corruption

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 empty terrace of the restaurant I do not remember the name of, just that it was something Italian. Pushing the porcelain plate with saffron coloured... Read More

corruption, femke, journalist

“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 and Gas Limited Chief Femi Otedola (who is still making headlines for his alleged involvement in a bribery scandal with Honourable Farouk Lawan) rubbished the... Read More

Bribery Scandal, corruption, farouk lawan, Femi Otedola, fuel subsidy, House of Reps, subsidy probe

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 armpit calling mouth smelly. To be too clean in Nigeria is as bad as being too dirty. You must maintain a corruption balance. Moderate corruption.... Read More

#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 better than our best. On Sunday June 3, there was a suicide bomb attack on a church in Yelwa, Bauchi State Nigeria, and a Dana... Read More

#DanaCrash, corruption, UK politics

Japheth Omojuwa: The interest above Nigeria’s interest (YNaija FrontPage)

He had a chance to stay a hero and he chose the path of zero. Hon. Farouk Lawan has compromised the veracity of the fuel subsidy probe… I respected Hon. Farouk Lawan a lot. He always looked composed and in control. When I had the chance to meet him just after Occupy Nigeria, he was... Read More

bribe, corruption, farouk lawan, fuel subsidy probe

YNaija Analysis: Fuel subsidy report: don’t forget the message

by Joachim Mac-Ebong In a country desperately short of heroes, perhaps the rush to canonise Farouk Lawan was understandable, even if premature and ill-advised. Close followers of the House of Representatives since 1999 would have taken note of the diminutive legislator from Kano, known for his principled stand on a range of issues. By chairing the House... Read More

Bribery, corruption, farouk lawan, fuel subsidy report, nigeria

Nigeria: Farouk Lawan, Is it business as usual?

By Akeremale Temitope and Rosanwo Babatunde The last has not been heard of the aftermath of the #OccupyNigeria protests which created a paradigm shift in the Nigerian polity. It is no longer news that Nigerians hit the street January 2012 to demand from the government, accountability and transparency in the way the finances of the nation was being... Read More

#fuelsubsidyreport, Bribery, corruption, farouk lawan, fuel subsidy, house, senate

Opinion: El-Rufai exposes Buhari – says it’s time for a new generation of leaders

by Abdullahi Aborode This is a message to General Muhammadu Buhari from Mallam Nasir El-Rufai on the 4th of October, 2010 few months before the April 2011 elections. READ BELOW; The attention of Mallam Nassir El-Rufai has been drawn to statements from Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida purporting to be responses to the advice he gave both men to retire. Since,... Read More

Buhari, corruption, el rufai, Leadership, Politics

Doctors launch Operation Kora Haram: Last week’s news… with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola “Do you feel you’re over happy? Remember that too much of anything is bad. If you wanna be depressed, listen to the song by Ini Edo or Desmond Elliott … Doctors launch Operation Kora Haram Given that they spend more years in the university than any other profession, doctors are known to... Read More

corruption, lagos doctors, news satire, strike

Japheth Omojuwa: Fuel Subsidy Scam- Jonathan’s foreplay with corruption (YNaija FrontPage)

The corruption still runs deep and to claim president Jonathan is cleaning it up is worth as much a lie as to say his transformation agenda has been anything other than transformation in corruption – from billions to trillions. The President of Tanzania sacked six high profile ministers in his cabinet because they were the... Read More

corruption, Fuel Subsidy Scam

Kehinde Shote: “You want it but can’t afford it? Wear a fake” (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Keeping up appearances is why many women know their husband’s business dealings are illegal or unethical but still stay because of the first class tickets to New York and the Hermes bags. Hyacinth Bucket is the main character in a British sitcom; ‘Keeping Up Appearances’. She spends most of her time trying to climb into... Read More

30 Days, 30 voices, corruption, nigeria

#bbcafricadebate: The way to Africa’s progress

by Adebowale Adekunbi Africans do have noble dreams about the future although they are blighted today. Their faith, crave and desire for prosperity is undeniable. The people better understand that power belongs to them and elected officials should be anxious more than ever, to deliver. Today, the eyes of the world keenly observe this continent… Read More

#bbcdebate on africa, Africans, Basic infrastructure, corruption, development

Report: Nigeria records second highest number of fraud cases in Africa in 2011

by Seyi Lawal The African country with the most reported fraud cases was South Africa at 35 percent while Nigeria had the second most cases, at 22 percent in the second half of 2011. The number of reported cases of fraud on the continent rose from 355 in the first half of 2011 to 520 cases... Read More

corruption, Fraud, governmet, nigeria

Diezani-Maduke has to go – #EnoughisEnoughNigeria speaks on fuel subsidy report

by Seyi Lawal Following the release on Wednesday, 18 April 2012, of the Ad-Hoc Committee’s report before the National Assembly to verify and determine the actual Subsidy requirements and Monitor the Implementation of the Subsidy Regime in Nigeria, Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE) has reacted to the shocking discoveries that emerged from the report. According to... Read More

#EnoughisEnough, Ad hoc committee, corruption, fuel subsidy, scam

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Children, the looters of tomorrow (YNaija Frontpage)

