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, Rochas Okorocha and other government functionaries to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly misappropriating public funds. ALGON, through its lawyer, C.O.C Akaolisa is accusing Okorocha of “criminal conspiracy, abuse of office, stealing,... Read More

ALGON, C.O.C Akaolisa, corruption, EFCC, imo state, nigeria, Rochas Okorocha

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 country from 1960 till date. He made the statement during the one day Minna National Discourse on corruption held in Niger State and added that, the rising level of insecurity in some parts of the north,... Read More

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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 and four others is linked to his ambition to run for second term in 2015, new reports claim. It is believed that President Goodluck Jonathan was beleaguered by ex-militants, and he was worried that any... Read More

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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 yesterday, a trip down memory lane is in order: ‘Alamiyeseigha, a man who until now was known and addressed as His Excellency, has shown himself to be a dishonourable fellow, unfit to rule, unfit to... Read More

Alamieyeseigha, corruption, Goodluck Jonathan, nigeria

March 9, 2013

Tackle corruption or face a bloody revolution: Jerry Rawlings warns President Jonathan

Nigerian president, Mr Goodluck Jonathan has been told that his government is under the threat of a bloody revolution like those that sacked the governments of Egypt and Tunisia if he continues to pamper the scourge of corruption in the country. The warning came from none other than former president of Ghana, Mr Jerry Rawlings... Read More

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March 1, 2013

Opinion: The progress in West Africa is visible, but uneven

From The Economist The day that Nigeria works properly, the battle for Africa’s future will have been won. Leaving the Ivorian commercial capital, Abidjan, at 7am, you run straight into what is known as the civil-servant rush hour. The president has decreed that administrators must be at their desks by 7.30am, and most are. A... Read More

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March 1, 2013

Opinion: It pays to be corrupt in Nigeria

by Azuka Onwuka It is contradictory and hypocritical for our people to complain bitterly about corruption in public places, yet when our relative or kinsman gets into any political office, we believe that it is his turn to get rich. There is no denying that a corrupt judge is worse than an armed robber. Last... Read More

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February 26, 2013

Opinion: PHCN – Witches, demons and crazy bills

by Jonchikadibie From Surulere, Lagos where I live to Amawbia, my home town in Anambra State, the story is the same; power supply has dropped outrageously, while the bills keep rising, and rising, and rising! Ever since Prof. Barth Nnaji was removed as Minister of Power, I kept delaying the need to write something about... Read More

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February 4, 2013

“Nigeria is hellish for poor thieves and magnanimous to big thieves”- Tunde Bakare

by Chi Ibe Latter Rain general overseer, Pastor Tunde Bakare, said Nigeria needs total cleansing to purge it of corruption and bad leadership. While delivering a sermon on the state of the nation at the church in Lagos on Sunday February 3, Bakare said, “Nigeria needs total cleansing. We need what happens in Ghana to happen... Read More

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February 3, 2013

May Akabogu-Collin writes ‘A Nigerian Spring is long overdue’ for The New York Times

by May Akabogu-Collins That’s where Nigeria is today. It will not change until we, the people, join in a mass outrage against corruption, demand transparent accounting of our oil revenues and economic justice. I was a visiting professor in Paris last fall and it was the first day of class. I was making copies for... Read More

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January 27, 2013

“What did you do with the N8.3 trillion given to you?”- Ribadu tasks Northern governors

by Rachel Ogbu Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has asked governors of 19 Northern States to account for the N8.3 trillion given to their states between 1999 and 2010. According to the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), there is hardly anything to show for the huge resources at the state and local government... Read More

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January 24, 2013

“Nigerians are pleased with the progress we’ve made on electricity supply,” Jonathan tells CNN’s Amanpour (WATCH)

by Rachel Ogbu In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday, President Goodluck Jonathan answered a series of questions that bothered on Boko Haram, corruption, indiscriminate security measures, and poor electricity. CNN reports: President Jonathan agreed that Boko Haram could pose an existential threat to his country. “If Boko Haram is not contained, it... Read More

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January 19, 2013

Charly Boy: The pigs in our politics

by Charly Boy really cannot discern “manor farm” from “Animal farm.” I cannot differentiate “Napoleon” from “Snowball.” Both men and pigs now work with two legs. I see pigs attempting to put on human faces, human clothes. I see pigs attempting to eat on the same table with men. My apologies to Eric Blair,... Read More

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January 18, 2013

Kingsley Iweka: Sex or marriage, which comes first? (Y! Superblogger)

Sex is NOT a creation, it is an act. Sex is an act as much as corruption is an act, will you therefore say that God ‘made’ corruption? I deem it especially necessary to make a few things clear as regards the content below, please pay particular attention and try not to assume that you... Read More

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January 14, 2013

Pat Utomi: Between corruption and impunity

by Pat Utomi What continues to bother me is whether the elite in Nigeria do not really realise the devastating consequence of corruption for all, because of the temporary advantage it confers on them when in the so-called lucrative positions? It appears the jury is still out on the trouble with Nigeria. Years ago, Prof.... Read More

