Archives Tag: corruption
Anti- Corruption Laws And Policies In The Nigerian Legal System
April 19, 2022
Corruption is the abuse of public power for private benefit. The notion of corruption as the abuse of public power for private gain could be seen as a conflict between the obligation to exercise public power in the public’s interest, and the self-interest of an individual to use or exploit them for private gain. … Continue reading Anti- Corruption Laws And Policies In The Nigerian Legal System
What #EndSARS Movement Tells Us About Nigeria
April 19, 2022
The past two weeks have revealed volumes about just how human Nigerians are. Just like everywhere else in the world, Nigerians have been pushed to the proverbial wall and people are fighting back. But in all this, patterns have now become standard practice on both sides and I would like to spell them out. … Continue reading What #EndSARS Movement Tells Us About Nigeria
By david-okwara
Social Media Influencer Of The Week: Falz
April 19, 2022
There are some individuals who have the incredible ability to influence others through their craft, actions, or words. One of such individual is Falana Folarin popularly known as Falz. He needs no introduction as one of Nigeria’s most popular music acts. Since his foray into the music industry, Falz has proved himself as not just … Continue reading Social Media Influencer Of The Week: Falz
Is EFCC’s Fight against Financial Crime Selective?
April 19, 2022
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been in the news again of late with the flurry of successful arrests being made of suspected money launderers and heist kingpins. Ordinarily, it is an applaudable move that the agency tasked with the duty of apprehending and prosecuting suspects in the financial sector is seen waging … Continue reading Is EFCC’s Fight against Financial Crime Selective?
By adedoyin
A Flicker of Corruption in N-Power and Other SIPs
April 19, 2022
Two weeks ago, the Federal Government through the National Social Investment Office (NSIO) boldly stated that the N-Power scheme is immune to corruption. This statement perhaps came too early, as there have been revelations that the beneficiaries of the scheme have been found wanting in accountability. The N-Power is one of the schemes under the … Continue reading A Flicker of Corruption in N-Power and Other SIPs
By adedoyin
Why the ICPC Should be Given Precedence Over EFCC
April 19, 2022
For longer than most Nigerians can remember, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) seems non-existent. Possibly, the overlap in some of the duties of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) cancelling out that of the ICPC in the public domain may have also contributed to this citizen indifference about the two … Continue reading Why the ICPC Should be Given Precedence Over EFCC
By adedoyin
Obanikoro et al: The Selective Fight Against Corruption
April 19, 2022
The current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari rode into power on the shiny wings of well-oiled integrity machinery. But the selective manner in which government instruments under the control of the executive arm witch-hunts the opposition while ignoring corrupt practices by the incumbent party loyalists is quite alarming. While many have tried in the past … Continue reading Obanikoro et al: The Selective Fight Against Corruption
By adedoyin
A Thing about Corruption
April 19, 2022
In its infancy, corruption has a justification—the quest for survival; having to drive to the back of a petrol station where a keg of petrol is loaded unto the boot of your car even though the petrol station declines to sell petrol into jerry cans to the general public—your undue advantage being that you know … Continue reading A Thing about Corruption
By nehijesu
The Need for Mobilization Against Corruption in Nigeria
April 19, 2022
Corruption has gained tremendous weight in our journey of countryhood. Peter Eigen, the Chairman of Transparency International (cited in a 2005 Global Corruption report) argued that corruption does not just line the pockets of the political and business elites, it leaves ordinary people without essential services such as life savings and medicinal drugs, and deprives … Continue reading The Need for Mobilization Against Corruption in Nigeria
By evans-ufeli
What Nigerians Think About ‘Killing’ NNPC
April 19, 2022
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said that Nigeria needs to “kill” its oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, which he considers corrupt, in order for the country to survive and progress, Premium Times reports. This was stated publicly on Monday, at the 7th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series in Abuja, where he … Continue reading What Nigerians Think About ‘Killing’ NNPC
By ify
What Every Nigerian Parent Should Know
April 19, 2022
I have been a student and then resident in the UK – and I live in Lagos now. The first thing that I discovered about UK-born, white, English undergraduates was that most of them did holiday or weekend job to support themselves – including the children of millionaires among them. It is the norm over there – … Continue reading What Every Nigerian Parent Should Know
By guestpost
International Anti-Corruption Day: How You Can Help Fight Corruption
April 19, 2022
Through out history there have been several displays by people tired of being robbed of resources and opportunities; in 2011 the world saw the uproar of oppressed people who had finally found a voice in Egypt as they demanded freedom through protests, riots and the relentless rejection of failed rulership. In 2003, the International Anti-Corruption Day … Continue reading International Anti-Corruption Day: How You Can Help Fight Corruption
By elizabeth
Quicksand: Which Way Nigeria?
April 19, 2022
It seemed so wrong what was just witnessed. It was a blatant mockery of the whole system, pure and simple. It seemed so wrong the way they carried on like they were debating over a football match in the confines of their homes or over a few green bottles. It seemed wrong to me … Continue reading Quicksand: Which Way Nigeria?
Poem of the Week: The Kraken and Mr. Dove
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu Come dine with me Mr. Dove And we will many a problem solve Bring the mountains down to valleys Evading mudslides and darkened alleys And we will crouch under the oaks Having drunk our fill from flinty rocks Sweetened by the breezy rush O misty waterfalls in biosterious flush … Continue reading Poem of the Week: The Kraken and Mr. Dove
By jehonwa
The Labours Of Our Heroes Past
April 19, 2022
By Bernice Alhassan. “Arise O compatriots, Nigeria’s call obey. To serve our Father land,with love and strength and faith. The labour of our heroes past shall never be in vain…” Now let’s pause there for a sec. Nigeria in recent times has got me thinking again about that last statement – “the labours of our … Continue reading The Labours Of Our Heroes Past
