Tag: corruption
Furore over Church Gift to President Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will take a week-long break from his usual work routine beginning today, Monday, April 2, 2012.…
Shun Bribery, Corruption, SFU Compol Warns
The new Commissioner of Police attached to Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos, Compol Johnson Tunde Ogunsakin has warned…
Nigeria Gives Foreign Airlines 30 Days Ultimatum
Foreign airlines which charge higher fares in Nigeria, far above other African countries, must crash their prices within 30 days…
The Vampire Called Corruption —Ben Nanaghan
Corruption tipped the scale above other subjects on my preference list this past week. This is because it is becoming…
UN Asks Nigeria To Step Up Fight Against Corruption
The United Nations Global Compact Office has asked the Federal Government to step up the fight against corruption in Nigeria…
Arewa Youth Forum Must Hear This —Joe Igbokwe
“Northern leaders and the world need explanation as to what led the North to the rot it is today. It…
SEC Vs HOUSE: Probe Must Go On
The allegations of abuse of office and corruption levelled against Ms. Arunma Oteh, the Director General of the Securities and…
EFCC To Re-File Charges Against Daniel
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of Abeokuta High Court did not discharge and…
16 cops axed for corruption
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Moses Onireti on Thursday evening dismissed 16 policemen serving across the…
Corruption: Nigeria’s Conduct Bureau Under Fire
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Inter Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering also known as GIABA on Thursday berated the…
Abubakar Warns Cops Against Intimidating Nigerians
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has restated that the Police Force under his leadership would not tolerate indiscipline,…
‘Don’t Pay Revenue To Council Staff’
As parts of measures to stem corruption and extortion by council officials under the pretext of revenue collection, residents of…
Police To Change Uniform Again
Acting Inspector-General of police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar has announced in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital, southsouth Nigeria that efforts were…
Sit Up Now, IGP Warns Police Chiefs
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has told Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) to live up to…
Nigeria’s Presidential System Wasteful —Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said that the presidential system of government Nigeria is currently practising is wasteful. Prof.…
Soyinka, Bakare, Boyo, Others Tackle Corruption
Nigerians this morning gathered at the Central Business District area of Alausa, Lagos state, South-west Nigeria to discuss the current…
Nigeria’s Unhappy New Year
Sola Odunfa considers why Nigeria’s poor especially feel so angry and exploited by the government’s removal of a fuel subsidy.…
Court approves trial of Nigeria’s Ex-Speaker
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja For the second time at two different courts, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji…
No To Merger Of Efcc, Icpc
Considering the pervasiveness of corruption in both the public and the private sectors of our nation’s economy and the Nigerian…
Civil Servants Aid Politicians To Steal —LG Boss
Mr. Suleiman Bagudu, the Transition Chairman, Etsako Central Local Government, Edo, says some civil servants share in the widespread corruption…
Nigerians Not Ready To Fight Corruption —Cleric
Several weeks after the 2011 general elections, Nigerians have continued to speak on the conduct and other things concerning the…
Egypt Jails Ex-minister For Corruption
Former President Hosni Mubarak’s top security official was convicted Thursday of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years…
ACN Accuses PDP Of Running Electioneering Campaign With Kickback
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the PDP of engaging in corruption, economic sabotage and unethical conduct by…
Corruption Hinders Development
Head of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Lagos State Chapter, Mr. Samson Iroka,  has identified corruption…
Ribadu Campaign Organisation Asks Jonathan To Kick Out Attorney General
The Nuhu Ribadu Campaign Organisation is calling for the outright removal of the Attorney-General and Chief Justice of the Federation,…
Adekanye Counsels On Corruption Eradication
Chairman of Lagos Mainland Local Government, Mr. Rufus Oladele Adekanye, has enjoined Nigerians to pray against corruption as the country…
Lawyers Storm Kaduna For NBA Confab
Thousands of lawyers from all over the country stormed Kaduna today for the Nigerian Bar Association’s annual general conference .…