered…
I’ll use technology to fight corruption, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan says his administration will adopt improved technology to fight corruption in the country. Jonathan made the statement…