Anti- Corruption Laws And Policies In The Nigerian Legal System
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. […]
What #EndSARS Movement Tells Us About Nigeria
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. […]
Social Media Influencer Of The Week: Falz
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 […]
Is EFCC’s Fight against Financial Crime Selective?
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 […]
A Flicker of Corruption in N-Power and Other SIPs
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 […]
Why the ICPC Should be Given Precedence Over EFCC
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 […]
Obanikoro et al: The Selective Fight Against Corruption
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 […]
A Thing about Corruption
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 […]
The Need for Mobilization Against Corruption in Nigeria
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 […]
What Nigerians Think About ‘Killing’ NNPC
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 […]
What Every Nigerian Parent Should Know
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 – […]
International Anti-Corruption Day: How You Can Help Fight Corruption
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 […]
Quicksand: Which Way Nigeria?
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 […]
Poem of the Week: The Kraken and Mr. Dove
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 […]
The Labours Of Our Heroes Past
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 […]
James Ibori and the ‘somebodys’ and ‘nobodys’ of Nigeria
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani The most corrupt officials are often the most generous, but letting this system continue only preserves the giver’s power. This week, former Nigerian state governor James Ibori was sentenced by a British judge to 13 years in prison. He is guilty on two counts. One is corruption – a crime of which many […]