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January 14, 2013

Bode George’s appointment: “Almost everyone in the party are ex-convicts” – Dino Melaye, others chide PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has come under criticisms for appointing an ex-convict, Chief Bode George, into a panel to reorganise its Board of Trustees. A Lagos High Court convicted George in 2009 for fraud after he served as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority. He spent two years in prison. Legal practitioners... Read More

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January 11, 2013

Charles Soludo, others grilled by the EFCC over currency scam, to face prosecution soon

by Isi Esene The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo was yesterday night picked up by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a controversial contract he allegedly awarded to an Australian firm for the printing of polymer currency notes while he waas head of the... Read More

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January 10, 2013

Opinion: Welcome to the synagogue of thieves

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Agreed, the president is known for his crass incompetence, criminal negligence, and astonishing cluelessness. What about the assembly members who are supposed to represent the interest of their various constituencies? Albert Camus yearned for a country that an honorable man could love and love justice too. Majority of Nigerians are convinced that... Read More

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January 9, 2013

Corruption: Jonathan is not doing enough – Obasanjo

by Isi Esene Former president Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday threw a challenge at president Goodluck Jonathan urging him to act decisively to stem the tide of corruption in the country. Speaking on the Cable News Network (CNN), Obasanjo said corruption is rising at an alarming rate in the country and the Jonathan administration is doing too... Read More

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December 30, 2012

2013, Jonathan’s year of consolidation – Abati

by Isi Esene Reuben Abati, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity has described 2013 as the year of consolidation. He said next year will be the year to consolidate on the achievements made by the Goodluck Jonathan administration in critical sectors like power, agriculture, aviation, transport, integrity of election, among others.... Read More

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December 29, 2012

Adaobi Okwy: Dear Boko Haram… (Y! Superblogger)

I leave you with questions and only hope that one day…soonest, you’d find it in your heart to put down your weapons and leave us to heal and to forgive. Dear Boko Haram, I thought long and hard about this letter before I decided to put it out there (and by extension…put myself out there).... Read More

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December 27, 2012

Abimbola Adelakun: 2012: Nigeria’s year of the locust

by Abimbola Adelakun We live in a country that kills her children and, in 2012, we did not even count the bodies before dumping them in mass graves. According to Chinese Astrology, the year 2012 is the year of the Dragon; specifically, the Black Water Dragon. If we go by the myth, it’s supposed to... Read More

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December 17, 2012

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: NLC keeps missing the point

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu …what should preoccupy the NLC is how the federal government can cut its wage bill without causing social upheavals and throwing more people into the labour market My biggest problem with the labour movement in Nigeria is that it is prone to playing to the gallery. Even when some of... Read More

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December 15, 2012

Temie Giwa: Prevention is better than dialogue (YNaija FrontPage)

Every Nigerian with an AK47 is being given an incentive to unleash terror on innocent folks, to kill and maim them, then demand ‘dialogue.’ It is a business model Nigeria is unsafe and most of us who live here have known this for a long time. Roads, airports, offices and entire regions are deadly places... Read More

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December 12, 2012

Opinion: Nigeria needs a ministry of corruption

by Olabode Emmanuel Olawumi The duty of this ministry is to officially provide funds for the purpose of corruption… Nigeria is a country with a population of over 150 million people. It has 36 states plus a Federal Capital Territory. At least, each of its states is blessed with more than two mineral resources, as... Read More

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December 12, 2012

Psquare, #OccupyNigeria & more: The New Yorker on the 8 most interesting Africans of 2012

by Rachel Ogbu The New Yorker recently released its top Africans of 2012 including soe of the most compelling individuals around the continent. From President of Malawi, Joyce Banda to the OccupyNugeria group and even PSquare. Alexis Okeowo lists some of Africa’s most fascinating people doing innovative, admirable, and sometimes destructive work: 1. Her name... Read More

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December 9, 2012

Opinion: Corruption – The 37th State of the Federation

by Theophilus Ilevbare “Corruption has become a state of the Federation, drawing its weekly and monthly allowances from the Federation Account unabashedly” – Lawyer, Fred Agbaje Lately, the Nigerian media has been awash with opinion, analysis and editorials on the spiralling rate of corruption especially under the President Goodluck Jonathan led administration. The war against... Read More

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December 9, 2012

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Thieves everywhere (YNaija FrontPage)

I’m very confused like many Nigerians, as to how N2billion in hot raw cash, could grow legs and walk out of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC). Boarding school was a lot of fun. But that’s only because I’m looking back now. While the journey was on, it was never a... Read More

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December 6, 2012

Akintunde Oyebode: Sing while you’re winning (YNaija FrontPage)

I don’t envy the men paid to defend the image of the Nigerian government, and wish them the very best with their impressive imitation of Joseph Goebbels. Edward Bernays will not ring any bells, and is one of those men you are likely to hear about in a Pub Quiz but forget about after consuming... Read More

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December 4, 2012

Stop exaggerating, we’re not that corrupt – Tony Elumelu

Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings Ltd., on Monday stressed the need for investors to report positive issues that would encourage doing business in the country. Mr. Elumelu made the appeal at the Presidential Policy Dialogue at the 18th National Economic Summit in Abuja. He said that though corruption should be tackled in the system, it should not be the major... Read More

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