The United States (US) Government has announced plans to shut doors on corrupt Nigerian government officials saying, they risk being barred from entering the country. In a statement posted on its official X handle on Monday, the US Mission in Nigeria said the fight against corruption knows no borders, stressing that even high-profile figures could […]
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Laolu Akande, a seasoned journalist and former media adviser to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has candidly acknowledged that the administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari failed to fulfill its promise to combat corruption. During an X Space discussion monitored by Streetnet on Tuesday, Akande expressed deep disappointment and embarrassment, admitting that despite his involvement in
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Ben Murray-Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east constituency, says President Muhammadu Buhari made himself a laughing stock by promising to fight corruption in another nation, while the social vice is increasing in Nigeria. Buhari, who was in Ghana on Tuesday to mark the country’s 61st independence anniversary, was quoted to have said he would help the
Corruption is getting worse in Nigeria, according to the latest corruption perception index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI).. While the country scored 27/100 and was ranked 136th in 2016, the latest CPI scores Nigeria 27 with a rank of 148 — a significant 12 places below where it was the previous year. ICYMI: After snake,
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Addis Ababa described corruption as one of the greatest evils of our time. The President said this while formally launching the African Anti-Corruption Year 2018 at the opening ceremony of the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in
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Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose on Wednesday described President Muhammadu Buhari as ‘father of corruption’ over his refusal to petition Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi and other corrupt officials in his camp. In a statement issued by by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor accused Buhari
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Sherifat Lawal Corruption is a part of humanity. Therefore, it is no surprise that it features everywhere so much so that it has eaten deep into the Nigerian system. Corruption in Nigeria is a social virus, which is a hybrid of traits, derived from and nurtured in the indigenous Nigerian context. Corruption is not an
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His Imperial Majesty, Alase Lori Orisa, Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I has stated that while President Muhammadu Buhari is busy fighting economic corruption, he is focused on fighting traditional corruption. Oluwo explained that it is uncultured and uncivilised also illogical that Nigerians kill themselves to god. “I am not Igbakeji Orisa,
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Mr Mathew Page, former United States intelligence community’s top expert on Nigeria has said that the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are the biggest recipients of funds looted from Nigeria. Page, a senior policymaker at the White House, State Department, Defense Department for more than a decade, stated this on Friday in
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South African Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that President Jacob Zuma must face about 783 charges ranging from corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering. It agreed with a lower court ruling last year that prosecutors could bring back 783 counts of corruption relating to a 1999 arms deal. The charges had been set aside
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