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July 1, 2013

Opinion: The dangerous silence of 160 million Nigerians

by Bayo Oluwasanmi How could small band of thieves in government enslave so many people and exert complete control over the rest 99.9 per cent of the 160 million people? Despite…

June 30, 2013

“State pardon rubbishes efforts at fighting corruption” – Nuhu Ribadu berates FG

by Isi Esene The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has offered reasons as to why corruption persists in the Nigerian polity, citing…

June 21, 2013

“My goodness! I was in government and I was NOT corrupt…” – Oby Ezekwesili

by Rachel Ogbu “It is a false premise to conclude that we are all corrupt. My goodness, I was in government (and) I was not corrupt. I am ready to…

June 10, 2013

Opinion: 2015 – The change we really require

by Jaye Gaskia With this scale of corruption and treasury looting, it is little wonder that in the midst of this grinding poverty and crushing conditions of doing business.... Many…

May 31, 2013

Opinion: These are President Jonathan’s mid-term scores, and why

by Oche Joseph Otorkpa Overall the administration has recorded some highs and some lows nevertheless for the country to achieve any meaningful development we must rise above sectarian divisions.... During the…

May 23, 2013

“Please go and sleep at home” – The Oby Ezekwesili interview you have to read

by Akan Ido Obiageli 'Oby' Ezekwesili, Nigeria's former Minister of Solid Minerals, and former World Bank Vice President spoke with the Sun Newspapers on the occasion of her 50th birthday.…

May 22, 2013

Opinion: How Nigeria’s peace fantasy can be realised

by Samuel Adesoji Ojediran The terrorism by the boko haram sect shouldn’t be experienced if most members had not been brainwashed because of lack of proper education. Peace is what…

May 20, 2013

Ex-Delta LG chairman jailed for giving wife N110,000 monthly imprest

by Rachel Ogbu Justice G.B Briki-Okolosi of an Asaba High Court has handed down a three year jail sentence to former chairman of Patani Local Government Area of Delta State,…

May 17, 2013

“Nigeria has been drowning in a sea of corruption” – Gov. Godswill Akpabio stars as Captain Obvious

by Isi Esene Governor Godswill Akpabio yesterday said Nigeria "has been drowning in a sea of corruption." The Akwa Ibom governor said this while speaking at as a special guest…

May 11, 2013

Opinion: David Mark’s Upper House of indolence

by Kikiowo Ileowo The Senate, an arm of Nigerian federal legislature as presently constituted is at best a joke of some sort, a money-wasting conglomerate and a cog in the wheel…

May 7, 2013

2 policemen shoot tanker driver in Kano for refusing to increase N100 bribe

by Rachel Ogbu Two policemen are reported to have shot a tanker driver who refused to increase the N100 bribe he offered them. The incident which occurred along Wudil Federal…

April 26, 2013

Get serious about corruption – U.S. tells GEJ (again)

by Isi Esene The United States has again reiterated its stand that the Nigerian government is not doing enough in its fight against corruption. In an editorial published on the…

April 18, 2013

Opinion: The ‘Fuelling Poverty’ saga – The Nigerian malaise

by Wale Bakare Often times than not, it seems that we are the bane of our predicaments; why do we recycle under achieving leaders? Is it so much of a…

April 18, 2013

Tunji Andrews: Ethical corruption – Calling a spade a spade

by Tunji Andrews EFCC Chairman You get to ask yourself, how Nigeria then grows at an average of 7% GDP year on year, in a nation with no power, no…

April 12, 2013

Lai Labode: Corruption is NOT Nigeria’s biggest problem (Y! Politico)

by Lai Labode The Nigerian character is a cacophony of conflicting flavors of genuine warmth, dangerous spontaneity, gapping brilliance, shocking ignorance, culture deep corruption and compulsive religiousity. - Lai Labode…

April 11, 2013

Opinion: Is corruption good for Nigeria’s GDP? Let me explain

by Tunji Andrews The truth is that corruption has become so endemic in developing countries like Nigeria, that ‘corruption’ has become a factor of production. Before you go any further…

April 9, 2013

We must all stand up and condemn this – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze ...the fourth estate, or the media, is the most important part of a democracy. For if the media is incapable of doing its job, then how will…

April 4, 2013

Opinion: Mr. President, first corruption, and then security

by Simon Sylvester Shanum If truth be told, our leaders know the solution to the numerous challenges confronting Nigeria and what the country needs for a smooth and sustainability of…

April 3, 2013

Osato Edokpayi: For transformation, we need more than a few good men (Y! Politico)

by Osato Edokpayi “Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy as they undoubtedly are today.” – Mahatma Ghandi. Today, our country is at a crossroads. Every…

March 28, 2013

Utomi, El-Rufai support Enoughis Enough Nigeria’s petition on travel ban for corrupt officials

by Rachel Ogbu Former presidential candidate, Pat Utomi and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir El-Rufai have shown support for a petition by Enough is Enough Nigeria to the US, British,…

March 27, 2013

Ife Adebayo: PDP and the cankerworm called corruption (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo Professor Achebe’s rejection of the recent national honour by the PDP led government of President Goodluck Jonathan is a testament to the fact that he died without…

March 26, 2013

Olusegun Dada: Like corruption, like charity (Y! Politico)

by Olusegun Dada We all cry foul when an IG, a 'legislooter', a Minister or a Governor is named in a corruption racket, but we have come to accept…

March 25, 2013

Opinion: Corruption is the derivative

by Thompson U. Essien corruption is a resultant factor, a reaction, an end product, “a substance that has been made from another substance”. Corruption is the derivative of our societal and…

March 23, 2013

Photo of the Day: God save the children as they go to school

by Rachel Ogbu Could this be a metaphor for corrupption in Nigeria? How you get there doesn't matter, as long as you get there. Or maybe one can look t…

March 22, 2013

Give me my visa – Ex-minister, Mike Aondoakaa sues U.S. government

Disgraced former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Michael Aondoakaa, has sued the American government, seeking explanation for the revocation of his U.S. non-immigrant visa. The U.S.…

March 22, 2013

Joel Brinkley: Good luck, President Jonathan, it’s time you were impeached

by Joel Brinkley Egypt has lost its place as the Arab/African worlds' leader, and Saudi Arabia never had it. So for Nigeria, the time is ripe. But its leaders seem…

March 18, 2013

Opinion: Of state pardon and Ribadu’s frustrations

by Danlami Ibrahim Maikano The same government that showed this lackadaisical gait in dealing with this clear case of disservice for the nation is now reversing the good works Ribadu…

March 17, 2013

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Finding my voice again (Y! FrontPage)

How do you continue to shout at a government that has had almost no single arrest or conviction of a government official for corrupt practices in almost 3 years of…

March 16, 2013

Alamieyeseigha presidential pardon: “The critics are just being mischievous” – Reuben Abati

by Isi Esene The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati has come out strongly to defend the presidential pardon granted to the former governor…