Lamenting the high rate of corruption in the country, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has reiterated that corruption is at its peak because the majority of Christians who are supposed to be peculiar people and make a difference have compromised. Calling on Christians to shun a lifestyle of double standards, ...

Inge Amundsen, Chr. Michelsen Institute The recent protests by young people in Kenya and Uganda have highlighted a form of corruption that is difficult to deal with: political corruption. Compared to its cousin, administrative or bureaucratic corruption (such as a civil servant soliciting a bribe to provide a public service), political corruption is much more difficult to fight. This is ...

Adejuwon Soyinka, The Conversation In recent times, Nigeria, Africa’s largest democracy, has been under intense pressure. Assailed by rising inflation, food insecurity and the rising cost of fuel and energy, Nigerians have had to endure diminished purchasing power, hunger and youth unrest. These factors have led to agitations by various segments of society, including demands for higher wages by government ...

Just_Super Samuel Adomako, University of Birmingham; Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Durham University; Shlomo Tarba, University of Birmingham, and Zaheer Khan, University of Aberdeen Technology has changed the way the world does business. Mobile and digital payment platforms, blockchain, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) tools have all driven innovations in recent years. They allow businesses of all sizes to become more efficient ...

By Casmir Igbokwe My intervention on this page last week drew some flak from unexpected quarters. Titled, ‘EFCC’s searchlight on Bello, Obiano and naira abusers’, the article mentioned the prosecution of two former governors – Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and Willie Obiano of Anambra State – by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Their cases came up penultimate ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe the allegations that $3.4 billion loan obtained from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is missing, diverted or unaccounted for.” The 2020 annual audited report published last ...

Fidelis Allen, University of Port Harcourt Democracy refers, at a minimum, to a political system that guarantees some involvement in decision-making. It gives citizens opportunities to choose and replace their leaders or representatives via free and fair elections. But that’s not all. Democracy also protects citizens’ socio-economic, political and cultural rights. Its success turns on its ability to bring changes ...

By Raymond Ozoji, Awka The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has extolled the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government over his fight against corruption and corrupt practices in the country. APGA in a press statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mazi Ejimofor Opara, commended President Tinubu for not interfering with the recent Supreme Court judgements delivered on 12th January, ...

Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, yesterday, pledged that his administration would put incentives and policies in place to make corruption unattractive for judges and other legal officials working in the judiciary.Tinubu made the promise during the inauguration of the Magistrate Courts Complex in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This was disclosed in a statement issued by one of his media aides, Abdulaziz ...

Stakeholders from different Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) held a two-day workshop for the review of the National Anti-corruption Strategy (NACS) 2017 – 2021 Action Plan in Abuja on Monday and Tuesday. Welcoming participants at the meeting, the Head of NACS Secretariat, Mrs. Victoria Ojogbane, said everybody could see the problem of corruption ...