Tag: Nigeria corruption

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the former Governor of Bayelsa State, was convicted of fraud after he pleaded guilty to false declaration of ...

Nigerians have reacted angrily to the state pardon granted some convicted corrupt public officers yesterday by the National Council of ...

Five days after he recklessly donated two brand new Toyota SUVs to newly-wed Nigerian musician, Tuface Idibia and his wife,  ...

Barring any last minute change in plans, President Goodluck Jonathan will today request the National Council of State to ratify ...

The Ogun State Government said it wants to protect the potency of immunisation vaccines The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, ...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described the "Good Governance Tour"  the Minister of Information Labaran Maku is leading around the ...

The “you” I am addressing in this essay does not include the in-too-deep spokespersons of the current state of Nigeria ...

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) on Friday in Abuja expressed worry over the lack of accountability and transparency ...

You gotta be living in Mars not to have smelt the putrid dust kicked in the air by the spat ...

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani IN America, all men are believed to be created equal and endowed by their creator with certain ...

Being ''yesterday's men'' does not mean that some of us cannot be ''tomorrow's men'' as well. Only God knows what ...

As the dust over President Goodluck Jonathan’s embarrassing outing in a recent CNN interview is yet to settle, PREMIUM TIMES can report that ...

How does one maintain optimism about Nigeria? All visible signs show a country in poor shape and steadily getting worse. ...

This period of the year is a time when there is a lot of activity associated with religion. Even those of ...

One of the most frightening things about the Jonathan administration is the president’s palpable lack of appreciation of the problems ...

Yesterday, Tuesday, January 1, 2013 marked the beginning of yet another year. This event, as usual, was heralded by pomp ...

It’s customary to mark the beginning of each year with prayers for ourselves and good wishes for our closest friends ...

An eventful year ends, much as it began — inauspiciously. Which is sad! For we recall the immediate past not ...

We survived! Contrary to the prediction of the Mayans, the world didn’t end in 2012. Yes, the Mayans got it ...

Distinguished Senator David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark is a very lucky man. Indeed, he is one of the luckiest Nigerians dead ...

 Apart from being young - with their ages ranging from 20 to early 30s, all our young voices have a ...

Dear President Jonathan, You’re not the first Nigerian public official to receive a letter from heaven, but I hope you ...

Tunji Ariyomo: The primitive acquisition of wealth at the expense of the people and the refusal to learn from history ...

Babangida Aliyu: "The fundamental issue that we should all be concerned about in this nation today is the exceedingly high ...

Ifeanyi Uddin: Corruption in Nigeria is not normal. It is the bane of unsung efforts over the years to make ...