corruption

Eighty-two-year-old Humphrey Wokokoro Woko talks about his experiences as a politician and businessman with CHUKWUDI AKASIKE Where and when were you born? I was born on April 15, 1934 at Rumuagholu town in Obio/Akpo Local…

The President said this on Tuesday, November 1 while addressing Niger Delta stakeholders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. "We are determined to make life comfortable and affordable to all Nigerians. If anybody has a country to go…

Security agencies in Nigeria have arrested about 800 suspected violent herdsmen across the country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Prof. Osinbajo made this disclosure in Houston, Texas in the US on Friday at a Townhall…

The immediate past President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday stated that it was not possible for the National Security Adviser (NSA) during his administration, Sambo Dasuki, to have stolen $2.2 billion as claimed by the…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday, that his administration fought corruption in the country without making noise about it. Jonathan said this while speaking at the Oxford Union of the University of Oxford in the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has urged  a review of Nigerian  laws  to enable anti-graft agencies in the country  retain a percentage of  the loot recovered to fund their operations. The Acting Chairman of the…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's wife has warned him that she may not back him at the next election unless he shakes up his government. In a BBC interview, Aisha Buhari said the president "does not know" most of the top officials he…

Obasanjo has accused many state governors of defrauding and stealing funds belonging to the Local Government Areas. Obasanjo said this at a conference in Babcock University, Ilisan, Ogun State on Tuesday, October 11, 2016.…

The Department of State Service, DSS has released all the judges arrested during a nationwide raid of their residents at the weekend. The judges, according to DSS sources were released on self-recognition but are to report at the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has officially spoken on the reason for the arrest of seven senior judges across the nation between Friday night and Saturday morning. In a statement issued on Sunday by Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior…

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, has asked members of the legal profession to blame themselves for the harassment of judges by the security agencies. While asking that the judges arrested on Saturday should be granted…

Fresh allegations were made yesterday against some judges. One got a bribe in a department store. Another travelled to Ghana, Niger Republic and Benin Republic to collect bribe, a security source alleged. It is all in a bid to…

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said that the Boko Haram insurgency in the North is not a result of government corruption and poverty in Nigeria. In an interview with renowned CNN broadcast journalist, Christiane Amanpour, the…