Fighting Corruption the Nigerian Way

One of the most-oft talked about issues in Nigeria is corruption. Everybody talks about it. Everybody condemns it. Yet everybody , almost, is guilty of it. No doubt, Nigerians are damn intelligent people. The down side of that virtue is that more often, the intelligence is deployed to undoing the system. Many of the  5-star practitioners of the act f corruption have so mastered the game so much that they ply the trade with a breezy ease....

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The Unending Politics Of Second Niger Bridge

In its apparent resolve to build the second Niger Bridge at Onitsha, the Federal Government, last week, named Julius Berger AIMS Consortium as the preferred bidder for the construction of the bridge that links Anambra and Delta states. Disclosing this in Abuja after hours of meeting with delegates from the preferred consortium and concerned government agencies, the Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, said that out of the five companies that...

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Corruption is Nigeria’s biggest problem Akinyemi

A FORMER External Affairs Minister, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, yesterday, fingered corruption as Nigeria’s  biggest  problem. According to him, “No one can be a billionaire in this present Nigeria without being corrupt. ”To be a millionaire is still alright but if you are a billionaire, you are corrupt and that means you are cutting corners”. Akinyemi spoke in Akure at a lecture, to herald the inauguration of Governor Olusegun Mimiko...

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Why corruption thrives in Nigeria, by Mitee

FAILURE of leadership, institutions and lack of synergy between anti-corruption agencies are factors responsible for unbridled corruption in the country, the Chairman of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Ledum Mitee, has said. Mitee spoke as the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta, called on Nigerians to develop a new mindset in the anti-corruption war. Meanwhile, the...

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Southern Kaduna Killings: Governor Yero Shuns Victims’ Families, Dashes Off To Abuja

Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of Kaduna last night ignored families of those who died in yesterday’s killings in Zangon Kataf local government area. Fulani herdsmen killed at least five members of the community in another episode of communal violence. Our correspondent learnt that the bereaved families waited in vain for hours to see the governor, but he never turned up to personally assess their condition or to offer his condolences. Instead,...

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FRSC: Mobile courts to try traffic offenders - Katsina State

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Katsina State on Friday inaugurated mobile courts to try traffic offenders as part of its efforts to enforce traffic regulations. The FRSC Sector Commander, Habu Dauda, said in Katsina that reckless driving, using mobile phones while driving, and driving on wrong lanes prompted the measure. Mr. Dauda said the corps had deployed road marshals to strategic places in Katsina...

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NEW MUSIC: Tim Godfrey - Gbemisoke [AFRIKTAINMENT MEDIA]

Tim Godfrey nicely blends off-the-hook beats produced by Masterkraft with his highly inspiring lyrics, leaving you grooving all the way. Enjoy! Play Tim Godfrey – Gbemisoke DOWNLOAD  ...

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President Jonathan says the University of Lagos will not be renamed anymore -VANGUARD Newspaper

The Vanguard reports: The other governing councils inaugurated by the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, were for the University of Benin, ObafemiAwolowoUniversity, Ile-Ife and Michael Opara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Their Chairmen are Sen. Bob Dickson, Prof. Rowland Ndoma-Egba and Prof. Anya O. Anya respectively. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, Sen. Uche Chukwumerijie said the lawmakers’ job had...

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Jonathan Will Run For President in 2015, Says PDP

Any lingering cobwebs as to whether President Goodluck Jonathan will seek to keep his job in 2015 were dispelled today when the National Women’s Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Kema Chikwe, asserted the President will return to office. Chikwe, a former Minister, is a member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, which has 12 members. She was speaking in Abuja at the presentation of the “PDP Women-In-Power...

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IBB Would Be Assassins Arrested

The Department of State Security, DSS, yesterday narrated how its operatives saved former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida and the deposed Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki, from being assassinated by Iranian-trained Nigerian terrorists. Deputy Director, Public Relations of the DSS, Marilyn Ogar who paraded the Iranian-trained Nigerian terrorists yesterday in Abuja said: “General Babangida and Alhaji Dasuki were among prominent Nigerians...

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NAWA OO: How Then Governor Goodluck Jonathan Gave Obaigbena $1 Million From Bayelsa’s Poverty Alleviation Funds For Beyonce And Jay Z's Visit To Nigeria

A document indicating that a million dollars of Bayelsa State’s poverty alleviation fund was spent by then Governor Goodluck Jonathan on bringing American entertainers Beyonce and Jay Z to Nigeria in 2006 was uncovered. In a letter stamped and signed by Bayelsa officials, N150 million (approximately a million dollars in 2006) was released from the state’s poverty alleviation fund for the first ThisDay Music Festival in Lagos. The document...

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Lagos Speaker Corruption Trial: CSNAC Condemns Lagos State House of Assembly For Dereliction of Constitutional Duty

The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) has condemned the practice of members of the Lagos State House of Assembly of abandoning legislative duties to each time its Speaker, who is on trial for money laundering charges, is in court.  Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has a court date. Mr. Ikuforiji and an aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, face serious counts of corruption and embezzlement of public funds.  The Economic and Financial ...

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France Accuses Boko Haram Of Kidnapping Citizens In Cameroon!

French President, Francois Hollande has accused the Boko Haram Sect of kidnapping the seven French tourists that were abducted on Tuesday morning in northern Cameroon. 7 French nationals, three adults and four children, all members of the same family were kidnapped close to the Cameroonian border with Nigeria. Hollande who spoke to reporters in Greece where he is currently on an official visit said “they have been taken by a terrorist group...

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N50 Million Fraud: Delta Tourism Board GM In EFCC Net, Commissioner, RMD Reportedly On The Run

Philo Nkem Ajufo, the acting General Manager of Delta State Tourism Board, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja over her role in a financial scheme. Ms. Ajufo is reportedly being quizzed for conniving with her boss, Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD), to embezzle N50 million from the state Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Mr. Mofe Damijo, a well known Nollywood star, is the commissioner in charge of the ministry....

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EFCC On How Ikuforiji, Lagos Speaker, Transferred Millions Of State Funds Into Personal Accounts -PREMIUM TIMES

The trial of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, began on Tuesday with the commission detailing how the accused funnelled over N36 million legislature’s money into his personal accounts. Mr. Ikuforiji and his aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, are facing a 20-count charge of money laundering, and conspiring and accepting cash payments to the tune of N500 million from...

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460 Nigerians Deported… Evil atrocities of Mugabe Exposed

NIGERIANS in Zimbabwe are presently passing through hell and torture in the hands of Robert Mugabe’s security operatives who are bent of dealing with every Nigerians carrying ‘green passports’ legally resident in Harare due to the government’s hatred for Nigeria. Over 460 Nigerians deported in 10 monthsThe documents in our hands from NIZ showed that over 460 Nigerians have been deported in the last 10 months. Lots of Nigerians...

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How Fake Pastors Con Gullible Nigerians!

It has become an agreed fact that the only other business bigger than running a church in Nigeria is politics. No thanks to the intoxicating effects religion has on Nigerians which have gone a long way to prove that Karl Marx was not mistaken when he defined religion as “the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world and the soul of the soulless conditions. It is the opium of the masses.” Unfortunately for the country, despite...

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