Post Tagged with: "corruption"

Nigeria and its Fuel Subsidy Crisis

Nigeria and its Fuel Subsidy Crisis

1 / January 12, 2012 1:42 pm

Want to help Africa? Do business here was the TED rallying cry by former World Bank MD now Nigeria Finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. But, who is going to do business with you if you appeared clueless in the face of [...]

Nigeria: The NEXT awards expose an unconscionable kakistocracy

Nigeria: The NEXT awards expose an unconscionable kakistocracy

0 / November 4, 2011 1:49 am

The citations for the awards won by NEXT newspaper reporters show that they did expose a seriously corrupt enterprise in out premier revenue industry and all those who matter either ignored or sanctioned it.

NaijaLeaks: A sad decade of an ineffective anti-corruption crusade

NaijaLeaks: A sad decade of an ineffective anti-corruption crusade

0 / August 25, 2011 11:55 pm

Reviewing WikiLeaks cables created 10 years ago and a Human Rights Watch Report published today, for all the media profile the anti-corruption crusade has had in Nigeria, it is sad to say the country is still considered highly corrupt, the system cannot seem to handle the workload and the alleged criminals have gummed up the judicial system completely.

Bankole: Culprit, Pawn or Scapegoat?

Bankole: Culprit, Pawn or Scapegoat?

0 / June 8, 2011 7:35 pm

It an almost widely acknowledged fact that any situation involving huge sums of money and wealth, its allocation and distribution has political dynamics surrounding it. The precise nature or dimension these politics take is something that has locked economists and [...]

Nigeria: Celebrating Honour Amongst Thieves

0 / February 28, 2011 9:37 am

A public servant jailed for mismanaging public funds gets honoured on release from jail when he should have been shunned and ostracised.

Obama’s face of Africa that is too often overlooked.

Obama’s face of Africa that is too often overlooked.

8 / July 26, 2009 10:08 am

The message, In 1985, around 85,000 people visited the tropical country; that number has now skyrocketed to around 600,000. In June of this year, the Ghana Tourist Board launched a promotional initiative with the aim of attracting 1 million annual visitors by the end of 2012.