…when you have children believing that leadership is a place where money is meant to be made and riches acquired or a place where appointments are not based on merit but on who you know, is our tomorrow not already doomed? It was the Christmas of 1995 and I was at my Uncle’s in Lagos... Read More

children, corruption, generation, leaders

Timeline of James Onanefe Ibori: Born on Monday, sentenced on Tuesday

by Joachim MacEbong …arrested for theft and fined £300. The following year, he was convicted for handling a stolen credit card and fined £100. It was a sign of things to come. James Onanefe Ibori was born on Monday, August 4, 1958, and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of... Read More

corruption, crime, jailed, James Onanefe Ibori, sentenced

“I have never taken a bribe, wallahi-talahi” – Ribadu speaks on Boko Haram, EFCC & more

by Hauwa Gambo “I worked in Nigeria Police Force for 27 years and I can swear that I have never taken a bribe, wallahi-talahi” Former Action Congress of Nigeria presidential candidate, who faced criticism when he returned to Nigeria to chair the Petroleum Task Force, has taken a swipe at his bosses, accusing the federal... Read More

boko haram, corruption, EFCC, nuhu ribadu

Tolu Ogunlesi: Kabiyesi and other African stories (YNaija Frontpage)

Lords and Emperors all, forgetting that power never lasts forever, and that the evil that men do lives after them, and the weevils they breed are fated to feed on their ‘legacies’. Dear Kwesi, Where does one start? Why do so many of the leaders around here act as though there’s no life (or death,... Read More

African leaders, corruption, Mutharika, tolu ogunlesi

So I hear PDP wants to fight corruption…

by Tolu Orekoya “Be the change you wish to see in the world” – Mahatma Gandhi So PDP’s old kick is new again—the promise to tackle corruption. I am no political expert or pundit, but something didn’t sit quite right with me when the newly-minted National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh stated, “The party will soon... Read More

corruption, Federal Government, PDP

Bribery! Trauma! Scandal! Check out the 7 most outrageous National Assembly scandals

by Lekan Olanrewaju You think the Arunma Oteh-Herman Hembe scandal is the worst of them all? Well think again. Since the Fourth Republic kicked off, we’ve rolled from one legislative drama to the next! In the wake of the current “Mealgate” scandal rocking the Nigerian Senate and Securities and Exchanges Commission, we’ve been forced once again... Read More

corruption, EFCC, Hearings, senate

Temitope Shittu-Alamu: “The police was once my friend”

He has stopped protecting me, and more often than not harassed me rather than rescue me. I grew up knowing that the policeman was ALWAYS the good guy. In all my childhood games from “hide and seek” to “catching a thief”, he was the hero. Not that I ever figured out in my little imaginative mind... Read More

corruption, police, Temitope Shittu-Alamu:

Japheth Omojuwa: We all want to blow! (YNaija Frontpage)

Nigeria must look at herself and ask if it has bred men who would rather blow through a just path or those who would through the path of evil. Whatever went through your mind when you saw the title of this piece is your business. My business is to make the body of this piece... Read More

corruption, japheth omojuwa, opinion, unemployment, World Citizen

Tolu Ogunlesi: Government – to go in or to stay out? (YNaija Frontpage)

All too often we have seen ‘good’ men and women go into government and come out unrecognisable. It’s becoming a regular debate these days: should Nigerians who are keen on being agents of (positive) transformation have anything to do with / in government? There are generally two considered sides to that debate. First is the... Read More

corruption, government, Leadership, tolu ogunlesi

Onyeka Nwelue: Why James Ibori is not a sinner

For Christ’s sakes, I know some book launches James Ibori attended. He signed cheques and the writers were happy. James Ibori has stolen a lot of money. People have been telling me and I’m still reading about it on the internet and in the papers. There are pictures of the mansions he bought with public... Read More

corruption, James Ibori

Akintunde Oyebode`: “The inevitable meeting of Town and Gown” (YNaija Frontpage)

…The same university has a capital expenditure budget of N450 million, the cost of the house James Ibori allegedly bought in Hampstead, in 2001. It is interesting to examine different views on the state of Nigerian universities and the quality of graduates produced therein. The usual conclusion is our universities are underfunded, below par and produce... Read More

Akintunde Oyebode`, corruption, funding, nigeria, World Citizen

Emmanuel Osanedum: On Ibori, IBB, Atiku and other wicked, selfish men

It turns out that I, who easily finds the good in even the most condemned men and women, cannot find even one redeeming feature in James Onanefe Ibori… Two years ago, General TY Danjuma made an astonishing announcement – thanks to some of those choice oil blocs lying around in Abuja, he happened to have a... Read More

Atiku, corruption, IBB, Ibori

February 28, 2012

James Ibori: Ex-con, Thief, Governor… President?

by Rachel Ogbu James Ibori was going for the kill, the national cake as president of Nigeria. Even as he’s probably squatting in a corner of a British cell, he must obviously still be nursing such aspirations. Therefore we are not counting our chickens yet as this man’s record shows his deceit knows no bounds.... Read More

Con man, corruption, Ex con, Governor, James Ibori, Politics, president

February 25, 2012

Opinion: Read the only solution to Nigeria’s problems, by Debowale Adekunbi

Don’t be confused by figures of economic growth – the percentage of people living below the poverty line has increased. Nigeria needs twenty years of continuous excellent leadership to catch up with the current development level obtainable around the world. Let’s not worry about where others would be by then. So let’s do what... Read More

corruption, Development Plan, nigeria

February 24, 2012

21 Months; Ex-KBR consultant gets sentenced for $6billion Nigerian bribery scheme

A US judge on Thursday 23rd February pronounced a 21 month jail sentence for an ex-consultant for KBR Inc. The 63 year old British consultant, Jeffrey Tesler, was indicted for his role in a massive plot to win $6 billion in contracts for a liquefied natural gas facility by bribing Nigerian government officials. Tesler, who... Read More

Bribery, corruption, Halliburton, KBR

February 23, 2012

Yomi Kazeem: Working in government- The rules of engagement

by Yomi Kazeem When you do get in, maintain a set of principles, draw a line between working in government (to make things better) and working with government (to loot and plunder). ‘The government is bad!’, ‘Things need to get better!’, ‘We cannot continue like this!’, ‘shey na like this we go dey?’ These are... Read More

corruption, nigeria, Yomi Kazeem

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