Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigeria as a “failing state” marked by pervasive corruption and leadership failure. He also referred to President Bola Tinubu with...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday vowed to undertake a relentless fight against corruption in the country. He stated this at the launch of the second phase...
Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida fondly referred to as IBB, has launched a scathing critique on the present state of corruption in the country. Ripples Nigeria...
Nigeria has dropped to 146th position in the latest Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. The CPI is an index published annually by Berlin-based Transparency International which...
The Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has stated that the tactics deployed in the ongoing fight against corruption in the country must change for effective...
A former director of Kenya’s anti-corruption agency, Professor Patrick Lumumba has revealed when and how corruption would end in Nigeria. He said the day Nigerians would...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday sought spiritual supports of religious leaders in the country. In a meeting with clerics from different faiths...
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday labelled electoral corruption as the worst form of corruption as it undermines...
By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu… Corruption in Nigeria context has been a nagging issue. The phenomenon has defied any known definition.It is as recalcitrant as the character...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has drawn a link between money based politics and pervading corruption in the country. According to the Sultan,...
By Remi Oyeyemi… Lies are not good, but they don’t constitute the greatest sin. False propaganda is atrocious, but it is not the greatest sin. Incompetence...
A Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, University of Lagos, Akin Oyebode, has lamented that despite the much talk about fight against graft under President Muhammadu...
The Nigeria Police and the judicial arm of government have been presented as the most corrupt government institutions in Nigeria. A report by the Nigeria Bureau...
By Isaac Aluko Ademoroti… Going by all available records, Nigerian politicians generally, shortly before and immediately after independence from Britain, were often referred to as ten...
Strongest indications yet regarding why Governor Wike of Rivers State is said to be jittery over the on-going clamp-down of alleged corrupt judges may have emerged....
By Tony Ogunlowo… In his acclaimed publication ‘The Trouble with Nigeria’ published 33 years ago, in 1983, the late Chinua Achebe pointed out that the ‘...
By Isaac Aluko… Nowadays, even children are aware of the existence of the supernatural realm. There is indeed more to the physical world than meets the...
By Chima M. Amadi… Allocation of the oil fields, quota-system allocation, federal fund allocation, state fund allocation, local government and council fund allocations. Allocation of this...
Nigerians know what to expect when they approach police checkpoints. “How can you appreciate me?” ask officers, AK-47s dangling languidly from their shoulders. “Happy weekend!” say...
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo. . . “Unemployment, underdevelopment and poverty everywhere in the land. Our people are living like animals; we cannot even rear our children”...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said his administration probed the accounts of the Petroleum Trust Fund headed by the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj....
