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Corruption In Nigeria, A New Twist In The Tale?, By Uddin Ifeanyi One of the more colourful tales of corruption out of Nigeria, “Clean Sweep Ignatius”, was written by Jeffrey Archer. Admittedly, The Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare, may himself have had a more relatable story to tell: accused by Kathleen Burnett in 1988 of plagiarising one ...
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, has taken a swipe at all the leaders that governed Nigeria since May 1999 and the current government, describing them as accidental leaders. According to him, accidental leadership brings about trial and error in governance, which has been the problem of Nigeria since 1999. He ...
How Buhari’s Politics Under-Develops Nigeria, By Mbasekei Martin Obono In the 70s, a strong wind of Pan-Africanism blew across the African continent, borderlines drawn by colonialism began to fade and the continent shrank even further. Proponents of Pan-Africanism held a strong belief that the economic, social and political progress of ‘one Africa’ would unify and uplift ...
Nigerian Facebook user Donatus has advised Christians to channel their tithes into helping people in need, especially the elderly. Recall that few weeks ago, one Chief Charles Nzechi built a new home for Mrs Onyemechi, Nwanmo, an old homeless widow in Abia State, who had been living in a dilapidated mud house for decades. Read here. He shared ...
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari as the most corrupt in the history of Nigeria, accusing the President of “treating corruption involving his men as family affair.” He described the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Ibe Kachikwu’s allegation of award of $25 billion contracts without following due process against ...
