Tag: corruption
Alams Has Case To Answer In UK —Envoy
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock has said that former Bayelsa State governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who was recently…
Unpardonable Crimes Of Alams
The scale of Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha’s crimes against Bayelsa State makes it difficult for Nigerians as well as governments of…
Corruption: President Jonathan Must Wake Up
Malam Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, tells AYORINDE OLUOKUN and FEMI IPAYE that President Goodluck Jonathan…
Jonathan Gives Anti-Corruption Task To New Head Of Service
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday tasked the new Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji to…
French Hostages: Boko Haram Warns Against Use Of Force
A Nigerian Islamist group warned against the use of force to free a French man and six members of his…
War Of Orjis
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State and his predecessor, Orji Uzor Kalu, continue their duel over the control of politics…
Abolish Political Party System
By Oluwole Sholanke It is a general perception that politicians are corrupt and that they use political parties to loot…
Alamieyeseigha: Disappointed US warns Nigeria on aid
The United States on Friday condemned Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s pardon of former governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, his predecessor in Bayelsa…
Akinyemi wants life jail for corrupt officials
Former Nigerian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi has suggested life imprisonment for officials found guilty of corruption. Akinyemi…
Sending The Wrong Signal Against Corruption
The presidential pardon announced for some ex-convicts by the Federal Government on Tuesday has, as usual, elicited various reactions from…
Disband INEC Now —Lagos ACN
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has said that the present INEC leadership is corrupt, partisan…
Repositioning KAI, LASTMA For Better Services
In the last few years, activities of officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and the Kick Against…
I Have Been Sexually Harassed
Yoruba movie producer and actress, Princess Linda Adedeji, talks about her life and career, and the challenges ladies face in…
The Pension Mess
Despite the sack of Abdulrasheed Maina-led Pension Reform Task Team, the mess and corruption associated with the administration of pension…
Sacking Corrupt Judges
It was with excitement that Nigerians last week received the news that the National Judicial Council (NJC) had wielded the…
Can it happen in Nigeria as Greece sends ex-mayor to life jail
A court in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday handed life sentences to the city’s ex-mayor and two other municipal officials…
ICPC bemoans corruption in Nigerian universities
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, on Tuesday in Abuja unveiled findings made in its pilot…
Abiara: Why I Won’t Mind A Private Jet Gift
Pastor Samuel Kayode Abiara spoke to FUNSHO AROGUNDADE on the crisis within the Christian Association of Nigeria, corruption and why…
Concerns over rot In Nigeria’s oil sector ahead of confab
Major oil industry executives will gather in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital for an annual conference on 18 February. The conference will…
Corruption: Pensioners Seek Death Penalty
Pensioners and Labour leaders on Thursday suggested death penalty or life imprisonment for any person found guilty of fraud in…
News Analysis: Yusuf’s loot could build 14 hospitals in Nigeria
The Chinese government on Monday handed over to Nigeria a 150-bed hospital, fully furnished with state-of-the-art equipment. The entire structure…
Nigeria: Trivializing The War Against Corruption
Justice Mohammed Talba of the Abuja High Court was in the eye of the storm yesterday when he gave a…
Cleric Laments Rising Wave Of Corruption
The president of Christ Apostolic Mission Church, CAMC, Pastor Adesoji Ajayi has lamented the frightening and worsening cases of corruption…
Lagos Sacks 174 LASTMA Officials
The Lagos State Government has sacked 174 officers of the State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, for their alleged involvement in…
U.S. Firm Accuses FG, Nigerian Judiciary Of Corruption
General Electric International Company (GEC), a United States-based multinational corporation with a strong presence in Nigeria and enjoying the patronage…
Zuma’s $28m expensive country home ignites row
South Africa’s opposition on Sunday called on the state ombudsman to widen a probe into controversial $28 million upgrades at…
Why Politicians Are Corrupt
Mudashiru Obasa, the Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Economic Planning and Budget, in this interview with P.M.…
Corruption: No To Death Sentence
The call by the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, that those found guilty of corruption should face the death penalty is,…
Mass Purge In Lands Bureau
Ninty-eight staff of the Lagos State Lands Bureau have been redeployed to other ministries. The bureau is alleged to be…
Jonathan sidesteps questions on 2015
Jamiu Yisa President Goodluck Jonathan has said that it is too early for Nigerians to be asking if he will…