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Temie Giwa: End of corruption (YNaija Frontpage)

However, none of these strategies and ideas ... will matter if people aren’t inspired to take action to demand these things from the government. This is the only way. Ever…

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“You are allowed to steal,” but not too much – Indian minister tells officials

by Adeniyi Abdul Corruption really isn't such a bad thing really, if the worlds of Indian Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav are anything to go by. The minster while speaking to…

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Funke Aboyade: Tackling corruption – a survival issue

by Funke Aboyade The reports of corruption that continue to filter out on an almost daily basis are not just mind blowing, they are disheartening. The impunity, the sheer brazenness,…

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Nigerian diplomat detained in Venezuela over fraud allegations

by Isi Esene Dr. Olarotimi Ajayi, a senior Nigerian diplomat in Venezuela has been detained for over two weeks by the immigration officials of the South American country over allegations…

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Opinion: Nigerian journalists and ‘brown envelopes’

by Elor Nkereuwem File photo As much as we may argue that journalists are prone to taking bribes because of their poor remuneration, the truth is that it is greed…

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Revolutionary: Abuse your positions and go to jail – Kogi governor warns appointees

by Isi Esene The Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, has warned the state’s newly sworn-in commissioners not to abuse their positions or he would not hesitate to hand them over…

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Tolu Ogunlesi: Good ol’ days (YNaija Frontpage)

It is sad that Nigerians above a certain age spend so much time living in the past, lamenting how things used to work, such that there is no energy left…

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Elnathan John: How to worship the Nigerian ‘God’

by Elnathan John The Nigerian god is one. It may have many different manifestations, but it is essentially different sides of the same coin. Sometimes, adherents of the different sides…

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Lamido Sanusi indicted for fraud and forgery

by Adeniyi Abdul It would seem the latest person to be trapped in the ever increasing net of prominent public figures accused of corruption is none other than governor of…

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“I will start with the issue of terrorism” – New Chief Justice talks tough

by Seyi Lawal As her track record shows, Justice Aloma Mukhtar is one tough lady, and she's clearly not about to slow down now that she's been appointed Chief Justice…

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Fire from the Mountains

by Segun Adeniyi In the last couple of days, I have had to imagine the tragedy of last Sunday at Barakin Ladi and Riyom, Plateau State, when Senator Gyang Dantong…

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Corruption is the fastest growing industry in Nigeria – Niyi Osundare hits hard

by Isi Esene Foremost playwright, Prof. Niyi Osundare, yesterday declared that the President Goodluck Jonathan administration "lacks the will and capacity to fight corruption because it's immersed in theft and…

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Opinion: Jonathan is Obasanjo’s legacy and he should be eternally ashamed

by Sonala Olumhense Nasir El-Rufai, a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, is the author of a new work of fiction: that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has tarnished the legacy…

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Elnathan John: How to participate in the destruction of Nigeria

by Elnathan John Sometimes the leaders of a country can unilaterally destroy a country or lead it into war without the active participation of its citizens. That is very selfish.…

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Ugodre Talks Figures: Are you giving TJ a call too?

For some of us, who fortunately or unfortunately do not get to be TJ, we can only have ourselves to blame for allowing our leaders enslave us and brainwash us…

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Don’t laugh: We will expose corruption, says House of Reps

by Hauwa Gambo No, we're not spoofing you. The House of Representatives - yes, the same one that has been bouncing some hundreds of thousands of dollars, still un-found, between…

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Opinion: Our Mealy Mouthed Approach to Corruption… the Georgian Example

by Funke Aboyade, [email protected] I wasn’t surprised at the avalanche of emails and SMS I received following last week’s column (Presidential Nuisance…). My plan was to publish some of those reactions…

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Former Bayelsa State governor, Alamieyeseigha has assets seized in US

by Seyi Lawal In April 2011, the US Deparment of Justice filed paper work to seize US-based assets of former Bayelesa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha—a home in the state of Maryland, and an account in a brokerage…

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Food shortage hits rural northern Nigeria hard

by Tolu Orekoya The beginning of the rainy season usually hits subsistence farmers hardest: Their crops from the previous year are usually close to running out or are finished altogether, and…

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O you bribe money, come out by fire! Otedola’s $620,000 yet to materialise

The $620,000 bribery scandal involving Farouk Lawan, the chairman of the House of Represantatives' ad hoc committee on fuel subisdy and oil magnate Femi Otedola may just have hit a dead…

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Wanted: Architect for Nigeria’s problems

by Tabia Princewill IT seems that every time we tell ourselves that things could not possibly get any worse in this country, the forces of evil laugh at our naïve…

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Opinion: Corruption: The haemorrhaging of a nation

by Emmanuel Nwachukwu Mention Nigeria to any casual observer and the dominant image of the country is corruption. “It is the way we do things here”, a public servant once…

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Elnathan John is mad about Kaduna: How to get angry

by Elnathan John I interrupt the ‘How To’ series to say one thing. I am angry. Very angry. So if you want to laugh or have started your day…

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Abimbola Adelakun: Nigeria is headless, and we are going nowhere

by Abimbola Adelakun In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit. Judges 17:6 (NIV) In the Holy Bible, a copy of which I used to…

Oluwapelumi 12 years

Opinion: We are the cause of our own problems

Of course, every leadership is a product of its citizenry. They do not fall from the skies. It is from amongst us that we ‘elect’ them. Chinedu Anarado The mood pervading…

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What a tangled web: Okonjo-Iweala reinvestigates fuel subsidy payouts

by Tolu Orekoya "What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive," goes the poem by Walter Scott, and it looks like the fall out from the…

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Femke becomes Funke: No people deserve dog food- (whatever your expectations of the kitchen)

As a journalist you have to find a balance between caring too much and becoming numb. My biggest fear is to become cynical. 'Dog food!' he shouted over the mostly…

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“He is a sinking man” – House of Reps replies Otedola

by Lekan Olanrewaju Take cover folks; it's one hell of a war of words and you definitely don't want to be caught in the crossfire. Yesterday CEO of Zenon Oil…

Oluwapelumi 12 years

Elnathan John: How to behave when accused of corruption in Nigeria

by Elnathan John Nigerians are corrupt. Even a suckling knows this. From time to time however, the odd situation arises where one Nigerian accuses another of corruption, you know, like…

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#DanaCrash and the UK/Nigerian factor: The last flight from Abuja

by Osyman Dias The UK is not a developed nation because the people are more intelligent or superior to us; they are developed because even their worst leaders have been…

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