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in Big Story, InterviewBuhari Can Fight Corruption – Ekpo Nta, ICPC
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Special Interview Soldiering may be far from his mind, but if Ekpo Nta, chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other offences Commission, ICPC, were not a lawyer, he probably would have been a military man. Behind the soft, smooth and urbane exterior, […] More
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The Economy and the Bogey of 100 Days
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The convention of examining a new government after 100 days in office seems not only disturbing but also misleading. While many, if not all, politicians aspiring for office promise goodies to the people within 100 days, if elected, one should not […] More
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Corruption War Takes Off
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow There are clear indications that the war on corruption has started in earnest in the country. Two major factors that point to this development are the induction of a panel on war on corruption and the announcement Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari that […] More
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in PublicationsCorruption War: EFCC’s Theatrics
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Justice Mustapher Akanbi, first chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, is passionate about ending corruption in Nigeria. When Tajudeen Suleiman, senior associate editor, reached out to the man on whose integrity the ICPC was built last week, […] More
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in NewsGovernment Probes NAN Boss Over Corruption Allegations
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The federal information ministry has ordered the board of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, to immediately begin investigations into over a dozen allegations of corruption and highhandedness against Ima Niboro, the agency’s managing director. In response, the board has raised a three-man […] More
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in Big StoryAtiku Challenges Jonathan On Corruption Fight
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow President Goodluck Jonathan has been asked to provide explanation into what he did to ensure companies and individuals accused of embezzling subsidy funds in Nigeria are brought to justice. Atiku Abubakar, former vice president who made the comment on his twitter handle on […] More
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in People's ParliamentAusterity: Stop Wastage, Corruption
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Comrade Abdulbaqi Aliyu Jari – Internet Constituency. Nigeria recently updated its economic database and proclaimed itself the largest economy in Africa. Nigeria has GDP of over $326 billion. Nigeria, the 26th largest economy in the world, has over $40 billion in its excess […] More
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in News‘Corruption Limits Legal Practice In Nigeria’ – NBA
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, section on legal practice, has warned that corruption is a major factor limiting the expansion of the legal practice in Nigeria. The group stated this at the 8th Annual Conference of the NBA- Section on Legal Practice. The […] More
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in People's ParliamentCoping with Corruption
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By: John Adebisi, Internet Constituency Everybody talks about corruption. Everybody laments the level of corruption in the country. One way or the other – consciously or unconsciously, directly or indirectly – everybody fuels corruption. We pretend to fight corruption. Frankly speaking, one doesn’t have […] More
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in NewsDino Melaye Slams FG Over Corruption
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Dino Melaye, a former member of the House of Representatives, has described as disastrous and unimaginable the level of tolerance that Nigerians have shown for corruption under the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan-led administration. He added that the president has left a scar in […] More
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in NewsCorruption Is the Bane of Nigeria – Methodist Church
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Remo, Ogun State, has said that corruption is the cause of the diminutive growth of the economy, unemployment and insecurity currently plaguing Nigeria. Michael Akinwale, Bishop of the Diocese while speaking at the Synod urged the federal […] More
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in InterviewThere is anger in the Land
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Olusola Adeyeye, a professor and senator representing Osun State, is the Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and member of the INEC Committee. He speaks on corruption among the political class and its implications for democracy. Defections in the House of […] More