Nigeria’s Missing Billions and Trillions
It used to be tens of millions of naira and occasionally, hundreds of millions of naira and when a corruption incident amounting to a billion naira was mentioned, we were[…]
Tagged: corruption
Nigeria: Reviewing Ms. Arunma Oteh’s Allegations
Allegations of bribery and corruption made on live television at a legislative committee show some of the problems with our democracy that needs urgent fixing.
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Is corruption a rational response to opportunity?
One thing I noticed during the fuel subsidy saga earlier in the year was the demonization of most of the people somehow connected with the oil industry. The oil marketers[…]
Nigeria and its Fuel Subsidy Crisis
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[…]
Nigeria: The NEXT awards expose an unconscionable kakistocracy
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.
Analysis · General · Politics · Review
NaijaLeaks: A sad decade of an ineffective anti-corruption crusade
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?
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[…]
Culture and Society · General · Politics
Nigeria: Celebrating Honour Amongst Thieves
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.
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.