Tag: corruption
Opinion: Jonathan, Sambo and Diezani – the sacred cows of corruption
by Umar Hassan We already knew it would be hard to recoup every penny stolen from us. Asides the fact ...
SERAP blasts Dogara, says budget padding is corruption
Civil Rights Group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has blasted the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr Yakubu Dogara ...
EFCC ‘investigates Akpabio over N108bn loot’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun investigations into the allegations that former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, now ...
I led the crusade against James Ibori – Edwin Clark
Elder statesman and Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, says he has always been an ardent supporter of the anti-corruption ...
Opinion: Buhari’s anti-corruption war and admission corruption in Nigeria
by Festus Ogun It is a naked truth that corruption is in all spheres of life in Nigeria. Corruption has ...
How Nenadi Usman ‘shared Diezani’s N23 billion’ to North-eastern states
Embattled former Minister of Finance and Director of Finance to the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign, Nenadi Usman, has disclosed ...
Why I visited Buhari – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari inside the President’s office. According to ...
Budget-Padding Tracker: Dogara should step aside and save the country further embarrassment – Jibrin
Abdulmumin Jibrin, former Chairman of the Appropriation Committee of the House of Representatives, is not done painting the Speaker of ...
Fashola makes positive projection for electricity generation
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Batunde Fashola has assured Nigerians that the nation’s power generating capacity will be ...
‘I don’t hate President Buhari…he knows I have been saying the truth’ – Fayose
The Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Thursday, said that he will continue to criticize the President Buhari administration even ...
Politicains are the cause of inconclusive elections, not INEC – Akeredolu
All Progressives Congress (APC) Ondo State governorship aspirant, Rotimi Akeredolu, has said the political class should be blamed for inconclusive ...
‘Dogara has carefully designed a scheme to scam House Members’ – Jibrin
Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Monday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari would ...
‘Slow and steady, we will win the race eventually’ – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has a retort for the critics of his administration- he believes in the long run he will ...
Budget padding: ‘I have been justified’ – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, said that the recent accusation of budget padding by the House of Representative has ...
Femi Falana: On official corruption and immunity
In order to ensure the smooth running of the government the Constitution has conferred immunity on the heads of the ...
N3.1bn: CJ orders judge to continue case against Suswam
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, has returned the corruption case file of a former ...
N1.3bn fraud: Omisore released, makes deal with EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday released a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore. ...
Opinion: Jibrin’s confessions; when the honey is no longer sweet
by Babale Anwar When in December 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2016 budget to the National Assembly, hopes were high ...
‘Make all your ‘facts’ public,’ Dogara dares Jibrin (READ)
by Isime Esene The Speaker of the House of Representative, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has reacted to a statement by the ...
Opinion: President Buhari and his unpresidential attitude
By Malik Opeyemi Charity they say begins at home but it seems this saying does not apply to the Nigerian president, ...
Opinion: Mr President, it’s about the economy, not corruption
By Ayodele Adio I felt a bit miffed at the president’s Eid-el-fitr message not because it lacked compassion or empathy ...
‘Nigeria must embrace restructuring’ – Ekweremadu
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, said on Tuesday that Nigeria’s restructuring is the surest solutions to ...
Opinion: In memory of Nigeria’s future
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE “The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.” – Johann Friedrich Von Schiller. ...
No more ‘soft landing’ for corrupt individuals – CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed has said that cases of corruption against high-profile individuals would no longer ...
Opinion: Touching the untouchables
by Usman Alabi President Buhari sometime ago stated that “if we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.” This reminds ...
Court grants Ohakim 2 weeks medical check-up abroad
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday granted the former Governor of Imo, Ikedi Ohakim permission to travel abroad for ...
Judiciary should stop delaying corruption cases – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday called on the judiciary to stop “delay tactics used by defense lawyers or even the ...
‘Buhari should also probe corrupt elements in his govt.’ – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to balance the fight against corruption and stop shielding members ...
‘Military contracts full of irregularities and corruption’
A statement by the Federal Government on Thursday, July 14 has revealed that military procurement deals against the Boko Haram ...
‘I suffered immeasurably’ – Fani-Kayode
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Friday, said that his trial by the Economic and Financial Crime (EFCC) was ...
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