Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in a case in which he was accused of leaking state secrets. Mr Khan, who was ousted by his opponents as PM in 2022, is already…
Corrupt governance responsible for insecurity, banditry in North —Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima said corrupt governance was responsible for the crises of insecurity and banditry in the Northern part of the country. Shettima stated at the 10th Annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation lecture and award hosted by Borno State…
Just in: $500k bribe: Supreme Court affirms Farouk Lawan’s 5-year sentence
The Apex Court in Nigeria on Friday affirmed the five-year jail term handed to a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan by the Court of Appeal. Lawan was convicted and sentenced to prison in 2021 for accepting…
ICPC will arrest more corrupt Nigerians using digitisation — NITDA
The director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has said that automation of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will up the ante in tackling corruption to a large extent in…
Lagos urges LASBCA officials to shun corruption
The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, has charged officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency to shun corruption. Olumide gave the charge at a meeting with the management staff of the agency in Ikeja,…
Mauritania’s former president jailed 5 years for corruption
Mauritania’s former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering and “illicit enrichment”. Abdel Aziz led the West African country for a decade after coming to power in a 2008 coup and…
Making the Renewed Hope Agenda work for Nigerians — Henry Anibe Agbonika
As the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration kicks off its inaugural cabinet retreat this morning, it is an opportune time to reflect on the challenges and opportunities facing our nation. Nigeria is a country with immense potential, but we are…
Nigeria’s self-inflicted moral burden of shame — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigeria has reduced itself to the butt of the crudest jokes all over the world. Forgery at the highest echelon of power in the land has put a bad patch on Nigeria in the eyes of astonished commentators across the…
The return of Abacha via his bagman — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is no fake news that General Sani Abacha’s bagman has returned to the Nigerian cabinet to take charge of the budget. It is all in line with the fact that even in death Abacha keeps donating cool and hot…
Ojikutu calls on Nigerians to sincerely turn to God
A former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has called on Nigerians to turn to God with sincerity. Ojikutu, in a statement, said the corruption, insecurity and economic problems Nigerians are currently battling with were self-inflicted. She attributed…