Tag: Nigeria corruption

For 53 odd years, we have become so inured with misgovernance. We have acclimatized to the peculiar and perverse triad ...

Although there is corruption in some sectors of the Nigerian government, the situation is not as bad as is being ...

One of the curses nature imposed on Nigeria is that of abundance of resources. Like the saying goes "too much ...

Oando had claimed Mr. Ibori owns insignificant shares of the company. Contrary to the claim by oil and gas company, ...

Former Delta state governor, and convicted money launderer, James Ibori, was never Nigeria’s worst plunderer of state wealth. He may ...

Former chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farida Waziri, has spoken of her distress at how, despite committing ...

“NEXIM bank was set up to support import and export trade within the country. We are happy to say that ...

The NSCDC accused the civil servant and his accomplice of stealing over N5 million worth of construction materials. A civil ...

PREMIUM TIMES’ report stirred widespread reaction. Members of the FCT Queens football club, owed 18 months backlog of salaries, will ...

My recent piece on the Fiscal Responsibility Commission elicited a wide range of responses on some of the key issues ...

Last Friday, Nigeria achieved a significant milestone in its war against corruption and looting of public funds. But the war ...

This piece has nothing to do with what is happening in Egypt. Ultimately, Nigerians, based on their experience and the ...

At a private breakfast mid-last week, I was run over by a fable on the character of one of the ...

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi, on Thursday, met the bail ...

I kind of adored Mr. Jerry Rawlings while growing up. The  man who ruled Ghana for years and reportedly changed ...

If you have participated in milking the Nigerian cow comatose, you better start looking for citizenship elsewhere because you cannot ...

Defying logic, and  objections from lawmakers, the Nigerian government has channelled nearly a quarter of a billion naira this year ...

I write to introduce myself and my column to you. I will be on this platform every Tuesday to attempt ...

President Goodluck Jonathan has lambasted those criticising his administrations for corruption, saying they are the most corrupt bunch of Nigerians. Speaking ...

  By Debo Oshundun/NAN President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed shock over the large number of Nigerian citizens in various prisons in ...

In December last year, the National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) asked the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency ...

The SAY NO CAMPAIGN is a platform of Nigerians committed to fighting corruption, impunity, poverty, violence and other governance challenges ...

Just outside President Goodluck Jonathan's office sat 17 ambulances, just in case he or one of his aides fell ill. They ...

President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected a number of ambitious stipulations in the Budget Act allowing the Senate and the House ...

Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state holds the irritating record of being Nigeria's most openly profligate governor. He is a ...