Tag: corruption

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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April 18, 2013

Tunji Andrews: Ethical corruption – Calling a spade a spade

by Tunji Andrews  You get to ask yourself, how Nigeria then grows at an average of 7% GDP year on ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.” – ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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March 16, 2013

Corruption allegation: ALGON drags Rochas Okorocha to the EFCC

by Isi Esene The Imo State branch of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria has dragged the state governor, ...

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March 16, 2013

N75 trillion stolen in Nigeria since 1960, thanks to corruption – Former minister, Bolaji Akinyemi

by Rachel Ogbu Former Minister of External Affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi said about $500 billion has been lost to corruption in the ...

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March 14, 2013

#Election2015: Why President Goodluck Jonathan granted state pardon to Alamieyeseigha and 4 others

by Rachel Ogbu There are evidences to prove the presidential pardon given to convicted politician, former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha ...

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March 13, 2013

Analysis: Alamieyeseigha’s pardon – President Jonathan’s race to the bottom

by Joachim MacEbong The internet, like the elephant, never forgets. So, given the events at the Council of State meeting ...

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