The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu on Monday said the days of impunity are over. Why it matters: The Muhammadu Buhari-led government since the inception of office said that impunity was the order of the day as the previous government turned a blind eye to what was really... Read More

November 6, 2017

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[The Injustice Blog] It’s obvious, Buhari returned to promote indiscipline

The second coming of President Muhammadu Buhari has been quite disappointing, but one of his standing qualities which has remained “untainted” is his insistence on indiscipline. Even his critics begrudgingly concede that Buhari remains unmovable in that regard. However, of what value is Buhari’s discipline if he cannot impress that virtue on the people he has... Read More

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August 4, 2017

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Attack on Kogi Assembly is the height of impunity – NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress has described the attack on Kogi State House of Assembly as the “height of intolerance, insensitivity and impunity.” In a statement on Friday, NLC President, Ayuba Wabba urged the Federal Government to investigate the disburse of the Paris Club refund to the state, which led to the crisis. The statement reads, “We... Read More

The News Blog

Attack, impunity, Kogi Assembly, nlc, Paris Club Refund

July 3, 2017

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Live within the confines of the law | CJN urges Nigerians

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has urged Nigerians to cooperate with the judiciary in order to bring the country out if its present economic woes. Onnoghen said this at the Calabar International Convention Centre in Calabar during a reception and state banquet organised in his honour by the Cross River State Government. Onnoghen... Read More

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CJN, impunity, law, nigerians, Walter Onnoghen

May 31, 2017

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Governor Ambode is inciting a new culture of impunity among Nigerian governors

by Samuel Okike When a governor sacks and evicts people from their homes at will, demolishes houses and business places because it doesn’t ‘conform with the metropolitan vision of the state,’ and consciously disobeys court orders over and over again – and goes scot free – then people need to sit down and rethink what... Read More

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Akinwunmi Ambode, governors, impunity

March 30, 2017

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Senate has resorted to cheap blackmail – Falana

Hunan rights lawyer, Femi Falana has said the executive arm of the Federal Government has to terminate ‘the reign of impunity in the National Assembly’. In a statement on Wednesday, Falana said the Senate had become uncontrollable following recent developments in the upper chamber. Falana cited an example of the Senate’s decision not to screen... Read More

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March 18, 2017

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I am trying to fight impunity in the PDP – Sheriff

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff has said he would not relinquish his position. Sheriff said this while speaking with journalists in Delta State after a breakfast meeting with the National Deputy Chairman, Dr Cairo Ojougboh. Sheriff said he would not allow the PDP to capsize. He added that... Read More

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Ahmed Makarfi, Ali Modu Sheriff, impunity, leadership crisis, PDP

August 22, 2016

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Opinion: The oppresive and illegal treatment of the ‘Buhari’ dog owner

by Inibehe Effiong The Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command has rearrested a 41-year-old trader who named his pet dog “Buhari”, Mr. Joe Chinakwe and will arraign him before the Sango Magistrate Court in Ogun State on Monday. It is likely that the powers that be in Abuja have instructed the police to deal with the... Read More

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June 24, 2016

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Armed Ijaw youths invade Ben Bruce’s radio station in Bayelsa

Some members of the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC) on Thursday, invaded Rhythm FM radio station in Yenogoa, Bayelsa over internal scuffles within the leadership ranks of the group. The radio station, Rhythm FM, is owned by Senator Ben Murray Bruce who on Thursday forfeited his company, Silverbird groups to the Assets Management Corporation of... Read More

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AMCON, Bayelsa, Ben Bruce, corruption, Ijaw, impunity, IYC, violence, youths

June 13, 2016

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Opinion: As impunity thrives in PenCom

by Ikechukwu Amaechi The Pension Reform Act (PRA), which established the National Pension Commission (PenCom), was enacted by the National Assembly (NASS) in 2004 to create a body that would regulate, supervise and ensure the effective administration of pension matters. Before then, pension schemes in the country were bedeviled by many problems, including the fact... Read More

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August 9, 2015

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People must pay for looting the treasury – VP Osinbajo

Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbanjo, said the anti -corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari was not about anyone in particular, nor is it meant to be selective. Osinbajo says the crusade was about securing the future of the country by reducing corruption and stopping impunity. The Vice President spoke on Saturday, while speaking with journalits at... Read More

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July 5, 2015

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Simon Kolawole: The one thing President Buhari must do is stop impunity

by Simon Kolawole In my opinion, we should be fighting these politicians, not taking sides. They know where they meet. They are friends, associates and partners who are only temporarily divided by a little friction over how to share their spoils. Incredible. That was my first reaction to a recent article written by Zik Zulu... Read More

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June 23, 2015

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“The next 3 months may be hard, but billions can be recovered” – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, says the era of impunity, lack of accountability and financial recklessness that characterised the immediate past administration, is over in the country. After the closed-door meeting he had with state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, June 23, a statement was released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.... Read More

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accountability, impunity, president buhari, state governors

April 27, 2015

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Gov. Uduaghan lectures us on what caused PDP’s loss (READ)

by Ranti Joseph More light has been thrown into widespread speculations on why the ruling Peoples Democratic Party lost at the centre and in several states of the federation. The Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost its prominence at the centre was because of neglect by... Read More

delta state, elections, Emmanuel Uduaghan, impunity, nigeria, Uduaghan

September 13, 2014

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Wole Soyinka: The wages of impunity

by Wole Soyinka The dancing obscenity of Shekau and his gang of psychopaths and child abductors, taunting the world, mocking the BRING BACK OUR GIRLS campaign on internet, finally met its match in Nigeria to inaugurate the week of September 11 – most appropriately. Shekau’s danse macabre was surpassed by the unfurling of a political... Read More

Ali Modu Sheriff, banner, Chad, femi falana, impunity, opinion, Professor Wole Soyinka, terrorists, ynaija

August 25, 2014

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George Akume: Dear President Jonathan, stop behaving like Idi-Amin

by George Akume The constitutional power of impeachment is a sacred power that can be likened to the mystical Sword of Damocles, which dangles over the executive branch to keep it in check, but seldom falls on its principals. Sections 143 and 188 of the Nigeria 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides for removal of the... Read More

george akume, Idi Amin, impunity, President Goodluck Jonathan, Putin, ship

June 29, 2014

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Sonala Olumhense: #EkitiDecided – Impunity, nourished by immunity

by Sonala Olumhense I join all of those who have congratulated Fayose, a man who defied all forecasts and his fragility at the edge of a waiting political burial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to return to the scene of the massive allegations against him. The defeat of Governor Kayode Fayemi of... Read More

Ayo Fayose, ekiti elections, immunity, impunity, Kayode Fayemi, opinion, Sonala Olumhense, ynaija

February 25, 2014

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Femi Aribisala: Why Sanusi Lamido should end up at Kirikiri prisons

by Femi Aribisala The last thing a country needs is a CBN governor who talks frivolously. The word of a CBN governor has implications for financial market volatility; therefore he must mark his words. He must speak with confidence and precision. Not so with Lamido Sanusi. One of the more annoying things about Nigeria is... Read More

APC, central bank of Nigeria, Femi Aribisala, impunity, Kirikiri, nigeria, nnpc accounts, opinion, opposition, prisons, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Suspension, ynaija

February 23, 2014

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Opinion: The rise and rise of impunity in Nigeria

by Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri By its body language, the presidency does not seem to be bothered about the missing billions of petrodollars. Instead, it is more concerned about the embarrassment Sanusi’s revelations have caused the administration. These are indeed, very trying times for the country. The news of the central bank governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s (SLS’)... Read More

CBN, corruption, impunity, opinion, petrodollars, President Goodluck Jonathan, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Suspension, Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, ynaija

February 22, 2014

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Pius Adesanmi: Dear Sanusi, here are your sins against Nigerians

by Pius Adesanmi 1) You sinned against us during Occupy Nigeria. Such was the level of your vomit-inducing elitism that you didn’t even know that most Nigerians do not power their I-better-pass-my-neighbour with diesel; 2)I did not like your dabbling into Islamic banking in a volatile religious context like Nigeria; [Reader, the piece below was... Read More

