Tag: corruption
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“I was a victim of corruption fighting back,” – Ex-EFCC chairman
Former EFCC Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu has described his exit from the anti-corruption agency as corruption fighting back. Magu made the assertion on Sunday in Abuja at an award ceremony organised in his honour by Northern Female Students Association. “I am a victim of corruption fighting back; but I am happy that recent events…
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Former South African President, Jacob Zuma set free from prison
Former South African President Jacob Zuma was set free on Friday following the expiry of his prison sentence for contempt of court, a government department.
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Corruption stinks in passport offices as Nigerians knock NIS for extortion
Nigerians have raised the alarm over the inability of the electronic passport application system of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to curb extortion of applicants across the nation, instead incidences of bribery are increasing. Passport applicants affected by the reign of corruption at immigration made known their plight during an anti-corruption radio programme, PUBLIC…
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Pry healthcare: Experts blame increasing child mortality on corruption
Worried by rising maternal and child mortality in communities across Nigeria, a medical doctor, and public health expert, Dr. Laz Ude, has lamented that the activities of corrupt health workers continue to undermine the ability of Primary Health Centers (PHCs) to deliver sound service. This assertion is coming against the backdrop of an investigative…
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BREAKING: Former first lady sentenced to 10 years in jail for graft
Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Najib Razak, former Prime Minister of Malaysia has been sentenced to ten years in prison for seeking and receiving bribes in exchange for government contracts.
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Imo FRSC maintains zero tolerance for corruption
Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Imo State has maintained zero tolerance for corruption, as 35 motorists have been arrested for trying to induce its officers. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the sector commander of the FRSC in the state, Evarestus Ebeniro. Addressing newsmen at the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ,…
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When institutions are weak, people have reasons for not doing the right thing – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says when talking about corruption, people have reasons for doing wrong things when the institutions are weak. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the vice-president interacted with a group of Harvard Business School students who visited him at the Presidential Villa.
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We must end corruption at all levels – group tells Nigerians
The University of Nigeria Nsukka Muslim Community has enjoined Nigerians to shun corruption as it is destroying the essence of human existence. The Vice President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affiars, Ebonyi State/South-East Zone, Dr. Haroun Ajah, stated this during the group’s one-day community parley. The parley was tagged, ‘Promoting accountability and anti-corruption through behaviourial…
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INVESTIGATION: Nigerians could pay over N460 per litre of petrol from July 2023
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2023 appropriation bill before the National Assembly in September, and the country’s projection to spend nearly N7 trillion naira on petrol subsidy is already unsettling lawmakers. Nigeria, the largest oil producer in Africa, is unable to benefit from the global surge in oil prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine…
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Buhari proffers ways to tame corruption in Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the African Ant-Corruption Champion, has called for the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Court to try offenders.