Erstwhile Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, yesterday, revealed that she came under “fierce attacks, slander, blackmail and threats” while trying to end oil-money induced corruption in the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government cannot afford to pay forty-two ministers and that not all ministerial nominees screened by the Senate will have portfolios.

Primate of the Anglican Church in Nigeria, Most Reverend Nicholas Okoh, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari, to improve on the salary and other allowances of civil servants if his administration must succeed in the fight against corruption.

THE dangers of a war on corruption uninhibited by constitutional limitations on power: The war against corruption is no doubt a very laudable cause that demands the wholehearted support of all. Constitutional democracy cannot be sustained, much less be nurtured to full maturity in Nigeria, unless a relentless war is waged against rampant corruption.

LAI Mohammed, APC National Publicity Secretary, is one of President Buhari’s ministerial nominees. When he appeared for screening before the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio made a wry observation. He said: “If I know (Lai Mohammed) very well, he may have one or two propaganda to drop before he leaves here.” His Senate colleagues burst into laughter because they understood what he meant.