Diesel, diezzani allison madwueke, impunity, money, nigeria, nnpc, opinion, Pius Adesanmi, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Suspension, ynaija

February 10, 2014

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Sonala Olumhense: The APC is no better than the PDP

by Sonala Olumhense Only a fool would trust the APC, as currently established, to be any different, let alone better than, the PDP, which is currently collapsing on its head. As a writer who has questioned the heart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), I am pleased to notice that it is clarifying its mission... Read More

APC, collapse, collapsing, corruption, failed state, fool, impunity, national assembly, npdp, opinion, PDP, propaganda, Sonala Olumhense, trust, ynaija

January 28, 2014

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Opinion: A failed ruling class and the litany of impunity

by Jaye Gaskia The Nigerian ruling class has historically not been a stranger to impunity in governance; nevertheless, past generations of this ruling class will cringe in their graves at the level of the impunity of their heirs, the current class of Vagabonds In Power [VIPs]. Sometimes when pummelled by the storms of our vicarious... Read More

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December 13, 2013

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Opinion: The NNPC is simply a metaphor for impunity, something has to be done

by Jaye Gaskia What is the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture [Less than N90bn] for example? What is the annual budget of Ekiti, or Osun, or Taraba, or Cross River states for example? Less than N120bn! Yet by some calculations, we lost N5.2tn to corruption and leakages in just 2 years [June... Read More

corruption, funds, impunity, Jaye Gaskia, metaphor, NASS, nnpc, Oil, opinion, ynaija

June 30, 2013

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Simon Kolawole: In Nigeria, impunity is the name of the game

by Simon Kolawole One of the reasons many self-respecting companies avoid doing serious business with Nigeria is the fear that a government official can, with a stroke of the pen, invalidate an agreement without justification. You should have seen me battling with tears. My aunt was narrating how my teenage cousin – a student of... Read More

FAAN, impunity, kaduna, law, nigeria, Osun, simon kolawole, SITA

January 14, 2013

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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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December 15, 2012

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Theophilus Ilevbare: Between Sanusi’s megalomania and the evil spirit at the mint

by Theophilus Ilevbare Nigeria, a country without a Nigeria carrier spends an estimated N9.08bn annually on the Presidential Air Fleet of 10 aircrafts Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the volcano as he is now fondly called in some quarters, had quick succession of eruptions in the past few weeks as he made... Read More

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“The days of impunity are gone” – Ibrahim Magu

[The Injustice Blog] It’s obvious, Buhari returned to promote indiscipline

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Live within the confines of the law | CJN urges Nigerians

Governor Ambode is inciting a new culture of impunity among Nigerian governors

Senate has resorted to cheap blackmail – Falana

I am trying to fight impunity in the PDP – Sheriff

Opinion: The oppresive and illegal treatment of the ‘Buhari’ dog owner

Armed Ijaw youths invade Ben Bruce’s radio station in Bayelsa

Opinion: As impunity thrives in PenCom

People must pay for looting the treasury – VP Osinbajo

Simon Kolawole: The one thing President Buhari must do is stop impunity

“The next 3 months may be hard, but billions can be recovered” – Buhari

Gov. Uduaghan lectures us on what caused PDP’s loss (READ)

Wole Soyinka: The wages of impunity

George Akume: Dear President Jonathan, stop behaving like Idi-Amin

Sonala Olumhense: #EkitiDecided – Impunity, nourished by immunity

Femi Aribisala: Why Sanusi Lamido should end up at Kirikiri prisons

Opinion: The rise and rise of impunity in Nigeria

Pius Adesanmi: Dear Sanusi, here are your sins against Nigerians

Sonala Olumhense: The APC is no better than the PDP

Opinion: A failed ruling class and the litany of impunity

‘We celebrate Tukur’s disgrace from office’ – Alao-Akala opens up

Opinion: The NNPC is simply a metaphor for impunity, something has to be done

Simon Kolawole: In Nigeria, impunity is the name of the game

Pat Utomi: Between corruption and impunity

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