Nigeria, a nation blessed with boundless potential, is being shackled by the chains of oppressive governance, corruption, and mismanagement, the Nigeria Liberty Movement (NLM), has said.

There is high level of corruption in the country because there is lack of trust in the society wherein the ruled do not believe in the rulers and everybody doing things for his or her personal gains.

Cartoon: ‘This is corruption FM’

“It is obvious that we can attain peace, love, progress and unity of purpose for a Nigeria free of corruption and unsavoury practices.”

A report by the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity has revealed that only three out of 614 investigative probes related to corruption have been concluded since 1999.

The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, has said the payment of a living wage to workers is a sure way of reducing corruption to the bearest minimum in public service.

Fifty frontline Civil Society Organizations CSOs in the country have asked the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and other political parties to denounce their members who are currently facing corruption allegations, as a way of supporting the fight against corruption

Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) has advised treasury managers to guard against corruption, fraud and financial mismanagement by implementing strong internal control mechanisms.

A look at some of the biggest corruption scandals of the past 20 years after Vietnam on Thursday sentenced to death a property tycoon accused of corruption causing an estimated $27 billion (25 billion euros) in damages.

By UZOMA EGBUONYE& CHINEDU NWADIKE  Introduction  Corruption is one of those social phenomena that have existed since human beings began living together in a society and is found in different forms in different sectors of the society. Critics like Cyrille Kouassi and Tochukwu Ezeudu number it among the factors that hinder development in a country. […]

“I agree smugglers will fight back, corruption will fight back. We will fight them to ruin. Corruption will go away, save the money for you to educate our children, to pay for the healthcare system of our people, to pay for the modern transportation system that works for the highest number of people, not those few smugglers.”

“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?” 

By Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja A Civil society organization, CSO, Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch, has called on youths, particularly youth corpers and leaders in Nigeria to change their attitude towards corruption and commit to building a more transparent and accountable society. The call was made during a corruption and organized crime quizz held […]

The lawmaker representing Borno South, Senator Ali Ndume, has urged President Bola Tinubu to sign an executive order on ‘unexplained wealth’ in order to curb looting by politicians and civil servants.

Where the EFCC succeeds in preferring charges against corrupt politicians, many judges mostly dismiss the charges no matter how strong the evidence