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Anatomy of Corruption in Nigeria(1): Everybody involved in public sector corruption — Adebo, former CCB Commissioner

Anatomy of Corruption in Nigeria(1): Everybody involved in public sector corruption — Adebo, former CCB Commissioner

“The Government of Northern Nigeria wanted to buy an airplane.  But a junior officer minuted on the memo that they did not need it because the money that would have been used to buy that aircraft would have been able to build so many hospitals, provide scholarships and provide services for millions of Northerners. Can a director or junior officer in the presidency or any governor’s office minute against the buying of anything in today’s Nigeria?” 

FRANK KOKORI’S LAST INTERVIEW: My NADECO story, stand on true federalism, Tinubu and ‘oil subsidy cabal’

FRANK KOKORI’S LAST INTERVIEW: My NADECO story, stand on true federalism, Tinubu and ‘oil subsidy cabal’

Chief Frank Kokori, a former General Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and a notable and vocal figure in the struggle for the actualization of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, passed on Thursday, December 7, 2023, the day he clocked 80 years. We published his last interview on July 9 in which he spoke about his link to the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), a body formed to actualize the June 12, 1993 election, true federalism, President Bola Tinubu administration and ‘oil subsidy cabal’ among other issues. We are republishing the interview in his honour

Tinubu needs Petroleum Minister — Falae

Tinubu needs Petroleum Minister — Falae

On the backdrop of the current inflation rate, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Minister of Finance, Olu Falae has harped on the need for the government to manage inflation the right way.

STRIKE: Tinubu believes in dialogue but there are worrying signals from courts — AJAERO

STRIKE: Tinubu believes in dialogue but there are worrying signals from courts — AJAERO

Comrade Joe Ajaero, a former Labour reporter who has risen to lead the Labour movement in Nigeria as the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), was recently battered in his line of duty by hoodlums while in police custody. Imo State Police Command spokesman, Okoye Henry, had claimed that Ajaero was not arrested during the November 1, 2023 protest in Owerri over unpaid workers’ salaries. Henry said Ajaero was in “protective custody”. The sort of “protection” he received shocked well-meaning Nigerians. In this interview, Ajaero addresses issues that have featured between Labour and government since President Bola Tinubu was sworn-in on May 29, 2023 till date.